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。2 P. n n4 U K+ m
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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。# s, c- n H" y- l1 O5 U
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M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.4 m) D+ @' _/ F' V$ z! w9 C/ G
+ `8 W1 g$ z- m9 G- s0 tL:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗?1 N' t5 F' z1 W! T
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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. 3 S0 F0 U8 V; s5 F8 }8 s , G1 r% A6 E! B/ x5 YL: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 f5 t4 L1 M' q$ ]; X/ d9 X+ ~ 4 I/ y/ e( A8 iM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".8 l6 G" E% Z# d/ L* }3 h7 `, K
0 G; w# F2 u& _/ v& e$ g, n4 YL: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。。。) n: E$ Y1 l" C3 g, Q/ @5 m. [
4 Q7 K& e, H, v/ CM:That song is a hit with young people. 2 x* V( B+ M; i% w; ]( _0 @% s- u( o( J! `; d2 z8 \- A8 R
L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?' G3 R! c" g$ E& ^+ U, ?
- J. |! e7 h4 yM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. 4 V& E H! }; ^6 z% M9 A; u ^! w0 F& m
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!4 c; p0 v6 b# F- ]. i7 V: y
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M:No, that's not true!# R+ y8 ^+ ]. H' E) S
: M. } L% T2 v. r7 q XL: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! 7 B* r/ P' d" d: R, F' c8 n& }0 }$ f5 k# t; d
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.3 l/ |) h/ z) v0 l$ ]
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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。; L7 N7 ]$ s1 O+ u
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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。. w$ o; R, o+ c: W6 V' l
7 A8 n" ^% q/ v, S3 r fM: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? 4 ]3 a+ z9 y3 t& G ^3 u0 Y3 K5 l* H' |2 c0 E
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。4 `7 r G+ L9 \4 a+ I& y