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。 9 g2 E5 R* E5 S , m# k5 d: ]; o) w- |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。 * P4 t& j' w9 _) o, ?* g+ X) f b% b1 K }4 n& t6 c* s
M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.1 E& n4 j* L' p, m: I5 T
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L:他是什么?Hit? Hit不是打人吗? " Z3 p' L* X6 }* V! X 8 i) L/ T/ O% N) w. u) dM: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.% F @4 Y+ E [0 i5 ]; n6 t8 a
5 Z/ \! `5 l0 e3 \" Y7 o' bL: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?# N9 N( t2 `+ B J- 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". 3 ]0 W" h: d {7 D9 v. A) r B0 O" }* `, m2 w# E2 y# o- K6 W
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。。。6 ~2 |0 I/ I; X2 L' R2 _% \0 {
' P6 |7 U x4 j; X) W, U; O; fM:That song is a hit with young people. % F1 i) l( Z; z2 e; j; P P) m6 K; T/ V8 U6 h
L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?8 n# X, {8 f& w5 Y, q4 r
3 l5 ]+ B8 }. t! c- _M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program. 0 A' p" W; |) `% S9 s8 ?) f5 {" G1 h3 ?/ c5 N6 {1 O: a
L:Michael, 我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你! 9 j+ L9 ]9 d& l. d/ j( t. T+ n- Y" ? 5 m6 P* S! y0 k8 S* K. ]0 m. R/ v3 \M:No, that's not true! t9 |) R2 s8 M. e: `1 K w) }
1 `" Z2 A& ~9 U) O+ @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!; \6 ]. d" \" p" t
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M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me. D5 ]: G/ b0 {9 I ) _" r$ ]) i; @3 o" w, vL:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。3 {8 I/ Z! c- \' `5 r4 F
, o0 }- \3 ], O. _" yL: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。5 c$ M; B1 R6 y7 Q
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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 I# ?! l: Z( \
& \$ [; E7 d' m0 R! \5 ?+ gL: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。5 A9 K' A& B9 D; H
. j* A+ P( ]0 n2 g- AM:Okay, let's roll! * c4 a% @2 l+ f( r0 F3 O: x3 X 0 Q4 K) T+ A- Q! N7 k4 fL:什么? Let's roll? 滚回去啊? ) b0 \9 M0 H: W! L: k6 O , e7 S6 o- V- g; D' vM:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!" $ p3 }2 z/ n: N2 o0 l3 E, A- Q! c+ ]# B
L:To roll也能表示要离开? , `" m* k7 r6 P g4 P) \ ; I' [) m5 u8 X4 W# T2 V1 PM:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new. 7 B3 W& N2 q0 s4 `3 h1 j. t ; {, G6 J; x+ l$ ZL: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。( ?% O* l l& J
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M:That's correct.6 F) s1 e0 u, Z# `( B C
( ]4 |8 q; K# i. G9 z4 i) z2 ML: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。1 P# n) T' ~9 f1 O$ z; \! R
) p7 I9 F/ \$ s/ X3 ? ZM:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll. 6 P I. i6 o r9 c F D6 q- u. y1 k. s1 a' k
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? 1 L. _& z: P: k# ]# a8 I6 y5 U+ e7 K
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test. " W+ h+ P" l& u# } , R! b6 S8 K" J. }/ GL:那好吧! 9 U$ V% i2 N7 v% s8 Q 8 A) _. g* S' {) y" t4 _M+L:Let's roll!$ O" _2 F' G; d; b4 G