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。 4 I1 ^: I* Y h4 i; B; l2 c" T2 T9 a" ?% g" D8 k! n
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。1 J8 W+ ~0 C# A9 B6 b! b% k" Q
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M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.0 S' G2 G* _2 y1 n+ O
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? 4 d/ l5 S% K5 u9 S3 p 6 T" p. h# v3 i; {' b/ |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.5 j. J& k: S7 p0 }/ l/ H3 n0 o5 b
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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?# p7 @, X% X @1 Y2 w! B- @5 q
]. p2 t( U0 K, lM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".2 S7 [/ z4 g2 S8 y
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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。。。 / \8 S4 h$ k" }; t& G7 j, `/ G( m' T: ], J) f
M:That song is a hit with young people. ! P& m4 D( R) d+ ?1 K2 R: V# X" w, E/ M
L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?$ o: o+ @+ i' Z$ `/ J6 [, q
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M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.5 z+ P& ?7 j i* X
+ a* A) Q$ n; k8 t7 iL: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。 % T; ]" e# w# e! Z% P- m. o5 X7 `: X$ ]: A% B
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?3 o! h5 r* q/ x; r8 [3 e+ D2 F; n) H
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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。: L3 G. |, q, U% f! ~% x& j
3 H& G, i% G1 fM:Okay, let's roll! ! ^/ ^- @. t3 P; Y. `7 o$ J& r2 H9 N+ j9 S' S6 f8 [3 R
L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?7 z. C& G. N& }( K# d
4 U2 o6 h T3 G$ NM:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"- A+ m6 d' J% L
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L:To roll也能表示要离开? & }8 X( r1 n( C$ | ) s) Q" L, R e) L) }6 M2 w& f. ZM:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. & H: B, S! d8 s2 e4 t3 ~( S 2 A6 h/ c& V" ?3 CL: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。. W4 ^2 w7 I7 z% v( ]
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M:That's correct. 2 j9 }& t6 ^# h3 K9 q# ` r6 i8 V" C& Y
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。 ' C! Z( a3 ]7 V2 l& z1 w! h + f5 _" w- x( \6 C/ M# {5 O& FM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.) F0 q' `/ ]6 |! R
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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? ! `' u6 e! ]& x) l4 c$ x4 j9 G' M1 |1 `# y( c9 [& y
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. + k0 Q, b4 B) a! c1 F : z/ a& k3 ^" ZL:那好吧!8 k1 f. _& a6 U& f0 b
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