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。 ! a7 n+ L; i, {8 E! ?$ o% A3 x ; o$ I" O5 y, `$ j& f. H4 ]L: 嗨， Michael，今天考得怎么样？. m/ M/ ?& X5 ]* C( f/ b$ N! e
P- r1 g. E; a/ |3 X' {3 `M: Not bad! I aced today's history test! / V: s2 I! U1 ~: J" o$ B2 O, O2 l! t8 T3 `( r
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦？那你还那么高兴！5 [1 U' d7 A) k8 w) Q5 T0 j* v0 I
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M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!2 Q2 m$ \1 d4 i3 d7 t- B- X
0 _& A7 q$ T0 g2 u5 P- FL: 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？ " u% v) C6 ~0 [2 B# ?) E 9 S; C, C# U- oM: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense. . x) k! x, x1 u8 a/ P4 _" Z7 m" r- ~
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/ ], ~( w! @/ z
) G' c6 N5 g1 O- t2 DM: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well. $ D5 Y7 L, N7 @1 \/ G$ j& \ $ ^3 n/ G. V. w! bL: 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？. U. ^3 I( A j7 L" x) o
3 @- `% R" {* cM: 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.3 t/ W# R2 A( G8 z* T
; y; s& U5 |( W8 |( n" wM: 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. ; h0 Q4 h; ?. Q0 l 1 |* ~3 T& R! Z. w( Q" w' b6 ^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。2 z' [3 p9 U, ~5 K
8 S7 x G. Z- OM: Yes, you're right!7 {$ n, }6 |) k+ ~! `
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L: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗？ % Z9 C5 N/ ^5 f% x1 P 6 Y) T- j* U' {8 g$ qM: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking? q! H! N3 z* ]% H, @3 J- j
( Q6 z8 V$ Z7 W7 X# Q9 GM: Eight dollars? That's peanuts! % Q% B, I9 f7 T7 @. Q# ?9 }! T. |& _
L: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗？你是什么意思呀？ 0 V' C+ S8 T, _4 I( m. u" l" m0 y* g0 K$ o H k! s0 O
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"! 6 ]% F/ T8 }4 r8 I2 H# _( d, t# k! }4 ^
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？ , X' T- n% |5 O$ A' ]) V0 ], N; _3 B& p2 v9 _0 [: m
M: That's right. 2 I! |4 R: L0 {2 s. h4 O3 t8 U+ V: P; r N5 o) y
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。 g5 K( H4 Y; G/ N2 @ K/ t$ a* p% V$ m
M: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.4 d+ l" \# M& Q
& V" I+ i' I3 ? L2 ZL: 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. Q8 y8 |6 i7 R: J/ q Y' c. y! U5 Q2 y% w
M: I don't see how you can live on so little money." o) o* j, ]8 `# ~$ J
$ R0 K1 F* W( t$ q6 L0 B3 w$ VL: 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。 " G g2 [. `# k9 Z& p7 d& `: c8 q7 t" E5 Z2 k% G! O
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those... 5 Z! C- S* O. R; ]2 n) d; M2 M$ P9 c7 G4 T
L: 你真想要我赚花生，靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话！ * k; I. h: L! N) i5 T 4 X: i5 u, O# S r: e- YM: I'm just kidding! ; S# \9 q, O7 F( |: O; x7 p5 E) b" }+ ~2 t
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。! h# H2 p5 s' ?' Q7 Q0 C: I5 @0 q
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