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。 $ H3 J4 s; l' H; C6 u: @0 N) M# h6 D( _; t+ d1 c, }
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。 & V. I* \ ^3 a2 W0 `8 _! J2 T : C3 q& W5 E+ c2 Q" v, jM:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.( F K* _, U! F, E) I/ ^# ~
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? % p$ c9 n& o, t& z" L0 V; v/ V0 m
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. 3 o6 p T* v$ i7 I2 Q# O * f" [! N9 L/ |, l$ B& QL: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?8 t% D: \% E( x, h/ I: ?- c2 e
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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".8 k a \1 z0 x5 w' R5 M- B! t
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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。。。 5 P# j" J( s ? o" u2 `* \* _7 |$ ~& k% v
M:That song is a hit with young people.$ a: h" `) J; p8 x1 G5 O, {
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L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?/ i0 z3 [1 {9 n; _' g3 w; K% w$ Q. E
$ s3 @6 y1 F4 L. B* M8 w- L9 _M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.( _2 ^* |7 r1 ^/ j' p
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L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!! \" v! A7 ~7 r2 m+ A$ n
& \4 H& ?2 y! C7 @M:No, that's not true!% A9 v* V( ]" Z+ A" }+ b( u2 O) w0 R
$ e+ z2 F+ ]8 K( _6 S2 K- B: }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!" |1 \& M4 r, m' Z! b" m
+ G5 Z$ J0 A: f: m/ g- `8 C. eM:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.2 l# I* O! C' G* b' p
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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。 $ q3 S5 j# s1 }$ B% u + e/ t: m7 _3 IL: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。7 B9 X6 Y0 `/ \( G/ I, |0 ]3 k
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M:Yeah, the people here are pretty cool, but I'm getting tired. I've got a test tomorrow that I haven't prepared for yet. Do you think we can go pretty soon?& t: O7 v0 \+ k. N4 [4 V
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L:对,这儿的人都挺好。怎么啦,你累了,想走了?我知道,你还没有准备好明天的考试。其实,我也有点累了。我们随时都可以走。3 n" \) f L# Y! E8 @3 q9 D- |+ b
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L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?) V, w) n& v# z5 R* u: ?
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M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"6 a6 Y4 [. ~+ ^- L! ^
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L:To roll也能表示要离开?+ Z% g" N/ @" Q1 W0 J. o
" k8 U) \1 ^- k6 P" u# }M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.9 ?- `9 J z4 Q7 H G
! \" @) k- e' J8 h9 ~) VL: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。 . s! j5 a4 K2 _/ c ' Z0 a, ]' m! E6 T( PM:That's correct.0 Y! [# o6 y& N8 |/ Z
2 @; S5 ~! U ` BL: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。 ' n4 S) e* z- w e9 G2 N1 X$ f# F) YM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.5 v# H% @2 c3 ]1 q x$ P+ V
3 L4 j+ I1 _$ i0 W4 i5 u) LL: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 a b% C. C# ]3 ?& |* H7 B
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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.) [0 G! p" c+ v7 Z8 O$ V, B8 O