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。 ) ^8 x5 h7 F+ t# I 8 B% f+ c" @/ c0 T) T) ^% [L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?5 r* p0 y H2 q! X. K Y
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M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!9 l' E$ J' l/ J. z0 P+ z r
8 h% Y! B, p5 a7 tL: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!: D; g& z; u2 _; `4 B
1 e/ n N+ `! P5 `* D" RM: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it! % R; j/ i3 Y+ B1 N5 N0 L0 U1 T7 {) R, v
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?2 {$ X. Y- }2 I' P* |
! Z! D" i3 |7 F6 N) s* l5 JM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.1 I: S# D& f0 x3 r' \
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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?3 B+ s; ]* z; H# R1 s- W+ j
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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.* F, O+ }, n% O) J2 i
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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? 8 b3 m/ u! b- i9 q; W- `$ S& C @0 T
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. , W- h) B$ b. D: ^ & `& s2 Y4 l" k( ]+ _! hL: 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? C3 t; q1 G' o
9 h u- q) g: z/ Y' J+ a% S5 fM: I aced my last job interview. ! D/ a9 Y$ ~, _* k5 M' f( r. u& ]# K1 D: I9 l
L: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。 / D. d' H, ^, a$ g$ E v5 E5 |" B$ M# g& \
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. " J/ ^3 b+ [% @2 Y8 t+ @ ) c! i7 i& j1 r# TL: 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。 / S$ P3 d$ X/ B' A: w ( p4 Y _9 L6 d! D( r9 zM: Yes, you're right!+ B% q* ?: I7 ]: o* {4 @
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?, }- d8 ~% X4 E) n" B. j6 g# l: e
& V/ {: F+ [$ m+ L R) f( P5 WM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? $ x, p, t$ T7 [ $ c0 M" v7 @3 Q( h+ P- f; RL: 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 y; ^+ r" h3 J, [ P! [, T- q1 K3 e6 G' G7 l9 x
M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!/ U/ o. J( \' |0 k: u! Q' c4 f
$ _, }, y9 O+ Q7 n7 Y- vL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?6 A9 @* l/ b# ? l9 k6 P
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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"! 1 H+ r, Q. Q. U0 E! n7 C+ Q* Z* y" o9 k. T8 G: v
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?; F$ S" |) m" M" \
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M: That's right.: |6 a5 Q, a; X, T, G! s
* H8 L y$ g6 u; KM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.5 M( q: R# J+ [" F: t
, s4 I: U7 @+ m! L. q1 h; |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.9 Y' {1 |0 A6 j& K) F* z, l
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M: I don't see how you can live on so little money.# [* Z+ l5 i/ Z9 ~! }
# @' s. u' R9 b/ {- X& H$ i/ E5 jM: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... $ a0 w: V# K9 z8 A: v6 }0 G/ C& K. a1 |& y
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话! 7 ^$ @& @, b* T2 @+ A( N3 ~! Y: b 3 c2 ]$ y. b# JM: I'm just kidding!' [: b. a. Y3 i. n0 K
* i0 k9 X4 C7 H) n: R; x6 a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。2 h3 P. i, h2 d/ c S" r8 J7 E
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