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。, @% d+ I. B/ C
8 x% l1 L1 Z: [( K' ^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。+ f* [* C( |: f$ q6 f) W5 q* U
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M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.- O' X- r& P/ z! c: F
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+ q6 q2 m# F& t# `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. $ N; u8 {4 M/ O) G' B5 l4 y) [. v6 w1 R2 {
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?, V2 x: G5 {9 E7 `$ B$ g
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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".* `' l ]+ i& y' Z
! a7 p$ @8 J' E I* \: NL: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。。。 7 P9 c) f: ~" c( l; m% b. t- j' x+ ~' @) O* g+ V2 @
M:That song is a hit with young people.9 e p! H. P; X* @. P+ R9 F
" |/ f8 \3 i$ e) WL: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? 7 z8 Y+ f% D3 F6 [8 _! I 8 t# B8 [) r! I3 OM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.) p# X. m& l: Z. F2 v
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L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!, D Y, ~( n/ d+ O7 ~
' f+ I8 L; F# s; f, _M:No, that's not true!( U) w J3 G0 I: S R
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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! & x- s/ q& H# y. C7 E0 y- }8 E) \5 J# d0 T; V4 d
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. 4 g" U3 {+ z. C5 t2 t. w, a% n6 q& z9 R
L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。+ T' Z4 S5 v9 s" Z5 l
5 N0 m( ?7 u4 A% l v) rL: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。! s) ]$ Z4 Y3 J5 E
9 ^/ D6 S$ f' Y s$ ^; S* G, P2 UM: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?. h1 _: o; Y( [9 z+ }! w. b
) m8 p) o3 T% H- KL: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。- M; M/ t+ a" P# v
; a6 K1 k7 ~' x/ d( D! rM:Okay, let's roll!6 W/ b1 Y& {+ D% k& x& d
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L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊? ! E2 X, B5 j8 k5 F+ K& T0 y! O/ \; F/ O
M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"( z8 \; l* L) Y3 G
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L:To roll也能表示要离开?( u# @% [+ S2 ?7 u, p a( M
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M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. 1 t; m" s' J2 } ) P7 Q7 ~( ^! j7 I* N3 C- lL: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。 0 r% \- w& j% b( C. J$ r: f! @6 ~, K
M:That's correct. # W2 Q* D( X \% D! \! E5 }) u 4 E7 G/ \0 Q2 iL: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。: k; t: v% J Y4 D w
9 x6 F! j; U5 R3 t6 uM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. & g' }; w; U* b, I " _( s" P( X! o j$ ZL: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? . C2 I7 t' `) e- C2 \! x; I5 x& D/ P/ |* Q9 g' v
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. J$ j) D- g4 G; c s+ c2 h, a + p! k4 h! z" c# hL:那好吧!- Q" c: j1 g7 L" m, n6 y% R; U