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,那中国人口很多,我是不是可以说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,原来如此,好像在中国春节期间,每班火车都挤的满满的, 那我就可以说:在春节前那个星期the trains are packed,对不对?
M: That's right. Around Spring Festival, the buses are packed as well, right?
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,反正中国各地的电影院总是很挤就 是了。
M: Hey, the show is starting.
L: 哎,Michael,你觉得今天的烟火如何?
M: Well I guess they were ok, but I was hoping they would be better.
L: 你觉得还可以更好一些?可是我觉得已经很好了。
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: 你说太多什么?你说这次烟火怎么了?
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就是指大家总是把一件事说的比实际情况还要好。 对不对?
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,你说the hype about Titanic,因此我们就应该说 there is hype about something,对不对?
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: 你说什么?你居然说北京故宫不好,那可是中国保存历史古迹的 一颗 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,谁管你怎么想的呢。哎,你说报上对今天的烟火作了很 多宣传,到底是怎么说的呢?
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.