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。 & {4 J: I' ^2 _4 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。
/ r( T' r. C7 I( Q M: Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.9 `. i, z! i8 W: _( k1 I1 I
L:他是什么?Hit,Hit不是打人吗?
9 l9 f8 P }4 w6 a. n 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.: i1 N) U. S) S7 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?
X, ^$ z j; ?& L% [) Z* ^ M: Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance, you can say "that song is a hit with teenagers".: N4 j( R$ O R6 K2 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……
; K2 z0 U1 l }5 g' | M: That song is a hit with young people.9 y; q/ y% l6 @: }, O1 {; L _$ X2 c
L:一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit吗?
" j; t, ?( s4 Q% ] M: Yes, you can! A hit TV program.
" {7 B+ V1 o4 p6 S L:Michael,我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!
( A( T8 ?2 C* ~+ p" h M: No, that's not true!
$ `* q2 I+ r" u 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!3 T& W6 ?, _% L# m y
M: Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing me.
; X3 }1 P! N& f L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。8 T. m# {2 A! l9 L0 n
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。: d- D! h y* H0 {1 W' q8 [
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?6 f2 T! [- C0 K5 M: j2 M
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。( {8 G" l" W2 o, |! o6 [
M: Okay, let's roll!
8 R: N. \% J6 `3 F( t L:什么?Let's roll?滚回去啊?
. p; ]* _5 O1 G M: Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"
" V' d T- o2 y c: U1 T, [6 F/ G. [ L:To roll也能表示要离开?
5 u: ^ U- U3 y: M M: Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start something new.- D0 X7 ]. {4 U3 w5 u
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。8 R6 Y4 v3 p$ j7 N! d
M: That's correct.6 I, e4 H$ s4 v! Y7 Y4 `# z
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。. G3 i" Y0 z6 {9 I' Z
M: "Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really do think it's time to roll.. V+ t5 d0 S+ J$ l
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?: L4 {3 k1 P6 [( L% z
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my test.: q/ c! s$ N5 w# J: R
L:那好吧!
2 W" m3 M/ K8 H7 J M+L:Let's roll!1 \) f- N! h7 m* @' i7 k' j
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。 |