流行美语 Lesson 24 - take a hike & to blow off

Xbfeng

李华是在纽约上大学的中国学生。现在她正在和Michael这个美国学生谈有关她学习方面的问题。今天Michael 会教李华两个常用语：to take a hike 和 to blow off。
, D* n6 ^' w; O( O
L: Michael，我真烦死了，我们那个经济学教授非要我们分成小组来完成一个项目，可小组里一个同学嘛一声不啃，另一个我说什么他都反对。
, b" ^0 g! H1 t1 v; f& e, O& Y
4 x9 C( u5 t3 |; N" w% ZM: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
4 z/ E5 u  ]8 V4 x" l6 h6 N# n
4 X8 L& y3 |  W5 E" R# l: PL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？

M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.

L: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？
: R; e# m9 D* ?8 W
0 f9 s5 A) w8 n' L' N, A6 BM: That's correct. In fact, you told me there's that one guy who always bothers you in the study hall. You should tell him to take a hike.

2 S7 K$ Z, O. ?% _L: 我知道你在说谁。我在自修室里念书的时候，那个人经老是要来跟我说话。可是他往往很不客气。

. s2 a! o; w/ C( ?5 U# H3 MM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?
4 r( @+ g) L% Q' q7 R/ t7 U
8 z" q! X2 g/ y7 J/ PL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？

2 O" l9 I1 ]: X3 X( N& UM: Sometimes you can use "take a hike" in a joking manner. For instance, when my friend kept teasing me about the way I dressed the other day, I told him to take a hike.
+ B# c. m4 g) e" ?2 h* R
L: 我那天是听见你那朋友在笑话你穿的衣服，可是，当时你说take a hike，我不知道是什么意思。现在想起来，你好象是用开玩笑的口气说的。
5 P+ w3 P$ V/ q  ?9 p6 ]" O
4 P& m1 B- m% b( VM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.

- ?% \0 v% s: B) ~- _: e6 eL: 哼，你要考我！ Michael, 你经常跟我开玩笑，说我老买衣服，下次你再要这样，我就要对你说：Take a hike.
! o) A. B4 j, g
M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.
4 Z! {; H: {- a* M5 x
  \7 }& h. E+ T# J$ X7 b  NL: Michael, 你昨晚上不是说好要跟Bob去看电影吗？你怎么一个晚上都呆在家里呢？
7 o+ {# A$ X/ a1 w
6 i) e1 m9 n1 O: eM: Bob and I did make plans to go out last night. But he blew me off. He decided to go out with his girlfriend. It wasn't the first time he blew me off.
* N& k  t4 _) m) Q
' W9 ?' m* c# ^0 X5 KL: 原来说好去看电影，到最后一分钟打电话给你说要和女朋友出去玩。Michael，你刚才说了两遍blew me off ? 是不是取消原定约会的意思？
! B' c5 K2 h; k/ r, L/ G6 R
M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.
- v( ^- O0 h5 R5 u8 Q6 f$ T
L: 也就是说你和Bob约好去看电影，可是他为了跟女朋友玩而把你给甩了。
: z7 A* s5 H8 p. x! Q
M: You're right.

L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？

' j: K7 d9 ~+ WM: If someone has been friendly to you in the past, but he suddenly seems to ignore you, you can say that person blew you off.

L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。
% T" y/ T  O' m
$ k6 m4 S0 c$ z* S" k8 I. [M: Yes. For instance, when I was at a party last weekend, Nancy acted like she didn't even know who I was. I can say Nancy blew me off.

L: Nancy上个周末在聚会上看见你好象不认识你？这不可能，她不是跟你很好的吗？
# D+ z6 N8 T: L' h+ {
, G3 w7 x0 j7 u) q$ L4 `; P5 C" aM: Yes, but that's ok. Li Hua, you can also use this phrase to talk about things you blow off, such as something you don't want to do.
. E' K$ v# [& w5 Z+ d: E8 E" c
L: 我不想做什么事，也可以用to blow off。我不是告诉你我不想参加那经济学的小组吗？可是，要是我blow it off，我这门课就会不及格。

M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.
  a* x1 f) X  V+ J- e
L: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。

3 w! O! X6 h5 Q2 M7 BM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
* _+ p3 Y, O) Z; T. |
在今天的对话中，Michael教了李华两个常用语，一个是：take a hike，意思是叫某人走开；另一个是to blow off，这是指取消约会，或者是不做自己不想做的事。这次的[流行美语]就到此结束，我们下次再会。
& B6 q# ^: P0 r# L8 QAudio as following:
; @7 N& C1 Y0 x* m, G. w2 O

YZSUNNY

yutian929