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。 * {+ T$ ]* o* z, o; @: A! ]3 Y/ @' ]! C. 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。 / i, k6 ?4 S- {! ]: u) Z2 T9 x, ~, }# J+ z4 d# w) W
M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties. 8 `. R/ q- b# j( C- |1 Q. M( B' K( q9 `+ T
L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? ! ^& }2 l0 P5 |5 z& \8 _ : X+ m+ x1 t9 O1 vM: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. 0 d& }8 o$ k6 r: Q" f : L5 D8 L! F) n# Z# V/ o6 oL: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? 7 U5 o0 m3 k( \8 T! M% P1 S" U/ o 4 e, u# g T% N/ qM:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".: I0 f! d- l- D9 w$ X! Z8 a
d4 z- L7 m+ ?' XL: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。。。4 N# m, D1 H p$ b: }
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M:That song is a hit with young people. * Q5 z$ J7 C' u. D: @- |6 }% t' X' s3 |
L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? $ d8 W6 Q7 ^0 C- G, R. c 0 {: n0 a/ ?3 p7 HM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.8 o; ^6 j( l C
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L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! 3 _, \, m+ K% `* b+ N K1 {0 D8 u- w! W
M:No, that's not true! # _% s3 h R6 g& k+ v2 M & X, M4 r2 E; y: J. n) l) ~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!2 k0 l- D- m( x0 }2 E5 D6 T
: v6 v. K3 V' s8 y9 |M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.' S1 B! S; z, Q+ f! D
# m6 B2 A: Z- Z4 F+ `: V3 FL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。 7 L( K9 F7 T$ X: U( ]4 u - O( Q; X, T: c% A5 [8 OL: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。 6 ~' k1 [5 v8 \+ r3 H0 ^# s# _6 V } [, e9 }
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?; j F1 p2 v3 K* E, l2 C7 _* v
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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。 - M) W' {! f* W- N. B- N/ |2 L 8 l; v' I; M$ a, K+ n, \- _M:Okay, let's roll!3 a! i t. \/ z4 R ~3 n9 p; G
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L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊?* l$ l& B% Q3 }1 ^& r/ H% ]6 {
1 ^2 m, K3 ~3 g3 NM:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"$ p+ g. o# G. J$ r
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L:To roll也能表示要离开? - W& S4 d$ s5 [% F' {3 t f ' V. T! X& A" ]# UM:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. / q4 q8 e v8 u4 [) U. ^! r+ e) ?' l$ z+ ?8 ?& x/ g2 r; n, I
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。2 u. `. m& }! h$ P
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M:That's correct. ) Z/ V/ q, b# u8 ]4 y$ U, [% a/ W r- ?5 r; o- Z# E) z4 U* K
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。; P; w$ p4 i, l* b4 ~4 M
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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.; W; M; Q4 m* `" O% Y
' p0 E$ f+ H% Y4 qM :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. . B0 p! |( i. U$ L 2 D8 V8 ?6 |7 B. h; I5 ?0 PL:那好吧! ) f/ J; _1 x8 J5 B3 B - t' q3 k* m) Y4 hM+L:Let's roll!) w. ^3 k) _0 z0 x