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。 # s! \2 G* Y# l" B$ D, k! h( R, Q6 M3 P
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。 6 S, M! E9 |6 C2 ^+ y/ I0 H* _6 j! }6 E, ]3 p
M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.6 u8 a7 C R. Y7 q
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? : z& y3 R, D+ E / v2 T5 R9 E6 l9 k$ GM: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. # @# l5 I6 c5 J: K9 x9 }6 S1 F2 N/ Q! L$ R
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? # e: o0 ~: i) \) n$ T \: E 0 i' I2 i; Q$ E9 b) v2 _3 y+ {M:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".4 g+ }! R% h. N1 y ^6 j
: p3 {; K5 v6 [* j2 S# S) o# KL: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。。。/ v+ z6 N* k2 ~3 N8 C/ d
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M:That song is a hit with young people. 7 y4 X2 T. i* f3 ~! r# t+ a! G" ]' R6 h* u* U3 Y, i0 j) V
L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? ; J$ D+ L7 S: y2 p4 x% \* P4 b' i' Q& J
M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.) p3 I5 b. v' P7 Y$ d, c0 \( _
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L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!6 e: T. R8 f) g: m; X9 q; B
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M:No, that's not true!7 e% S v& G3 E, _
+ s; F* S* l' a# iL:我认识的女孩都说你很帅!我想她们那么喜欢你,你恐怕还不知道自己是a hit with girls!; n6 [+ ?8 j% V# i5 R2 F
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M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.) c" {3 Z$ c. R( z9 [8 C
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L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。9 N$ Z1 |4 p9 R# C3 B$ @: q
6 O o4 w& D7 a RL:Michael, 我们来了有两个小时了吧!我倒是认识了几个很有意思的人。 2 m" `$ X8 I9 o: M + ?, `4 [" J3 K: i" pM:Yeah, the people here are pretty cool, but I'm getting tired. I've got a test tomorrow that I haven't prepared for yet. Do you think we can go pretty soon? - I# a( q# ~" w5 [ 6 o6 g' {5 d4 M' ]4 s; r' W; [L:对,这儿的人都挺好。怎么啦,你累了,想走了?我知道,你还没有准备好明天的考试。其实,我也有点累了。我们随时都可以走。, A& U( }1 e: _$ s$ C" \6 Y
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M:Okay, let's roll! 1 D9 Z! `) P" D% t4 O0 r & k! j. q/ F( g5 ^L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?8 P8 n- e. S/ @+ H
+ L8 v5 D4 k$ U& A6 b, b; eM:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"5 ]" \) {. c7 T4 C
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L:To roll也能表示要离开? 9 p4 I5 Y2 t2 U( E% B! I/ S3 k5 p' Z( n* [- n- v, c3 `6 u6 g
M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.- U1 ~0 v3 O3 b" e3 S
7 h5 V. E" X% l( [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。: x5 G) B3 J/ u
3 Q# u( Q z9 J: WM:That's correct. 5 `# E- \. y" H7 g2 M 5 }- b. e( g- ^" p8 E |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。 * ]% {$ U& z0 [! l: \' T1 A" c( P3 Z
M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.! b5 m+ i; u2 Z8 o. `
/ O- e" J5 o6 k" @" q& u3 R4 ~L: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?3 E5 r3 D) _4 u9 k$ e! K. g
2 I: M7 n$ I( F. b( NM :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. * z" _0 X) q; m" \3 z4 B% H9 U6 l1 l2 W( b0 i
L:那好吧!6 b: d8 v5 H! \+ Z7 w$ v! [$ t