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流行美语口语 Lesson 26 - ace & peanuts

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大家可能还记得Michael 这个美国学生以往几次考试都考糟了,这一次情况可大不相同。今天他和他的中国同学李华约好了在图书馆见面。李华会学到两个常用语,一个是:to ace;另一个是:peanuts。
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0 A4 @* E; `% e# {' q- ?L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?5 }% U* ~( _  p& e3 ]

- }# j" q% U4 H2 D  s% l3 x- DM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
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/ }2 N9 ~1 O1 u+ v/ X! ?- DL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!. f. z$ j+ Q4 o& L

/ t9 {3 Z& t6 Y5 TM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
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1 K  I6 l( H6 A2 ]% p& [% NL: 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?0 K1 ]' q! k5 x, [, i1 Z5 p* n

. ]2 k% K: g) `+ q, L* S8 `! tM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.  R3 F- H( o& X2 [1 u) K% c

- i& D# t% n! G# N3 qL: 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?
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M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
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L: 对,在玩扑克的时候ace往往是价值最高的一张牌,所以ace就是 指某件事做的很好。那ace作为动词还能用在什么场合呢?
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M: 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.& G5 \5 \- R2 T

# D7 {, k  _* ~6 u, o  z+ n5 PL: 噢,一般都用在和测验考试之类的情况,你上次找工作去面谈谈 得很好也能用"ace" 这个词。再说一遍你刚才说的那句话,好 吗?' F7 @  P0 Z/ f# |+ K+ N

0 c, z6 c/ ?' T8 p7 ]! qM: I aced my last job interview.( X8 a) @5 _9 L1 K3 ]$ n

3 V- m$ g: D& YL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。0 Z6 v9 e2 B- d
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M: 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.
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L: 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。; y- L/ j3 M1 F$ B; R' ?

5 h# y+ ^/ [: B- ?! zM: Yes, you're right!
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?/ V# z% W1 f1 V* S

! p5 b/ Y+ b( M1 Y  S" Z, E7 DM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?# H, o, Z, a3 Q$ o, X
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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。! w' L$ ?3 K, L8 w) F( h

/ P" t. Y: q& D8 `% A4 |3 O  XM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
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L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?
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M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!% s: T% X! W* n3 K0 d
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L: 原来你的意思是我的工资很低。你说的peanuts是不是和我们吃的 花生一个字吗?
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) K! m5 a/ ?2 l) o6 j& q  O2 {" P4 b: {M: That's right.
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L: 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。
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M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.
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L: 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.  Z- w! C" O% |% w0 g; |

* k/ _, O5 E5 S1 TM: I don't see how you can live on so little money., A& q- n% K- ]* |
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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。; H- c; T+ o0 [+ B/ V8 e; b

$ x8 R8 o( Q& H% L6 |( I1 z0 SM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...2 f5 ^" B! l3 G& r" C

5 K; N3 I* t# H! I' h1 c# p! AL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!2 S; [$ D. M0 l: A

) E5 w  u# k( C, S8 Q( P+ h- DM: I'm just kidding!
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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。
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