L： 我老天，这个公园可真挤，但愿我们能够找到个地方坐下。

    M： Yeah， it's really packed today. I've never seen this many people here.

    L： Michael，你刚刚说什么？你是说人好多吗？

    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。你说的packed，就是通常你说打包的pack那个字吧？

    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，原来是这样一来。那就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？

    L： 没错。事实上，中国的公共汽车永远都是挤得满满的，很难找到个座位，至少在各个大都市都是这样。

    M： So， in China what other kinds of places might be packed with people？

    L： Well，我记得我去看《泰坦尼克号》那部电影时（点击查看泰坦尼克双语台词精选），电影院是挤的好满，好像每个人都要看哪部电影似的。

    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， 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 didn't think it was as good as the hype said it would be.

    L： Hmm，你说the hype about Titanic，所以我们就应该说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： 我才不管你怎么想呢。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.

    L： Michael，要是你总是听人宣传的话，你一定会失望的。

    M： I guess you are right.

    今天Michael和李华到纽约一个公园去看烟火。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，因为他说报纸作了过多的渲染。也就是hype这个词的含义。