埃德蒙顿华人社区-Edmonton China

 找回密码
 注册
查看: 2944|回复: 0

流行美语口语 Lesson 26 - ace & peanuts

[复制链接]
鲜花(77) 鸡蛋(0)
发表于 2010-3-6 13:35 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
老杨团队,追求完美;客户至上,服务到位!
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 V8 O8 F. q( I+ Z. p1 i" z7 R4 v

  C7 U+ C8 G1 l7 y3 ?7 L# \  iL: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么样?. o) r! n1 w+ E5 S5 N. S

3 T, H. K6 c1 y* B2 b* rM: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
$ x' _4 Z: z0 I. d8 r) R2 [! q" h0 V4 @: T
L: 你历史测验又考糟啦?那你还那么高兴!
& N; m6 c' D$ j9 M) M! G" q' ~( w# s: H, N8 h& Y& d  U2 }" ]1 I
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
4 R& M' P5 F/ b. @9 Z' i: \( Y. p5 b; ~3 N! [8 F0 t' [2 B; l
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?' P$ ~- r& B  A) F# m, d+ P. ]4 g
* P' M* G* ~4 x0 Y0 f1 h. V0 C( _
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
4 c" t+ k8 Y# c- A* B2 D' P/ ~, [8 G# y0 o; C6 R5 {1 L$ x
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?
$ j% O0 Q: _: a# M  |: y9 R7 C; s" E( Y0 C1 l, e. ~# ]6 ^. z7 W: f
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well./ v0 s' b; g2 M* T* k, ?# m
: @9 `! ]( Q. s: I* c: C/ w! I
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?
2 |2 M2 j1 C5 T2 H
2 v- R- V& `6 C& y/ ~& N9 K: XM: 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., D& r, B9 u, F9 v6 F9 x& b2 L% o

8 [0 p6 y/ g$ D% AL: 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?; @! s( [. J5 i

2 k, c# _  Y+ M0 I$ A, kM: I aced my last job interview." D9 _0 N- P0 D& Y8 b& ?8 I; a3 Z

& e- t' |6 N4 XL: 你大概回答问题答得很好,所以老板就要你了。. |, X( A8 |5 }. p# a; I; X4 r
; p' N+ }  x0 h
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.4 h- i9 S, P4 g9 v2 z& o+ x' y
% q6 x, K$ L. A6 x" }+ ~) l
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。) d: u$ Q# C1 x/ X

/ W- o% a; m1 ~- I7 N/ OM: Yes, you're right!
# L5 \8 C7 ^; o# o' s! W( U
- C, c) E# t( M8 g8 T0 Q  W* ^# WL: Michael, 借我$.75 买杯咖啡好吗?
6 `, ]$ I5 a3 ^4 M
% h: e4 u# }5 L" c- g. {M: Well, okay. Li Hua, how much money do you earn as a teaching assistant, if you don't mind my asking?
+ d4 W; i' ^" X7 Z' L8 j
/ V: S$ B2 `6 X( GL: 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。) Q+ W( V7 \9 E% B& B' V( n

5 u3 T) u5 F1 }M: Eight dollars? That's peanuts!
' D7 t; ~: Z& Z* i. R1 R
3 o9 f0 @) @" I4 r1 S* CL: Peanuts? Peanuts不是花生吗?你是什么意思呀?. s) ~# X( D% O: H/ t& j1 L
( c0 m, R: y0 s: V
M: That's really not much! You only make eight dollars an hour? Your wages are very low, so I said that's "peanuts"!5 G' b0 ]" H8 [) w$ n8 o
& C. z3 O9 r, W7 p, g9 i2 l
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?
' r# n& w  r/ [5 ^3 ]5 V. u3 ~$ @% F# F3 z6 I) H0 X3 J. u
M: That's right.2 u" b% v( T4 n; ?: a
' x* t% i  w! u3 n9 [3 [! Z6 g
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。# D) i7 d. F% I: Q' j

' F& `& c0 w7 I) X& j8 _* I" ]; H; IM: That's still peanuts compared with the teaching assistants in other departments. I make about 13 dollars an hour as a graduate assistant.! L; t4 g. A; W: g0 t
% s3 s; n8 I: k
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.
/ g- D: @4 ^5 q4 R# f& d
1 H  t) h8 }1 Q3 pM: I don't see how you can live on so little money.
2 C5 h' _- E" J( ~' x' b" |# Y" I9 N; J0 c7 K8 N- O* x( d& {
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。$ J, F& X- `( c# j- [# E5 m
; _8 d, A! o+ q' B! q! ^
M: Too bad you don't really make peanuts, at least you can eat those..." t" \" K- M5 g$ H" z
' d2 q5 |. Z; N: w2 K5 m5 n" b
L: 你真想要我赚花生,靠吃花生过日子呀。Michael, 你真废话!
. f9 \: P: z; M( R
1 Y4 a# Z' o' d, eM: I'm just kidding!; A5 y" e( n+ O
; L0 Y: o2 f6 p& {$ K6 X' W
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。9 B2 C3 J& |9 i2 g( B. b
Audio As Following:
6 e- ], u6 J$ A0 f


您需要登录后才可以回帖 登录 | 注册

本版积分规则

联系我们|小黑屋|手机版|Archiver|埃德蒙顿中文网

GMT-7, 2025-8-31 03:23 , Processed in 0.146046 second(s), 9 queries , Gzip On, APC On.

Powered by Discuz! X3.4

Copyright © 2001-2021, Tencent Cloud.

快速回复 返回顶部 返回列表