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。 9 }1 ]( N! E5 h6 d- e' o8 f 4 W# p8 Z8 H7 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。4 Q) E5 R+ p/ w
0 J; E' a# Z' m% FM:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties. 0 N( K+ n) R3 D8 _3 G% u( B+ c& R0 k ' s) x" A) R1 d, M$ M0 R/ KL:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? 2 U8 U; Y- F7 }7 E, g n$ @: }4 Z+ H; ^; f6 y
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. ; c& F* M- y- V. y! L6 x7 R* g' K$ h+ O! _9 \8 {' R Y
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?- g" z" q. p1 ?) u% p* |: E/ [
l' A+ T* L0 E3 f5 C o7 B3 fM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". 4 J; \, l3 }& Z" L; U ' ?% s+ j2 S6 T1 x/ W1 cL: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。。。6 f2 L) H2 g' E* B y
0 Q7 g( ~7 i& [" j& u- L* \+ Y9 VM:That song is a hit with young people.1 B- b: f( G, W7 Q8 P9 Q
5 }/ e: E& D+ K9 b+ pL: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? . K- i1 i' q' B: w! G3 `& h8 Q3 U2 s, g( r
M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. % r7 p& Z$ n8 z+ h & g% Z& {) L) D3 y' h4 B0 nL:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! 8 t$ n9 C3 h9 R* }" |' i M6 p8 n" P7 i8 _6 f
M:No, that's not true! & ]0 f/ Y* v; `% B2 |8 D3 S# Z0 Z, \; f- d
L: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! 7 _, U, c* Y/ H* U$ @+ _3 | % d. A: i" _5 Q4 w% W8 _% I, gM:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.: A; W2 k1 j! \/ z$ e" q
* \% A, x% u! S. v$ ZL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 8 q% r1 |( Y0 f/ K, c8 @8 P+ }+ i5 {, o/ ?( q5 o' Z
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。 ) j7 H4 w- a8 @0 T( a% A & o6 J' C. c4 w6 A/ ^+ Z) u$ jM: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? ) d, l5 b; f4 p3 i' \ 3 q$ h k8 m7 q" ^( k& |5 LL: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。0 j+ j3 @/ X0 f+ t0 \7 B4 \
& N- `1 E W* ~( LM:Okay, let's roll! 0 K" {# j v: A$ E; \$ P) n! _$ [, V; F& H
L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊? * `( Q4 |: p4 t( W+ D5 k X: N9 [, M5 _
M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!" 9 U. K& Z' p; G+ n* j5 k) M2 u
L:To roll也能表示要离开? 9 F. I- M, ?) n, }3 m& O6 i5 A( o% v- f, N/ ^6 k9 v$ I# k
M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. 7 C2 v* D5 ?; c: d0 @ 7 Y" A- \, U, k2 K: M6 ~2 ^5 rL: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。 ) H: S' y! \0 C0 \ # A% i' Q0 ?6 ^+ c# ~& @- E0 IM:That's correct. 3 j. [' ]; ^& X3 L$ Y& l/ i& | . u, Y" N; H, Y& L, ?7 h/ A, H5 Q' HL: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。& l+ y+ d- Q+ J5 n" R- x; F0 `
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M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll." [; S$ d5 |1 X% w, t7 o" e- K
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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? ) i2 M7 L# F6 U7 c% g0 G6 {' L$ v( Z; h) }
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test.' M& Y9 p6 _0 Y/ E+ W