Michael (M)這個(gè)美國(guó)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(guó)同學(xué)李華(L)約好了在圖書(shū)館見(jiàn)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(cè)驗(yàn)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(shū)館來(lái)念書(shū)， 我知道你會(huì)考得比以前好的。你剛才用的是哪個(gè)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(gè)動(dòng)詞，過(guò)去時(shí)就是在后面加一個(gè)字母 "d"，變成 了aced。這個(gè)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(duì)，在玩撲克的時(shí)候ace往往是價(jià)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(dòng)詞還能用在什么場(chǎng)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(cè)驗(yàn)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(gè)詞。再說(shuō)一遍你剛才說(shuō)的那句話，好 嗎?

M: I aced my last job interview.

L: 你大概回答問(wèn)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(shuō)我非常會(huì)考試!這也不見(jiàn)得，我考糊 的時(shí)候也有的。不過(guò)，比你少一點(diǎn)就是了。

M: Yes, you’re right!