在纽约上大学的Michael明天要考试,可是他的中国同学李华一定要他去参加一个聚会。李华今天学到的两个常用语是:hit 和to roll。. a1 j0 S8 m$ I! u
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L:Michael,你答应跟我一起来参加聚会,我得谢谢你呀!你知道吗,我不太习惯在这种场合和那些不认识的人交谈。嗨, Michael,那不是你的朋友Steve吗?我听说,只要有party 他一定参加。4 \4 P6 Q1 p; l* o
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M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.- _5 [5 J6 h/ {8 t$ M# o
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? 9 Q5 l, i3 A6 X+ f4 T* \ & m0 x: F- @8 l- B9 HM:No, "hit" here means he is the most popular person at these parties. "Hit" is a word used to describe someone or something that makes a favorable impression. ' z: g$ }; c& J& S" q2 a + V% {: U( K2 h: `2 P, yL:啊呀,英文可真难学。一个词在这里是这个意思,在那里又变了意思。你说的hit是指大家都很喜欢的人。那hit用做这个意思的时候能指东西吗? 4 x" z6 V. G) _ # i) v6 |. Q [! RM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". 5 P; C- a" c6 y2 v/ _/ a% A* Y- u' L) Y% M: }: H% k
L:对了,有的歌曲非常热门,这也能称为hit。你刚才说:"That song is a hit with teeangers", 意思是:"青少年特别喜欢的一首歌。" 这么说,"年轻人喜欢的一首歌"就是。。。4 P. \- y1 t q: k: I
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M:That song is a hit with young people. ) ]& h/ A$ s h( N) s/ F5 A. E! j6 G
L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? . Y* ^6 E$ m; t5 L / M% ~& H7 M% CM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. , U# X* [* Y. ?0 U f$ M2 `. B! a! C0 \: O5 n: E* f0 A" R
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!5 L3 |, m& r$ N7 {, Y
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M:No, that's not true! ' @" U" a% w; E$ I% g . H& r- s) k/ k5 T1 f; FL:我认识的女孩都说你很帅!我想她们那么喜欢你,你恐怕还不知道自己是a hit with girls! - e9 l. N3 K- E* y6 v0 e( D+ R! u( O
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.0 h. D8 |9 M2 i( u! }
" f- K5 f9 T! J& k# P2 DL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 3 v4 w p' E, I( m4 e# @9 |9 G/ K& W1 z: D0 t* {& J0 }7 I
L:Michael, 我们来了有两个小时了吧!我倒是认识了几个很有意思的人。! V" D# _( l% Y. X, ~* E9 L0 M5 A
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M:Yeah, the people here are pretty cool, but I'm getting tired. I've got a test tomorrow that I haven't prepared for yet. Do you think we can go pretty soon? E+ J8 K b8 R
1 O$ l9 y, c4 P6 JL:对,这儿的人都挺好。怎么啦,你累了,想走了?我知道,你还没有准备好明天的考试。其实,我也有点累了。我们随时都可以走。 4 ^' w- D1 R& T# T 9 w3 r% f- b- V; eM:Okay, let's roll! 6 q% M! \9 D0 J1 p+ s) L- v0 S0 a5 B# _6 s' F
L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?( p! f; I! x: i
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M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"9 j+ ?, y& D% u9 P7 e
) P- i2 \3 P7 Z& {9 d9 zL:To roll也能表示要离开? . ?- t# y0 g: K . ~! |; U2 e7 w/ }, x( F' CM:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.# [% M$ l: L) |
5 a6 V2 H: s6 @# A& m0 x. `( ?M:That's correct. - I8 K9 H( N7 w" A% v 7 x6 n: z. h5 }7 nL:怪不得上次开舞会的时候,我们班上的那个高个子George 对他的女朋友说:Let's roll!后来我听说他们去看电影了。当时我还听不懂let's roll是什么意思。 . x) ~. G* u+ E+ c! u7 Z+ ]& s3 k& T: j; P! c3 F
M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. / D/ D/ @6 K# z S8 |( W3 E0 o% z( A) o
L:好吧。不过,刚才跟我说话的那个人告诉我,一会儿有一位名歌手会来唱歌。Michael,等他唱完一首歌再走,好不好?% b7 n. c. z% G9 h
5 t8 C) H* A# }, oM :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. # c* H% ~; u+ L5 U$ n1 M8 i9 R/ w9 ?3 z% Q4 F% D
L:那好吧!2 {3 R6 X3 b1 S
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M+L:Let's roll!$ Q. ~7 |$ c3 X: H$ O
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今天李华学的一个常用语是:hit,这是指受欢迎的,人们喜欢的人或东西;另一个常用语是:to roll, 也就是开始准备做一件事。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里,下次节目再见。) N* o' V6 L; Y5 w1 P8 C
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