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。0 z" O- n* F0 W, w$ R" M- 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。# u+ G1 g- u; j' D
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M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.! Q" C" U" q. O8 V, W
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? & r, b( y: Y& }" b - t7 x0 B& ~8 v5 M; x! t- MM: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.2 M O4 L+ `& d( o& s7 |
: r6 D* c/ S7 X" z1 }# [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? 2 T& [0 v# A2 ?$ o- Y0 n# T. | T. V( H, o8 i8 C; A2 q! YM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers". 9 g7 o" V& G( a+ P ; Y( ^6 n! k/ {+ ^) D5 sL: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 J7 Y1 j$ @4 t1 P3 W" x4 }# U5 v N1 j
M:That song is a hit with young people. ; |5 \2 r! o; ? * I8 S0 a* X9 [ pL: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? 0 w3 S% ]4 W, n" x 4 q) }4 f8 t' L# l4 j& NM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.5 V/ F( U% N: H) e3 a' }3 A/ R! ]/ b
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( q% K" i. w/ W" \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? E) K6 F Q" d* V) Y( b
% u6 p/ }9 ~: x7 tM:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"* ?, T# X* Q+ g; i+ g
3 E3 S0 z$ D) `$ b5 z; r' TL:To roll也能表示要离开?1 _3 g6 X( A$ f4 G
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M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. . @! ?4 p) e, b; S) ~, Y0 }6 u# z7 b2 W) t8 {% X# c& O
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。 , f$ V g6 c& J0 k0 K . Y1 D" Z& a( ^0 M2 pM:That's correct.5 d, j. d% v5 v( |% V& q* P
" T4 U- @% f* j& y# v% W+ Q9 p3 W9 QL: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。) L9 i4 F( [; X* |( ?' R. _! T4 I
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M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. 0 d$ |: v9 T0 M; G) l9 o# r/ _ " n, X" X% H3 X; s" |4 O0 q5 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? ) f) @+ M' L/ }3 a$ r' G0 u& c4 q+ B5 d9 P' l
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test.. u6 [# X! M6 S0 f. N* F
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L:那好吧!6 k s W' a3 A6 T+ R7 g; C o1 U. j
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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。 % ^8 K+ d: [$ K% R1 k% {. EAudio As Following: 8 J. b- E/ o4 A! X, n4 L