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。 ! w. u$ K8 \' `# s: h5 G * z \) A3 K& a3 `( lL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?1 s. ]# _* z2 M! M# p: h
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!& Y& `. h0 U% P' \6 T. H7 b, ]
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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?: J. m3 b. }5 e: W9 M
3 f% y0 [& y- t& H+ CM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.# b: T6 t' T% ~# Y- q z& a. N
/ U5 \* u* @! xL: 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?2 Z6 v3 T$ u: H) U
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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.# C8 j. s/ Q9 o$ P& @
Z' m1 C3 K) S3 CL: 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? ; k2 W( U! h! v( E$ ?8 s 2 ?' u7 C7 l# k) S8 nM: 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. 9 ~8 L. a2 Y Z% o+ J# x4 _7 A4 L% w* d$ Z* T$ @1 a& @8 s; r
L: 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?3 |( S) z, G$ J
* [& O6 V1 [ y0 _M: I aced my last job interview. # U* {7 j8 Y9 h1 y9 f8 ? $ r) I" U; c0 Q# O* m2 E( a! sL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。# t; O& D- a0 S6 O
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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.& h3 k( Z( v! V3 E3 }0 A
3 s% O1 p! G. [; d3 }2 AL: 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。 / x$ |& q8 `6 Z1 J2 S4 c6 t# i! R9 E: |: u7 @
M: Yes, you're right! 0 i5 Y& ]* A, E% Z+ X% A5 `8 E" G; u
L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?9 [* t# j+ Y8 O; ^6 e* \6 f" a4 g( D
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M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? 5 C6 b4 h' d" `0 {4 e h9 v; P) G8 n! e( U. FL: 你当然不在意你问我赚多少钱。 当助教的工资很低,才8美元一 小时。 9 k" S$ c5 e2 r9 x" K+ b 1 Y' W% {1 }# @$ aM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! 5 F9 X, }, u p9 D5 G% W# q& w0 U o4 J, L
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀? e, R1 `- y5 P$ ?- T 9 U; {9 R+ f, F7 b6 U% ^M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! ; @$ A) Y* J! N5 A: D; \ - s* G& b0 k7 z3 u1 `2 j' nL: 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? * c, |( D: }# s! V8 ?, N8 l& } 9 O) Z8 s5 V- r* B, e: |# G/ fM: That's right. ) [& l9 a8 h0 \* o! c$ V- r ) g: z: Y9 W' p. t4 G; ?$ H, IL: 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。/ a c9 n2 d8 ~0 j' r
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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. 6 z1 l% E( a# @ F! p N! [5 T' _* y# b3 ^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. P5 l" e+ ?1 R
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money./ I5 \( `/ h# M. s* c$ b4 e+ r
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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。/ ^& S* _) v j! U
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M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those...) k& n) c' q4 x5 \3 U# h# O
. B3 q0 c- c. h1 r* NL: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! - }6 k/ R" O- e4 S # d6 P/ Q% r8 b2 qM: I'm just kidding! 2 w- |! u5 d0 Q+ o* d3 T( [. r% { ' Z. k9 C0 ~* U8 v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。* l* L1 [8 h+ u9 g( }# `* d
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