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。9 D3 z% k' |7 y0 z4 n1 i' K0 P1 Q8 O
& j6 E& i6 E1 {+ g, \0 {7 @0 ]* E7 K% TL: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。 2 Q+ l. ]/ v% h9 d( J% @2 V6 l4 [! d) @
M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.$ h: M0 h6 u1 M% J/ u
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗?5 Z: L, L0 E/ f7 y4 Z L
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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. t9 [. |! E: L7 o! B$ V ( ~1 I7 Y- F$ u% F- jL: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 s, o' w' p! p4 ]# b* m* j0 t+ h
! S) C2 }) L0 W$ q9 P5 OM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".8 y& z7 v: J( [
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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。。。 3 Q$ N' t! P2 G1 { v ) w' u% N; Y: GM:That song is a hit with young people.+ a- ?7 G! u- m
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L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? : p: u6 n4 v( [1 j7 G 8 b* D% G2 U* |. z# oM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. & i& ^, n6 a$ Y( |2 \, F" n 3 v' C0 n( z! X( N2 YL:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!# M; A( S# E: d
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M:No, that's not true! 8 {2 m( c6 q0 ~( i- V/ z% N9 N+ v5 d0 I" J/ _- a7 u# w
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! . T, s- J- W0 @* c" w9 c8 n 7 D3 _0 }( \$ D4 E2 qM:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. , m/ D4 ?- h" w4 ]( s: |( z! ^- _' X6 A! r/ a) e& p
L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 8 E# e0 `% a2 X! u" @" s/ b 6 K, `8 L1 x3 ^& U! xL: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。 & f2 }% ]+ e% s, \$ _ % U; P/ s- S ]4 k$ IM: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? % E2 S; t/ `6 w. x) J s' @6 \& T# |% F 1 T: q& J+ L4 b+ ~& t0 `, u7 |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。* D0 ^/ k3 S, }; J
& w9 s; N8 j" K1 G2 i0 cM:Okay, let's roll! 2 @5 \+ Z) d0 {+ F5 y% i 5 Q5 d I- F2 L1 f8 Y: V1 C RL:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊? * Q+ S$ M0 N0 o/ e( D( z: X% O; H3 C" Q8 R/ S' Y
M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!" : a5 W# J x, G( |+ n# K' V" U' Q& z3 C6 n( z. P
L:To roll也能表示要离开?/ J# ^3 ~' z/ | \ o
0 d/ p( o$ ?/ tM:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.$ a# f' y. j1 N4 N0 Q. G' A; B/ ]4 x
9 I; [( x/ p) G% _1 ~; C$ l8 mL: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( P$ F z7 d* X
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L: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。5 F6 ?4 S4 _- e& S& m M2 f
! [# j) E J) g/ N7 hM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.* ~2 W& x$ b( N