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。, ]6 [$ T! \) j% q0 J4 {$ \5 r
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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。 4 D. |6 t- g$ }# h" V8 q" w/ p 4 Q; Y2 W, ^; U* R' F9 v1 C1 y9 L: DM:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.: i) G9 W; Q) s+ f
" ]& Q3 ?( Q# @3 O- E3 M5 S' qL:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? 2 I" W0 {/ t% s9 p9 v& X6 T( C : h {8 f% U' F: _3 Z) G, JM: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.4 o! L7 g6 d) J# S' ?( _
/ F" D/ L" g! Q5 y) @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?% i$ r3 P$ }# r) A$ Q
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M:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". % t9 B8 J* p' B# |5 [ 5 z' y1 l- ^- U) D/ hL: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。。。 / g+ s# o+ [! S, z$ e! t) _# U& _# Z* K* [7 X9 y8 s
M:That song is a hit with young people.1 \1 ]7 y5 v5 r8 Y
+ N6 O+ @: j" W# u% p" h: pL: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? 8 d. m: o* f: w5 c- v: _5 S* d% H6 W2 [& ~) i
M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.9 j4 `. h) h9 Y2 {$ n& L
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L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!- H" `3 N2 x9 A) [ Q
% M; h) u9 ?+ w! ?: O- ]/ sM:No, that's not true!( R+ a$ T6 b% `
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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! & F/ _& Z& Z; \% n3 X" F" G8 Q; o* r D' B
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.: n6 t: H# K1 l u5 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。# i5 M- X4 a) e9 } W: e, M
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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。( h3 K0 Z4 J3 e3 W2 A# e+ x% ~
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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? ) Q0 p* x1 v3 ?" v# \6 {- u, Z6 K' s) e6 f+ g2 ^8 U h
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。 6 S7 S1 w- V( v) A" G9 _8 F9 i7 L* W" [; l, v9 \
M:Okay, let's roll! 5 u" b! f' I- k+ ~# B% ?& v4 S6 y: @+ V
L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊? . L8 x6 z1 p$ C1 o# `1 Y4 c0 _. ~! }( E) u+ S+ A" U
M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"$ K0 F7 t; V6 q& {3 |
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L:To roll也能表示要离开?* I4 F& Y/ Z4 ]. Z/ y( U5 D
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M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. 5 {" y& ~7 `' \; q. d2 O: k5 j 8 Q, X$ _. k: DL: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。& ?% o+ J2 ^/ ?5 L- K5 S
5 l: [- ~' K5 YM:That's correct. 6 V3 ]) |& ]9 q6 t8 Z- R / f+ C$ r2 e$ m+ \4 H% {; [+ kL: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。 6 ^3 q+ K3 `2 p9 t. E ) S! P: M3 r6 J: t/ S) \M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.! P+ {5 R3 X* W4 u9 }8 D3 `& D% x