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。 & C( {- B9 `) R/ b7 E- _. q! k ) S7 o( z# o S% C* JL: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。' N) y+ D" O2 m: ] H- N/ \; M
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M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties. ; \! N6 d+ Y7 v3 F2 I5 S' y4 r6 l9 a! l' _ Q' W2 Y
L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗?/ P$ r& z U1 @8 O t) b" 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. : L; i9 l' r; k, Q9 G! V. A2 e5 R4 m
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?! L7 y% J A" u7 w9 d
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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".# E3 m8 K" V; r1 e
8 u7 {. R' f% U( Y Z/ @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。。。; G$ S* V1 ~( c. i8 h
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M:That song is a hit with young people. c$ Z( ]1 n! s' Y- n" b- b: _3 v9 i% Q3 |" m! ^6 h
L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗? ]0 z& n5 b) q! t! Q$ [ ' O0 l: v9 |* L' c5 B' JM:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. & K8 b8 d0 E9 T9 Q8 @3 g* l" F7 e+ S: {4 l! |; P, {( |
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!4 s2 `, U( y, k u8 w- y
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M:No, that's not true! " u( s/ k' a G& V8 A 6 }3 t0 P3 t( i" D( |$ s5 U( C" Z: OL: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! 5 {1 @/ M( O+ x, F( V; a" _! Y7 N5 r3 r5 K! C
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. $ A% X0 o f. \! J j% b6 L' l$ x, {' J3 i; o2 T! l
L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。2 g: c3 G- m3 @( d. B, ^
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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。 ) b( e( Y4 x, N% T' }- f+ K3 l. X9 @7 N g' S3 V
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?" l$ x. j9 `: Q9 o$ u! V9 g/ ^8 f1 p
6 {; T: e9 x8 h/ z6 l5 yL: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。 - t Q8 E4 a* w' X # A+ T2 `" {& {& B; J2 P+ TM:Okay, let's roll!0 ^) K& a2 [' c) T! g' E
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L:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊? : s, R, D& u% N3 y5 J" b" D6 Q, A/ Q5 U
M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!" 3 g4 Z" Y8 a7 S5 N/ ]; a3 c( s. s" h5 @ C) T
L:To roll也能表示要离开? 4 F# Q' ]" S+ y4 f& K; X3 o# J % }6 @7 G3 d2 `- |( ]! B. c5 e+ ]M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.9 t& Q- T0 a8 |. I8 ?$ [ Y
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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。 - g( |# O# p$ Z4 ]- i2 w; u3 ^: E' M+ t
M:That's correct. 6 s* x1 w9 b2 r& X" ~) B# v: q0 c9 N, i( K1 P$ h
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。 : f* a+ u _) b* z u , o2 ^3 a1 l# g! l, D3 P. aM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. 6 l$ @5 @% k' ?0 q' A " h+ V' Z/ Z4 i y5 W5 xL: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? . w8 S* U& T" u3 o/ e) m6 d ) O- Y* `$ |+ P! @M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test.; y& G! n) D- J
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L:那好吧!( Q' o' \( s% Y7 Q. h
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M+L:Let's roll! 6 F, |2 I" ~% P# z) `8 g 5 `) l$ J% n3 J* v9 w0 M/ _今天李华学的一个常用语是:hit,这是指受欢迎的,人们喜欢的人或东西;另一个常用语是:to roll, 也就是开始准备做一件事。这次[流行美语]就学习到这里,下次节目再见。7 t. I3 E4 z& c" d6 ]
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