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。 ( X/ Y: X& y+ q1 t# l6 E3 I5 I % D/ e% ?' S. }2 {" G4 Z5 T+ ]' ^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。 . C/ }2 f: L9 t' ~: ~ 2 E3 y) v: b8 H4 v; @- ]5 b+ \M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.& W9 S$ J! u: {, r1 ]2 d: ]
4 L1 J j4 w4 N: ZL:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? 3 P# C7 n- c' {4 Z/ d- C 4 X m7 O9 I3 s/ J8 [4 ?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. & y3 \ ~2 ~% _; G ! _4 p( W4 ]4 I& B. `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?4 D" n T* a6 e
/ z" a) L0 ^0 J+ F4 N' KM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers"./ h& E' }( K( O* g4 x: c2 k7 k3 t
$ p. g, {8 Y8 u: gL: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。。。 2 r/ p% A0 e- z$ G% E 6 ?8 n: X: \& m+ E. z, Y! Y0 f, I4 \- RM:That song is a hit with young people.: u/ ^& A7 b6 U2 ^9 M, S
. L4 y# E/ A; ^6 zM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.) s4 q" t1 C8 i: t% W+ P( k
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L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!% a, O! E' e/ K) w; {& D
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M:No, that's not true! ) v1 ^* X V& M" r* Z+ B, a" e7 j& C. J! f5 u" K
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! h& d* w" h3 V+ }
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M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. 2 A- V: I; t. Z* y7 J4 d; O2 n ( c# y% Y* b% m3 S0 QL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。" G4 a; V3 w: {$ q
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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。 - a" b$ [5 v% k; E, Q& T& j3 j3 O% M2 |+ L
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? ( R4 H v8 G2 B' T* t. {/ D9 |9 a8 o' X/ T; D/ G
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。+ y& H+ j2 O0 F9 ]6 e
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M:Okay, let's roll! ; w! r, [2 r" @( V8 d/ [" \$ {1 P; r4 Z' L5 q) z
L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?4 b' |. \0 c4 ?' Z9 s, A/ ?
2 f- D/ X( I0 j# t6 h- qM:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!" 0 x- ~8 _+ ?3 K, X/ Q ( t3 S) R1 \; j" W4 k& kL:To roll也能表示要离开?9 s8 {( ]3 a* ?; Z4 m" d8 f
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M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.' A' @ h" v- h0 @
l: t1 H. I* t8 L/ c1 `L: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。% N$ \6 j2 p L3 c" z
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2 l: {3 J; l& D oL: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。 1 j `& y$ Z& }; P3 @ `0 ]1 W9 z, i7 V- W' e1 q6 C0 P
M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. ( l, C4 E; I4 f0 Y! t) _! u3 I8 E! k- w2 j3 o6 \: L. n f% 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? & ^$ t! o% I/ ?" ~& H4 b- [6 ~; X: F. C% Z1 j0 T1 U3 @
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. ! w- |; V" K2 E9 F; B" L# Q! s3 w7 w a1 X/ ~. y5 r0 \
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M+L:Let's roll! , u% K- z* O7 _+ ?. x7 }* t$ M$ n0 s/ ~
今天李华学的一个常用语是:hit,这是指受欢迎的,人们喜欢的人或东西;另一个常用语是:to roll, 也就是开始准备做一件事。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里,下次节目再见。; Q7 s3 X, J5 ]% p
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