0 s9 u) w+ t% Y# X) P' 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。" [& s+ W) z/ r& ]8 Y4 p
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M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties. 7 l! A+ u7 J, e4 B$ Q2 t) x4 ~$ g, b ( O* d4 q* J. o4 e# ?L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗?( @' N9 N1 V3 j' 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. & y- L ?- I8 [+ P1 k* @$ Q$ c& i. B! t" J$ B* _ p8 n7 ^4 |
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?* R& G+ I# E! j s' q0 n
3 u+ M! _0 N$ mM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".8 ?' y3 g3 ?, J& ]$ e) c
, _4 Z8 I" J" o! n6 n# K8 `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。。。( b1 S' z3 E' ]8 c$ ~! [
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M:That song is a hit with young people.0 w7 r- L9 p5 [& d* O, v$ ]
" T" W' D7 |: u6 JL: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? 0 y9 w R% w6 @8 C/ a 1 a1 |4 H* t* `M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. 2 y, A6 q& G0 n' L, Y5 F& x# J# }: f
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! " W% J' d8 A9 F# |) |" {, ]* f5 I$ Q: V+ \1 z
M:No, that's not true! 3 I4 H5 |, D( P& z% N# p. P8 K# I + Y9 [* }* I6 L; _1 ZL: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! / l: m' e) M% [" ^/ Q e ( d/ E! ~0 Q6 Z4 cM:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. 3 p) S4 U- F. N" D) L% c, q; [* C Y6 F( I7 p( E
L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 6 r1 J( X5 \/ |. h9 Z# q4 G8 e: u7 Q" T3 s
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。 ' s6 i, W6 R7 X2 T/ h I3 k, E6 e3 T/ U' A/ H, P$ m
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? 9 Y! w, _' @9 t: o# }7 d7 A ( i; M! G! y( z8 r& r( JL: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。. D3 ~. q& _5 S1 r1 ~" C
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M:Okay, let's roll!) K/ W4 Z5 N" [( x7 |0 g% V; Q/ Y2 ?
' m- `2 {2 e" z2 n" PL:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?% e- _; Z. u7 u
; H0 O& y' ~8 t& G: }M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!" " c- p7 H0 N, m" H# Y4 o q1 a6 ?: E, w
L:To roll也能表示要离开?6 j9 ~( h5 P+ V- b5 {
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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。 . y2 m. Z! O; h5 U) c. {' ~ / w# g& [% X' n/ k0 X( G( fM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.# ?8 R3 g5 Y8 j% {+ _" G
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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?3 z U& D2 t$ K6 T) I" G" s
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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.: E, {% s% |; } C1 j
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L:那好吧!( ?/ }$ s" X4 d) u y