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。9 P7 o/ ]7 E/ X% E
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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。 9 ?* Z4 n. {2 u: y5 c- K - ^9 p: _" l# [M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties." E: H4 u4 X' b. s% r
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗?8 C: K' `6 X* L7 y0 W
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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.* n3 J0 x U2 a0 h4 D' A( D: G
+ C( e2 S6 Z+ |& r6 C# N4 NL: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? 6 `' c/ W3 J" k) X5 ]9 c4 m" } R& O& f f% ~) ~
M:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". 0 r7 v% P/ H, | 4 V: G S& q9 ~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。。。 $ V7 i V, Y3 j/ l- Q) g# t; ?8 h1 H& E+ a3 O, o0 p0 M6 _2 N
M:That song is a hit with young people.! X; C1 {. e6 q! M
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L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?4 u! ?/ B1 j$ ^2 w9 Z8 I
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M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. ; [1 i: h+ i* V+ u0 i' q% ^2 ]# ?' W6 W; i# o3 t2 }' P5 w3 U
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!2 v0 a E8 K6 k1 |, k8 x+ a
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M:No, that's not true! % l0 U+ Y8 _7 @+ B2 p/ j) j2 T' @% b6 K% ]$ P+ Y
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! 6 p! r2 U, i0 X( P$ K$ a% d0 ]' V
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.3 n$ ^& _* Y9 u& X. W
- l. f2 Z9 l* H- m, g% d" N6 {3 H. kL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 ! W( ]5 {4 k5 H+ j+ [$ ^ 3 D! Z! n9 O) }: V' dL: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。' }; w! o+ W2 k. D2 ^; L
: i! b( U* S$ sM: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 `# [6 j
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L: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。+ h5 u6 O+ C$ A; w$ Z
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M:Okay, let's roll!% |+ S, A) t. B0 j" u, o4 q7 [' F
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L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?4 Q K7 l' N4 C& ^( t
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M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"3 x7 E% ]/ i" E3 K9 g3 X4 j
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L:To roll也能表示要离开?+ g- ?# c# K% N
# {' n/ ]/ h9 XM:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. - n- @% k! d9 }' d: o 9 ?* C# S+ ?- e0 @ {5 T9 i- w( @2 XL: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 Z: }9 g/ g1 N2 B% H & f0 D% v! n J7 }- N2 b7 |* LM:That's correct.0 X8 z6 r; s* B; R5 f' v- g
* u8 V- q/ J, a) Y. x/ C, z" O( FL: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。 / h* J g3 L6 w* m- m) G% D" x. v
M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. 2 N4 m: {5 z; e5 H+ p& v * V; Z) }! J$ {- Q. EL: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?1 c! t9 H3 Q; T! X
( y4 z% G, y& t0 k2 q8 y- dM :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test.2 {2 m3 d/ ], d ~8 B