时间:2019-02-12 作者:英语课 分类:美国之音《流行美语》


英语课

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。

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。
M:Yeah, he's the hit of all these parties.
L:他是什么?Hit?Hit 不是打人吗?
M:No, "hit" here means 1 he is the most popular person at these parties. "Hit" is a word
used to describe someone or something that makes a favorable 2 impression.
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?
M:Yeah, things can also be called a hit. For instance 3, you can say "that song is a hit
with teenagers".
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。。。
M:That song is a hit with young people.
L: 一个受欢迎的电视节目也能说是hit 吗?
M:Yes, you can! A hit TV program.
L:Michael,我听说好多女孩儿都很喜欢你!
M:No, that's not true!
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!
M:Oh, stop it, Li Hua! You're embarrassing 4 me.
L:哟,你还会不好意思呐!得了,去拿点东西吃吧,我饿了。
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。
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: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:Okay, let's roll!
L:什么?Let's roll?滚回去啊?
M:Oh no, "let's roll" here means "let's leave!"
L:To roll 也能表示要离开?
M:Yes, if you're doing one thing, you can say "to roll" when you want to start
something new.
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。
M:That's correct.
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。
M:"Let's roll" is very popular, especially among young people. Well, Li Hua, I really
do think it's time to roll.
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?
M :A hit singer will be coming? I'd like to stay, but I really have to prepare for my
test.
L:那好吧!
M+L:Let's roll!

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。



n.方法,手段,折中点,物质财富
  • That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
  • We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。
adj.赞成的,赞成的;有利的,良好的,顺利的
  • The book received a favorable review.这本书赢得了好评。
  • Each nation suppressed news that was not favorable to it.每个国家都扣留对它不利的消息。
n.例,例证,实例
  • Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗?
  • He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如,他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了!
adj.使人尴尬的,令人为难的v.(使)窘迫,(使)局促不安( embarrass的现在分词)
  • His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing. 听了他讲的笑话,都没人笑一下,真是太尴尬了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • I was in the embarrassing position of having completely forgotten her name. 当时我完全忘记了她的名字,很是尴尬。 来自《简明英汉词典》
学英语单词
3-epimerase
add fuel to the flame
adhesin
air release pipe
alphitite
alternate operating columns
anabiotic state
anaphalis margaritacea benth. et hook.
Anemone sinensis Bunge
anthophilous insect
basal
bathing place
bearing performance
bidding sheet
biostratinomy
Brunckite
burier
carinthias
centrallassite
chihuahuan
clearing error
corrugated vessel
cruzados
darwazagay (darwazahgai)
daughter-herdmate comparison
decremental chain
Dendara
direct transmission
dochmii
doxxed
economic clerk
elctrohemostasis
electromechanical coupling factor
excitation variable
film fern
genital appendage
genus grindelias
genus Todus
gingival plane
gulf stream system
have an eye for something
high-impedance receiver front end
high-quality
hispidissimus
human excrement
hunyn
Jack in a Box
labile phosphate group
lissomer
loaded freeboard
macroderma gigas
Marine Corps Intelligence Activity
metric property
minionettes
missletoe
mistake as the parties
mobile-source
net export
nonharmonic constants
nonimbedded command
OODBMS
outborrowing
part in bending
PDRB
permanent orbital station
photoelectric measuring device
pilot ladders
point-focussed electron gun
preteenage
ravenousnesses
re-romanize
remissal
rings missing
Romanicist
rossler-edelmann process
SCKL
seawater-sediment interface
singles court
skilled worker
slack feeder
slag ballast
smarty-pant
specker
Strux
strychnine glycerophosphate
supraphons
sympathetic trunk (or sympathetic chain)
tandem ion analyzer
thallium acetate
thioindigo test
transliterators
trigger-price equilibrium
tripfag
twisted hair
two-dimensional interferometry
unchauvinistic
unfertilizable
value voter
valve oil
weasel out
xoxocotlan
Zhicheng