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2025.12.22 07:55
第叁部 第十五课: packed , hype
- 今天 Michael 和李华二个人到纽约一个公园去看烟火，李华会学到两个新词：packed 和 hype。
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- 哎，我的老天，这个公园可真挤，但愿啊我们能够找到个地方坐下来。
- Yeah, it's really packed today. I've never seen this many people here.
- 哎，Michael，你刚刚说什麼啊？你是说人好多吗？
- Yes, I said the park is packed. That means it is crowded, there are a lot of people here.
- 哦～，我懂了，你说的 packed，p-a-c-k-e-d ，就是通常你说打包的 pack 那个字，对不对？
- 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.
- 哦～，我想我懂了，那～，像中国人口很多，我是不是可以说 China is packed？
- 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.
- 哦～，原来是这样．疑？那就好像中国在过春节的时候，每班火车都挤得满满的，那我就可以说：在春节前那个星期 the trains are packed，对不对？
- That's right. Around Spring Festival, the buses are packed as well, right?
- 没错，事实上啊，中国的公共汽车永远都挤得满满的，很难找个位置的，至少啊，在各个大都市都是这样。
- So, in China what other kinds of places might be packed with people?
- Well，嗯～我记得我去看 「泰坦尼克号」 那部电影时，电影院啊挤的好满，好像每个人都想看那部电影似的。
- Ewww. I don't really understand why people liked that movie so much. I thought it was boring.
- 喔，管它是啥原因，Michael，反正啊，中国各地的电影院总是很挤就是了啦。
- Hey, the show is starting.
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- 嘿，Michael，你觉得今天的烟火怎麼样？
- Well I guess they were ok, but I was hoping they would be better.
- 你觉得还可以更好一些啊？可是我觉得已经很好了呀。
- Oh, 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!
- 哎，Michael，你说太多什麼啦？你说这次烟火怎麼啦？
- 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.
- 哦～，所以 hype 就是指大家总是把一件事说的比实际情况还要好，对不对？
- 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.
- 嗯－，你说 the hype about Titanic ，所以我们是不是应该说 there is hype about something，是不是啊？
- 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.
- 你说什麼啊？你居然说北京故宫不好，那可是中国保存歷史古跡的一颗明珠哎。
- 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.
- 哎哟，算了啦 Michael，我才不管你怎麼想呢。疑？你说报上对今天的烟火作了很多宣传，到底是怎麼说的呢？
- 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.
- 唉，Michael，要是你总是听人宣传的话，你一定会失望的。
- Yeah, I guess you are right.
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- 今天 Michael 和李华到纽约的一个公园去看烟火， Michael 说这个公园是 packed，也就是「十分拥挤」的意思．另外 Michael 也不是太喜欢这次的烟火表演，因為他说报纸「做了过多的渲染」，也就是 hype 这个词的含义。
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