4 X3 H6 t: [7 r4 ZM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!' [. k5 ~' p5 m! K7 Q4 f
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L: 你考得很好,那太好了,Michael!最近你每天都到图书馆来念书, 我知道你会考得比以前好的。你刚才用的是哪个字啊? 8 G$ Y% \9 R2 ^; f* d" [) j0 y+ ]$ x7 X" B" x
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.& F% u9 m8 H2 S' D. C8 l
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L: 噢,在这里,ace是个动词,过去时就是在后面加一个字母 "d",变成 了aced。这个字是不是和扑克牌里的那张牌A,或者叫"尖子"的那 张牌一样的呢?! z, X: O# g5 b c$ @6 L3 i8 c
, ~. k4 u7 n. z. m1 t* YM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.( `# S7 e' ~' y4 H: P8 O" u& D
# i1 h( `) P/ ]( e& _6 o9 l; p5 KM: Usually we can use "ace" to describe how we did on a test, or on things similar to tests. For example, I can say I aced my last job interview.1 {- g6 V1 ~8 A# c6 @$ [
9 F0 V$ E U( I% L) O$ L/ PM: I aced my last job interview. * x7 W* O" x8 W9 K5 M, v ; F8 `; {' D" q4 p6 `$ eL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 3 l% d; j# J2 F1 U, j' z" i ) S0 T0 G0 B! H! f$ t( S: TM: That's right. Li Hua, if someone is very good at something, we can call him an "ace". I can say, for example, you are an ace at taking tests.# t. I0 h0 g5 f, M U- |
7 B; p) s( |' V6 i% zL: I'm an ace at taking tests, 你说我非常会考试!这也不见得,我考糊 的时候也有的。不过,比你少一点就是了。) }( C7 q' ?1 h8 G9 x! S
8 H: b, O1 d' S7 W( I$ N7 vM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? + b7 D2 v+ O6 |+ v) t+ c4 X2 H; C
L: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 ?( x; y* j4 N) R: m u% v# O8 a) M
6 W6 r% f H" p0 lM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! # M- s$ @& z: r) h3 i/ O( Z. ] s. F - m* @6 ?) t% [$ oL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? 9 a$ l' M" L# u9 s1 o; V, p- i: U0 m* }! w3 ]
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! x, P) k- J8 z
V1 C* [3 d* U* T& hM: That's right. " R* N5 t; ?; {, y " y* T" r a8 o/ P( X( {" J! sL: 我在想另外找个工作呢。我的同学王燕在图书馆工作,一个小时 就有十美元。 / K% C4 ^" k2 E& f$ J $ J: l1 X5 ~4 pM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.+ Z$ I1 b8 e. ?! e) l
! P+ h& _9 z' L9 x$ _ oL: 哟,你一个小时赚13美元呐! 真不公平,你赚那么多钱,而我 只赚peanuts. 5 @3 J1 z" T6 L8 Y. C+ z- v1 E# N1 q4 J9 B( W' ]2 t
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money. $ P5 z! k% A* N# t* {& U+ f+ x" z: D" ?+ B' m* B3 P
L: 赚那么点钱是怎么过的日子呀?我还有奖学金呐,每个月给我四 百美元生活费。 " B& D' `& R) g+ L$ ]( H4 M; e, D0 G- G( t# O" @ r! r: K* B6 _4 B
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... . B6 S1 y0 d4 e6 ?: \6 g% }5 \% G : W5 a4 W$ ~+ E$ }& N+ XL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! 1 ~$ Q9 D2 c* e * q8 @5 J5 a) ?2 A( FM: I'm just kidding! 1 L2 u2 Q& ?' ~( G" ]+ r: F9 V; A" y# U7 g, B
今天李华学到两个常用语,一个是:to ace,就是某件事做得很好,特别是象考试之类的事;另一个是:peanuts,这里不是指花生,而是指数量很小,价值很低。今天的[流行美语]就学习到这里,我们下次节目再见。 ' e$ D8 i6 }) J1 L4 U5 h5 Q: p3 YAudio As Following: 4 _) L& F/ o3 }! m7 h- T