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。 K/ t( v. Q2 F* f' Q& _7 M$ t4 z$ Y* [3 b
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。+ N& F0 B" _0 G* w
2 m3 e5 F. s+ ?# n; P& |2 zM: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike. ; k( q2 w% `! n3 {) H: @ 7 F# G6 F" f9 a3 t, ^L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？ + s9 y F( n; T5 E b7 f" X r- ?* U: `: z
M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.( N# o) {2 w/ |! C4 t3 \# o8 E; s
- [9 }7 E/ N( {( vL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？ 6 u0 ?' M: N9 n/ O ; W" a6 C e0 a6 |+ ~" v+ XM: 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. & r5 L& Z: {+ f( ~) v# A( ]9 ]- m9 s5 S# f
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。 ! H* @; T x- j0 [( o$ e. c: A' A M7 A. B l
M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?2 c5 t+ g: e9 O5 _$ J7 ]) 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？ 7 J M: f" ~4 j$ S8 s0 }0 i$ k9 _' K
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.: J Z6 \; R" f$ B. \
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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。 4 c/ G" v3 [! `2 Q: T, P7 q 0 H/ s/ F7 K# c/ _; MM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. 7 r7 w& w' y+ k! P2 A: y, a; [. v$ e. b* X, 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.6 J) \6 ?1 k. p" p: j& y$ f
7 V* o( ]* G+ Q. \- g3 JM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.; S+ h% j# B; j
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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？3 c; m: T# a' j5 I/ ~
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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.8 K# H8 m- K3 `2 M0 s+ `
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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？: |. \6 T! ]( M: p
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M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.: y' Y# V: ?5 L/ L0 \5 @
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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。5 m' q) E7 O- d9 p
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M: You're right./ B5 v7 U2 Q9 f
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M: 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.# w4 v0 ?+ A% m/ ~7 T
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L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。 # l! j$ |# N& ?% o, w5 e& X+ f' V; m' x' J) f. F! P
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. 2 i# K5 k! I H- r2 C4 _" L4 `4 A2 p1 r
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？ 6 \" ^8 x/ _; [ : P1 }4 t$ K) s* G+ q8 R/ Q% ~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.1 L/ t& r Q' L. i
! f! _$ J$ ]4 G: O' RL: 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。 # a6 T2 j& p+ f } L; p! k6 _; `4 O/ [8 r! A% c3 m$ j4 G
M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off./ P" X* t; j7 f2 n
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L: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。 5 X H. ]# F1 z 5 K" i2 O% m' GM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.0 c3 p) x7 m/ X( L9 H
' g- l/ M* H2 T% r V s8 D* H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。9 c5 ]3 X+ i- a8 a) C+ P
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