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。( l4 l: b; P0 p+ u% n" S9 t7 R) F6 T5 o
2 J d- h0 T; `/ t eL: 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。 9 Q6 t% L7 l) c( p* D7 r* l' R# t: Z$ B1 N: l! I
M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.% n0 z7 @) J5 ?7 |6 o, T+ j
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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？4 d7 w0 E: F' z) n# r. D% d
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M: 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. 1 L, H8 J& `( K) N$ x o ( N; A* G: _/ |0 Z1 SL: 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。 5 L8 e9 {* ]; U7 X, m" J/ D# `4 w0 a& A
M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?: ]+ f0 \" [" O% b/ b1 K/ q5 K
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L: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？8 ^) C% B0 g0 \! f' P# ^2 H: g
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M: 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. 5 }( z& ^% _7 f: u. _0 q- s. n; }) B) f! s/ k0 l
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。 6 a' f# s& Y8 W9 M$ Q- f& Z, M5 U9 R) E
M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. \+ E: v) u% | Y/ n# F; h& q3 q
L: 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. , G! q3 r+ m7 Z6 l# ^ - r7 ]! S/ J0 r G+ X* _/ VM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could." E( g' p! T/ ]" `- e- B# l) ?/ g
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L: 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？9 }( v+ i" H! Z) G6 ~/ b
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M: 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. 4 H) d2 h4 ^- n+ Z( n; d. q! O/ }# T+ i/ X. N7 W
L: 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？2 ]; Q4 L- y! W5 c! B
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M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.: b2 p' M$ S J
0 b/ J$ O5 m6 r: Y$ D" C1 DL: 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。 * ]. | ~7 e- A / o! V8 j7 W: B3 o1 ~, }M: You're right. 4 Y3 }2 |; K$ W* c1 \! j; C 5 m c ]8 b% e5 RL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？. u! j6 H0 e$ h
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L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。, g4 p& m- [7 Z/ l* o" ~
1 P" N. `" d; f! i9 ~: N' t5 E# iM: 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. : ?' J6 M% K: G # }* j( g1 e3 o3 p7 \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？ * W# D% @. j; ~ A+ G# I5 W. K+ X# x! n3 z" c$ ]4 b8 |
M: 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. . `2 g. G- C* @( I/ D) H6 p 0 J6 j. s8 I; P/ @1 ^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。 - h* T9 V& z8 K* B) j& k! U$ p) x9 i3 |* w4 u9 n) g- G% ]
M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.: V. P: p. [" k' \1 x1 L; R
" w. J! `) N* C8 ZL: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。4 ^" P4 z, u% f: M& n
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M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike./ t- ]- ~9 `) `; h; A q6 O# G, Y( Y
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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。 ) e% ?- L$ Z, S jAudio as following: 1 c a. b3 B( ~. U1 Q
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