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。 ( J, C/ Q5 R' W& b/ g$ e, `5 P) O Q8 m6 ]6 e, P: I
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。 ) u( {5 R& _) _* L( M3 x 4 [* v; E- }" u3 K! f: H+ Z2 DM:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties. 2 m$ g( f7 ~$ z# X0 o6 o0 g1 @4 p- F6 ?! l$ i0 H% B; b( d
L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗?5 k) U8 y5 h9 ?& H8 P: Z
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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.# w: _" C2 |. ~8 c; t9 s" s9 f$ T
; H# e& M: A. M( d# f, U; W2 v2 \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? 0 {; X1 e2 n% y9 v# d2 o0 \5 n3 q+ M% R& d( E
M:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". ; u2 O5 H. T$ e |/ f( ~/ g! z+ l+ u0 ~4 l3 v
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 `* g* h3 l! z3 t; b) d/ C4 x
1 A' [5 l2 S. b7 VM:That song is a hit with young people.& n0 M | S! n
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L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?' U4 o* @5 Z; f8 [0 I1 r$ Q2 j
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M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. 8 m# V, w) k/ ~9 `# A, k& y' e8 _7 z1 N1 n% e
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!# j0 d( U$ K4 ~6 R6 r- Z
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M:No, that's not true!& q% p& }% k( R$ L, a& d
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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! + y( b: ^- g L( A1 T* N \5 L+ r; c& r a; l
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.5 _) }# [, v+ K; }& r4 i1 W3 }! r
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L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 ; y0 {" `) V8 j0 j0 d: h( i8 U7 y+ D9 [- q. K3 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。: ~ r0 v% A/ y9 u& k
" g( v# |' {7 I# w0 u! Y# EM: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? , {( d2 ~& W* ^* v2 s; _ + i- c% m. R. f$ u' g; H5 ~% bL: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。 ; M* ]4 X2 X. N1 E3 q2 a6 e+ C n/ ^2 W1 A3 S* |% h
M:Okay, let's roll!! [7 @- [* O8 f$ t* {& p
. X+ z2 S: d5 J7 |$ V. wL:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?( i7 F; N& t" ^* O6 A4 T+ g
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M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"6 U* d0 B- F1 z# x% K. F
; T" S" `) R; |' v- Q4 x3 I+ m% AL:To roll也能表示要离开? & B/ H$ |2 o+ R. T) K1 R5 b z( Y x$ x/ B1 H# ?( r# U* {
M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.4 s3 [. [0 m5 f2 u$ K6 G
" Z. p$ R" P0 v zL: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。 & m+ i1 g% V- ]* e1 O E7 Z) I5 F! c1 ], z9 y
M:That's correct. : A, w8 u6 b7 p& n- H' v : M1 d0 ~7 y) A' RL: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。 P. P0 l8 o; s9 q( A. D" G# O S+ R- B
M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. 0 j5 x1 q4 m. q+ K% \ : O" p7 H$ C; A5 x0 Z$ g6 VL: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?% d+ y9 L: v- d# k7 B2 y3 ]
( ?7 d6 b) I }# u# sM :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. 0 F" J! A! R% A' j 7 Q% v1 }/ f; _4 ^$ @' p. AL:那好吧! 3 ~6 o! a0 x* y) F5 K9 v% i) g0 z) S
M+L:Let's roll!8 \0 Z3 D8 p. f$ K3 a0 N) k9 W: ?6 M