今天Michael和李華二人到了紐約一個(gè)公園去看煙火，李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)新詞：packed和hype。
L：我老天，這個(gè)公園可真擠，但愿我們能夠找到個(gè)地方坐下。
M: Yeah, it's really packed today. I've never seen this many people here.
L：你是怎么說(shuō)的？你是說(shuō)人好多嗎？
M: Yes, I said the park is packed. That means it is crowded, there are a lot of people here.
L：噢，我懂了，你說(shuō)的 packed，P-A-C-K-E-D 這個(gè)字，就是通常你說(shuō)打包的pack那個(gè)字吧？
M: That's right. Here we say "be packed" to show that a place is full of people, just like a box packed full of stuff.
L：我想我懂了，那中國(guó)人口很多，我是不是可以說(shuō)China is packed？
M: No, that's not really right: China has a lot of people, but China is also a very big place. We usually use packed to describe a small place full of people.
L：嗯，原來(lái)如此，好像在中國(guó)春節(jié)期間，每班火車都擠的滿滿的，那我就可以說(shuō)：在春節(jié)前那個(gè)星期the trains are packed，對(duì)不對(duì)？
M: That's right. Around Spring Festival, the buses are packed as well, right?
L：那當(dāng)然了，事實(shí)上，中國(guó)的公共汽車永遠(yuǎn)都是擠的滿滿的，很難找到個(gè)座位，至少在各個(gè)大都市都是這樣。
M: So, in China what other kinds of places might be packed with people?
L：Well，我記得我去看《泰坦尼克號(hào)》那部電影時(shí)，電*是擠的很滿，好像每個(gè)人都要看哪部電影似的。
M: Ewww. I don't really understand why people liked that movie so much. I thought it was boring.
L：管它是啥原因，Michael，反正中國(guó)各地的電*總是很擠就是了。
M: Hey, the show is starting.
L：哎，Michael，你覺得今天的煙火如何？
M: Well I guess they were ok, but I was hoping they would be better.
L：你覺得還可以更好一些？可是我覺得已經(jīng)很好了。
M: But there was so much hype about this show! Every newspaper said it was going to be the greatest fireworks display in New York history!
L：你說(shuō)太多什么？你說(shuō)這次煙火怎么了？
M: I said there was a lot of hype, H-Y-P-E. Hype means a lot of excitement or praise about something that you might hear about before you see it.
L：Oh，所以hype就是指大家總是把一件事說(shuō)的比實(shí)際情況還要好。對(duì)不對(duì)？
M: Yeah, that's right. For instance, there was a lot of hype about Titanic, but I don't think it was as good as the hype said it would be.
L：Hmm，你說(shuō)the hype about Titanic，因此我們就應(yīng)該說(shuō)there is hype about something，對(duì)不對(duì)?
M: That's right. For example, I remember hearing a lot of hype about the Forbidden City in Beijing, but I didn't think it was very interesting.
L：你說(shuō)什么？你居然說(shuō)北京故宮不好，那可是中國(guó)保存歷史古跡的一顆明珠哎。
M: I didn't say it wasn't important to Chinese history. I just didn't think it was very fun to visit, at least not as fun as all the hype said it would be.
L：Michael，誰(shuí)管你怎么想的呢。哎，你說(shuō)報(bào)上對(duì)今天的煙火作了很多宣傳，到底是怎么說(shuō)的呢？
M: Well, the newspapers said it was going to be larger and more exciting than anything ever shown in the city before. But really I think that was just hype. This year wasn't much different from last year.
L：Michael，要是你總是聽人宣傳的話，你一定會(huì)失望的。
M: I guess you are right.
今天Michael 和李華到紐約一個(gè)公園去看煙火，Michael說(shuō)這個(gè)公園是packed，也就是十分擁擠的意思。另外Michael也不是太喜歡這次的煙火表演，因?yàn)樗f(shuō)報(bào)紙作了過(guò)多的渲染，也就是hype這個(gè)詞的含義。
L：我老天，這個(gè)公園可真擠，但愿我們能夠找到個(gè)地方坐下。
M: Yeah, it's really packed today. I've never seen this many people here.
L：你是怎么說(shuō)的？你是說(shuō)人好多嗎？
M: Yes, I said the park is packed. That means it is crowded, there are a lot of people here.
L：噢，我懂了，你說(shuō)的 packed，P-A-C-K-E-D 這個(gè)字，就是通常你說(shuō)打包的pack那個(gè)字吧？
M: That's right. Here we say "be packed" to show that a place is full of people, just like a box packed full of stuff.
L：我想我懂了，那中國(guó)人口很多，我是不是可以說(shuō)China is packed？
M: No, that's not really right: China has a lot of people, but China is also a very big place. We usually use packed to describe a small place full of people.
L：嗯，原來(lái)如此，好像在中國(guó)春節(jié)期間，每班火車都擠的滿滿的，那我就可以說(shuō)：在春節(jié)前那個(gè)星期the trains are packed，對(duì)不對(duì)？
M: That's right. Around Spring Festival, the buses are packed as well, right?
L：那當(dāng)然了，事實(shí)上，中國(guó)的公共汽車永遠(yuǎn)都是擠的滿滿的，很難找到個(gè)座位，至少在各個(gè)大都市都是這樣。
M: So, in China what other kinds of places might be packed with people?
L：Well，我記得我去看《泰坦尼克號(hào)》那部電影時(shí)，電*是擠的很滿，好像每個(gè)人都要看哪部電影似的。
M: Ewww. I don't really understand why people liked that movie so much. I thought it was boring.
L：管它是啥原因，Michael，反正中國(guó)各地的電*總是很擠就是了。
M: Hey, the show is starting.
L：哎，Michael，你覺得今天的煙火如何？
M: Well I guess they were ok, but I was hoping they would be better.
L：你覺得還可以更好一些？可是我覺得已經(jīng)很好了。
M: But there was so much hype about this show! Every newspaper said it was going to be the greatest fireworks display in New York history!
L：你說(shuō)太多什么？你說(shuō)這次煙火怎么了？
M: I said there was a lot of hype, H-Y-P-E. Hype means a lot of excitement or praise about something that you might hear about before you see it.
L：Oh，所以hype就是指大家總是把一件事說(shuō)的比實(shí)際情況還要好。對(duì)不對(duì)？
M: Yeah, that's right. For instance, there was a lot of hype about Titanic, but I don't think it was as good as the hype said it would be.
L：Hmm，你說(shuō)the hype about Titanic，因此我們就應(yīng)該說(shuō)there is hype about something，對(duì)不對(duì)?
M: That's right. For example, I remember hearing a lot of hype about the Forbidden City in Beijing, but I didn't think it was very interesting.
L：你說(shuō)什么？你居然說(shuō)北京故宮不好，那可是中國(guó)保存歷史古跡的一顆明珠哎。
M: I didn't say it wasn't important to Chinese history. I just didn't think it was very fun to visit, at least not as fun as all the hype said it would be.
L：Michael，誰(shuí)管你怎么想的呢。哎，你說(shuō)報(bào)上對(duì)今天的煙火作了很多宣傳，到底是怎么說(shuō)的呢？
M: Well, the newspapers said it was going to be larger and more exciting than anything ever shown in the city before. But really I think that was just hype. This year wasn't much different from last year.
L：Michael，要是你總是聽人宣傳的話，你一定會(huì)失望的。
M: I guess you are right.
今天Michael 和李華到紐約一個(gè)公園去看煙火，Michael說(shuō)這個(gè)公園是packed，也就是十分擁擠的意思。另外Michael也不是太喜歡這次的煙火表演，因?yàn)樗f(shuō)報(bào)紙作了過(guò)多的渲染，也就是hype這個(gè)詞的含義。