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 \3 N2 H R, q5 g5 p" S G, p9 ?1 \: 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。7 d( Y9 P" g% q0 B, J
9 U& y" ^1 O0 a% y4 W( UM:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.& }4 F I% ^2 w6 e) r
& C/ M$ ^9 }, B& V" fL:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? 9 _5 Y, F7 c9 q5 A& @ h1 b" U" L" \( i2 Q- U
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. / n$ f5 [0 i( N1 w1 P! {8 Y# b( R. L9 T4 E8 f8 u
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?, c. o( b+ s0 q6 Y7 K. h& x
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M:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".6 ?* o/ `* L0 Y" `* }5 P% ~
0 f8 {; y, P% a4 jL: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。。。 * \* M" F$ K7 m: S' X ) A. n! p9 I- F9 K( ^M:That song is a hit with young people.3 L9 F9 @; W3 b7 q1 b( T6 R, o
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L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? ' Q6 ~5 V: p$ v0 \& V1 I : m% t' i$ T! g/ U2 c- O' C! m$ ZM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. - O( T3 u. N0 c1 w: J9 B9 f 1 X( W7 b! z4 Q2 t- uL:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! , V1 E6 B4 o2 l4 m; Z" C6 v* M' U ]2 i. y( a
M:No, that's not true!/ O3 _9 H4 f) |; b ^
& M$ P$ {$ r# x; o6 T9 s9 VL: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! & a# x, o, F j; X m% X1 _. {# J! N$ _5 W5 v: ^ f
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. 4 R) _9 D. d$ |. x+ i; k 0 n' C; u0 q/ T2 bL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。0 F- K& ^9 C$ _/ O2 B3 `, [) Y
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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。4 Z, d! ]) n+ Q" g
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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? ~4 U4 P+ n. E" c2 m* C
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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。6 H& y# T' c2 h' @% r
: Y5 ?, |* L8 U7 @0 k3 wM:Okay, let's roll!1 V0 T9 w7 Z8 s* @. G; r
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L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊? 9 N6 j* O: d3 Z0 `* ?; J5 V! o$ ~" L
M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"0 _) L! X" C2 L
! U6 Z" Z% {& T/ Z+ E W3 g/ NL:To roll也能表示要离开?, q! S/ y, _* y- e) G( z' S" n" d
3 r. n4 @6 v+ X0 [5 u4 m" lM:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.: c; O: D9 Y6 w- @% Z# _' Q9 |; N. a
9 t [" ]7 E9 }+ Z/ JL: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。 5 h8 V+ N1 @8 A. @$ j, R # y9 }3 Q5 R* \M:That's correct. , Z! P# f- D$ u2 X9 v: K" S& Y" I' l5 F1 r+ z$ ?% F5 D
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。6 G' I# E: M% j9 l( \
! g- X2 \$ A% w; C& r; fM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.$ a5 H7 N8 v0 c. X J& d! K$ B' C
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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? " I+ ~& D) M# k9 Z 9 ]$ E: {- c( r0 |' NM :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test.5 R4 V% m- W- \% W- Q/ W: G