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。1 @, n4 |2 r i5 U' s- _' O
) U+ H1 }' ~) vL: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。 0 k z0 \0 v5 v" W7 o! }3 U # k& l7 U+ h3 U, b$ @M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.# u- h, T: i3 G( T
0 f. o v/ K H/ g- t# [L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗?1 ?4 {- |+ A6 v
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M: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.+ B5 ^ c0 J# @/ X% r$ W: U% x
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L: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? p4 B1 ]- C1 S5 n 9 B% j. m- G- M8 h! } U/ jM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".) X. ~5 h. f$ q7 J
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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。。。9 p2 j n5 f8 E" Z+ K2 @
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L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?' Y6 @9 V: Z( `3 v
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M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. ) r( m8 Y) m) u' i/ a, p- V# S" p+ n- t' i5 e& s7 j% o0 S) J
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! % S) A' c% C4 z4 P : c+ |+ a r1 r* ]M:No, that's not true! 4 b' ^( D! q* B: ?7 \' ` / E' o5 {5 i- J: {. R( {. qL: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!3 w7 K7 A: G* B* j3 R" q0 M( \$ B
& H9 Q! T* L# Z: zM:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. ( E' E2 a) i n7 P- \9 G8 N- U3 t / T% T8 S) t) i( @# I0 j+ DL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。3 N7 I. \. s5 h5 m4 F" J4 W" V
* q6 v& | L$ `4 s$ D0 {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。9 d) ?8 i8 t, t: o. l5 j# c
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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? 9 R, w, N. Z2 w' ^" Z8 V5 ] / i' Y* O9 V$ p! KL: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。1 ~" Y+ n) ]+ X# ^9 `& ~: F5 a" \
9 a7 P$ y; ?$ h1 a" rM:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!" $ N" K$ O0 R2 a' {& q2 ~0 W ' S" C* ` e. ?' B d" fL:To roll也能表示要离开?* m" E5 a+ E, V
4 Z; B% k. J& t$ h% x; R& g* ?7 G& \: |6 P. UM:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. + R3 Z& M& @! Z+ W7 ]2 C & [2 t7 j4 m' ]9 {L:等等,让我看看我是不是懂你的意思了。要是你在做一件事,过了一会儿,你不想继续做下去,而是想做别的事了,这时你就可以说to roll。 % d8 f) z- {0 m& H5 j* `6 u( Y2 u- @, [1 n* i: {" \
M:That's correct. 5 E1 a f. C* y% U1 \! o0 Z( p, v0 O; ~+ J1 M6 [! q2 C
L: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。 - n0 I6 N/ @6 u- }3 K. | $ h! ?0 F! r1 Z2 ]. d% w/ L5 QM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.: @1 P& |* H0 \2 v% p Z: v& u7 i
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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?' q6 j& |: ?- R. k
- ]- l h6 g0 o2 DM :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. ' w7 c* q; }! h l4 J2 k6 O3 l( C/ H- e! a) r6 t/ @& x" [ ]2 _! m
L:那好吧!& ?* a4 O: I: H0 m2 k
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M+L:Let's roll!7 Y/ Z5 v5 j, c' w) g$ p4 h2 U$ O0 t