; u" A# M' f+ s' |' n3 z. R6 j% PL: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。) o' E2 u) z" ]
4 E: s9 h: ^, `) M' t9 uM:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties. & d+ z. S; i4 N( X ! m, D5 u8 K0 L( i, r4 f5 j# o: oL:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? / o- i2 r- j% b7 v3 j1 l2 c+ e0 J) i; ?( g8 m" F
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. % Z1 @0 t: ?9 e G) f" u6 M% G3 e( U3 [1 k' e5 J& Z
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? 7 c) v/ j+ f; y7 w9 Z. ] r5 B ^6 j$ l- ]' rM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". & m: J$ `4 y9 p% X - e1 i" _& e: n7 V- [) [+ _% I; t$ VL: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。。。, p1 L+ D, N2 c
. t4 p( ~( |$ CM:That song is a hit with young people.: A3 y8 P1 f- w
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L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? - ^0 C/ q( K V- l" v* H8 D0 g/ m & C+ M# D; k. s$ {2 _6 FM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.$ ~" q/ U" K* ^, ^
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L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! / s9 b7 K! L8 k2 f% e1 |) {8 E, q7 T. Y4 C) C% J5 f
M:No, that's not true!0 Q, o8 B+ G/ t- M
6 j/ K7 X9 q8 h1 _. g# s0 ~* cL: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!( ^/ z. \* ?" @
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M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.7 K: @% [5 f* M8 V+ u9 a1 v
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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。 ) k) D) Z. m8 i$ d! ]! v# T/ o2 _6 u2 j
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。2 d; J" @- B* m( E4 a3 c
* ~& d( b" w7 @5 a" pM: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? Z; R7 ^" u( @ O& Z7 u; {: x& ? ! G2 K5 z9 r1 `' o& s: RL: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。 3 I/ H5 L9 ]+ [! u, h7 i: Y0 x; C( A' [* ^/ f2 U4 `7 K4 m( u8 {. }
M:Okay, let's roll!3 l0 E+ t% f! ~6 O4 a; v
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L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?6 C9 [2 H Y. U" r1 D: Q! e. u. C
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M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"* j7 N0 A* H) n" L( S1 b6 m3 U
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M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. / D- w# `( z( F [7 R + Y) Q. K0 T; m' W2 V0 K; x" u+ |0 i" BL: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。 8 }& M9 ~- n- ? 1 W4 u. U6 \% `- p2 m1 SM:That's correct.8 N2 ^/ E- k* L! i0 _
" h) `4 {8 `( P5 R qL: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。. J* P$ D+ s2 E* v6 V! {9 I, _" Z
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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.) x( e/ \0 D( E* Z0 p
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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 d/ z# ]9 |! z6 w2 A