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。+ h9 T; c, `$ f: g+ m! ]0 E7 S
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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。 0 x' y0 H' h6 \& m7 R9 D, j4 x
M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties. 2 d& {! O. w# P - }% u! z9 d( D8 Q# A. YL:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? - R J2 O9 o2 m/ c! K8 A- ]; Z+ c( j7 b0 T* k& w& a
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 r, ~& q7 }% y9 k: w- l / |' D6 B8 T4 ^0 V7 n1 AL: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: w8 T: k" v) s1 @. K/ m ( h" j+ V$ @( A/ Q: j: DM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". ^0 N @, a) H P6 s6 V2 r. T+ N2 K5 e0 @& ~7 z1 J% S7 W
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。。。# Q5 _7 B: X% [% Q* E2 G
7 ]2 G0 l1 H; T4 G! V9 r: w2 HM:That song is a hit with young people. 6 C+ |7 O A9 x# i. D - ]! ]; S! ~5 m4 J; M; n( Z9 Y! |) T0 | eL: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?' e1 f0 c( P8 |( p3 d5 A1 H
. N% e$ @% M$ z& D/ QM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.0 S7 s. t) I9 w! A* O
# q# a7 M* T# ~! _, F' {L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! & p) q* [; R8 l: v! M0 `. T2 ^: ~1 ]6 [+ {& ]7 O
M:No, that's not true! 0 |8 C' V- F" o2 X 1 i) m' s" B9 w* {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!( N0 n/ U# Q: \0 j f) B7 I9 p
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M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.; `- j* N* V4 x% H
; t! K4 X4 e( G2 m# x# l+ WL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 : h$ p' W! O8 B9 ^) D/ b3 t7 e- {! X+ z6 v
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。9 J/ T) ^, w* `: g D) i+ Z
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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?/ w6 E# |+ \7 J9 h' g6 G
6 K) n3 Y5 r$ F3 C4 E _. P8 \3 z1 VL: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。7 o$ [& i, ?1 d0 D& n, o7 [
5 p/ v: t# k! mM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.4 G; V8 V7 I- O$ d4 H
5 x! C/ n, |: ?* TL: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? : f8 ]: U5 _; \: s" }$ O, P* ^4 U2 h# h& X& P$ m5 r* m. w$ W( {/ |
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test.4 \7 J$ {# c3 k3 p