Michael (M)這個美國學(xué)生以往幾次考試都考糟了,這一次情況可大不相同。今天他和他的中國同學(xué)李華(L)約好了在圖書館見面。
L: 嗨, Michael,今天考得怎么樣?
M: Not bad! I aced today's history test!
L: 你歷史測驗又考糟啦?那你還那么高興!
M: No, Li Hua, I didn't bomb my test. I said "I aced the test". I did very well on it!
L: 你考得很好,那太好了,Michael!最近你每天都到圖書館來念書, 我知道你會考得比以前好的。你剛才用的是哪個字啊?
M: Ace. Here, ace is a verb, and you can add a "d" to make it past tense.
L: 噢,在這里,ace是個動詞,過去時就是在后面加一個字母 "d",變成 了aced。這個字是不是和撲克牌里的那張牌A,或者叫"尖子"的那 張牌一樣的呢?
M: That's right. The "ace" card is usually the highest value in a card game. Therefore, "ace" means to do well.
L: 對,在玩撲克的時候ace往往是價值最高的一張牌,所以ace就是指某件事做得很好。那ace作為動詞還能用在什么場合呢?
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.
L: 噢,一般都用在和測驗考試之類的情況,你上次找工作去面談?wù)?得很好也能用"ace" 這個詞。再說一遍你剛才說的那句話,好 嗎?
M: I aced my last job interview.更多信息請訪問:https://www.24en.com/
L: 你大概回答問題答得很好,所以老板就要你了。
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.
L: I'm an ace at taking tests, 你說我非常會考試!這也不見得,我考糊 的時候也有的。不過,比你少一點就是了。
M: Yes, you're right!