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。" x' Z( U! H( z6 P8 c
: C3 X. X; M7 P) [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。 ! o2 C, x ?6 N; ]" h3 E- E % H5 C" i1 B; y$ O7 a& BM:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.7 a6 j( h$ J; w; |' L
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗?8 B5 z* P9 M9 Q! d" \
4 g3 `: i; c, w9 _* k9 b' EM: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. ( W9 F" D) L8 _4 A0 v% ^2 `8 P7 L( u8 W0 Q. p
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? $ F) A) Z+ P6 q# r' u( X9 l9 w" R0 z2 t2 h) L7 d- |1 B p
M:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". ! {9 V* o/ t8 O+ t( d ( x3 q$ c0 ?, ~5 A9 w0 sL: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。。。 $ I, o' y. j6 s* d* }, m1 o2 [" T3 V
M:That song is a hit with young people.3 }% Q9 e3 {- n, Y. V3 O
9 e! X3 L/ G( KL: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?( L) T, g; I; o, B) p# n
1 A: `8 R' m0 S$ E$ W- |M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. ' v( c* q9 I8 \$ u% I0 R. R+ V7 s( ^; H- y* x5 b: W2 y
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!2 [# f4 d* ^5 ^, f% H: j9 R
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M:No, that's not true!5 E9 d/ }8 J3 e4 t% k6 v9 l
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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!6 a) W5 S6 S6 h# M
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M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. ) q9 e! ]8 J9 z& n 1 O1 s8 }; W5 e( ]4 A$ pL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 8 o y. m. S( ]" Z8 j9 l' J 8 @" j R% y$ Y$ o2 q( o+ G3 ?- AL: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。: d" w5 z# L" V6 @( o
6 J- g2 ]" V% y, r; n% SM: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? 8 e+ ]% x. d" x4 F% _$ ?! }! l0 K% ~
L: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。 / ^# t0 c" W9 J3 ?& B' K& b8 ]! b, e y) X( Y) {
M:Okay, let's roll! * s+ V0 M& V0 ]: c/ H 6 q' M5 p. X* WL:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?, O8 c2 N5 C2 V5 U
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M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!" - P8 Z% |1 {4 _3 j1 f. Y: _$ P( S% B3 e B
L:To roll也能表示要离开?- m! O' i P/ [/ G9 z. s
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M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. * M& `% ^6 @- x2 g' F4 a2 d % c! b8 Q0 ?! ]: j7 ?+ KL: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。 ) v, a( H. K, d5 F0 V9 N0 p) V3 A8 r) I7 h0 Y4 C
M:That's correct. ) P. s& N* h8 ^4 h' D& x # S. ?& v- x3 T1 c+ n- n, V3 K% [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。2 d# m" U4 r+ K$ t' R
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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. , U+ q" D' z# l l" e 0 p# x4 A. i4 t8 o2 [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?* ], w+ [/ m" B+ v
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M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test.$ \* ?# ~6 `$ q a* l