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

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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。

' a7 H2 E! I2 S( `! 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。

6 I7 A, _" R' N! D1 @M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.

L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？
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3 P) z+ e( }+ b/ H/ ]M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.
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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？
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+ J9 r3 c# L% X( o  g" oM: 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.
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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。

3 J- C& p) B" ]3 Q3 fM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?

L: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？

! |% V, _, k1 C( Q9 \# ?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.

) a8 k( `7 Z5 g! {+ h$ }  uL: 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。
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M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.
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8 R% c1 \. F8 P9 d7 Q$ O5 T! }. vL: 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.
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M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.

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？
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! [. L. w+ A7 W3 t% c& w8 n, `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.

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？

M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.
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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。

; v' n  W8 M8 ~3 H) ~: P# g& cM: You're right.

% m, t7 N9 g( X$ ]4 y4 d% [! FL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？

) b4 w$ E0 x) X% pM: 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.

0 i. T6 T- j' m& x3 Q5 ~8 LL: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。
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" b4 i7 B7 ~! wM: 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.
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% }8 S8 `* o% q) j1 @0 Q. N. ~0 `% KL: 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？

. H  j+ }+ D- k) kM: 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.

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。
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M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.
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+ t- t9 s4 G- `( RL: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。

. T) E8 y' U' e- O5 F+ V5 qM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.

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。
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