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。' c# \4 r7 R+ b
5 i+ r/ ^3 j/ o7 A$ A$ ]) SL: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, h/ Z$ s/ T' h7 Q0 \! }
M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties. 6 h( \: `) M; R$ |( U. O8 t $ j( U$ m2 j* z% B, GL:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? 7 B( d& C4 e9 C5 g3 C2 P0 W7 f $ s/ Y( d x9 A+ n8 o( l' zM: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.& ?% S4 ?, Y/ D* c; V% 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?( [, J, R5 @0 E: V5 t
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M:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".8 q, \1 {9 n7 M. X# \5 \, Y: U
& r7 J) }/ @. k: K% ML: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。。。$ ^0 I) \. h3 L9 Y c \; q+ u
# F3 X- w8 j2 T6 {M:That song is a hit with young people. % t, l% h. u% } $ X( G) {/ n$ ?) HL: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? & v, S2 ?$ R# X$ L, h( A8 X: O6 ] 9 o! _8 L6 b1 V9 P) \2 g" g. VM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.7 [2 ]& c) Q3 q/ B$ x5 G( H
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L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! % D9 v+ \& ?/ c, S % [% d2 l; \# I6 L+ P; F# pM:No, that's not true!. r# F0 _1 Z9 @; ]
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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! ! u* G- P, u+ [+ j* T$ [2 m5 ^ a8 e; h9 }5 O8 E' N
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. ( u, o& N( T9 c! a6 t' k7 T9 Y# L: J4 ~
L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。6 _: b) G: A* C* B' E# }
" h: T9 S7 \3 f# l9 k9 eL: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。% i7 ]2 C" E, G; S Z) s! F3 P% F7 T
( D/ t# Y1 R8 h2 h7 `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? 5 _3 @7 L, n6 D, }" Y' a. m " B% j# R I# H- I: J% M4 fL: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。6 T9 ~ | }/ x
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M:Okay, let's roll!7 s, u4 s p" P& N% Z( \" y* H2 m) q
5 b/ J1 ?7 o/ j$ w; R4 z$ YL:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?- v+ q- r$ Y H
# r: B% I6 C5 N# \! n3 S6 U0 fM:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"! J8 h( v" R! O! C0 M# S5 R3 ^
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L:To roll也能表示要离开?! W, }- I0 ]4 }
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M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. & S, B) m" d0 ~; u% a* ]" {$ } 7 p: ^0 x% A2 L% z3 E! n r& gL: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。: B$ t) Y2 U" s U% }' p
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M:That's correct.$ c* I. x2 E- G3 B2 h- U& p
# d) o) F) l8 V m, i& 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。 - s7 R4 o6 |& I; E, Z; e$ t / l/ w+ k* Q& l2 d3 H0 ?M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. & R- p& c G2 Z$ K2 {) m$ M* K- L; d% m9 `- E
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?, V5 t' u( j& c
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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.1 x8 I* S7 }( v