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。 % `+ j& ]2 H4 `4 }9 a8 H S. N& e 3 {/ T$ s: c m% q- VL: 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。3 T' F9 v* _% E
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M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike. 7 S3 L. p4 \+ e( G4 F6 Z$ Z% d. {7 z* i# ~& ]0 p1 P. k# k9 {7 h# h9 Z
L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？6 Z `4 H; l9 U+ z2 y- H
1 m4 e* f1 R' @, ^% c9 rM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.3 M; X5 a+ O: U
0 g% `- w2 u1 c; g7 r8 C( qL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？ ) f0 M- o- s$ B( p' k; y/ N1 D7 l/ y* U$ x" t- y
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.! Y$ U4 f3 E" K6 B0 j2 H1 v
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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。& E+ g) e! _' c0 J
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M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike? - ]7 Y8 D: {% W2 \- m6 p' \! o: M/ S* L! y+ |
L: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？ ! Z! u* u. E: r3 {0 e" O. |2 R! J2 a6 D/ s W
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.% c# F% l, l: y1 Y* H: t i
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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。 2 y3 S# R9 `5 g$ _$ _+ Y7 ^, A " `$ R/ V5 U" e. p' J" OM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. A, S% q* x# w2 p; d
$ D d0 I# i2 C; nL: 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./ v* }; E: _+ G5 U
. D( ?. V* j. {M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.% t( C% y# G; I
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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？ * _# X+ d) u a- }- E( W5 [7 M) b6 C8 g/ @
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. 9 U8 y, x9 r3 e4 Y5 b/ b& r2 K0 ]
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？, ~& \ ~* G! ?3 B
9 A. x( M+ \: X; TM: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone. ! U9 C% t+ ?# ~* q( h& l: }: L1 D& `2 j4 C# U
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。- Y8 G0 h0 a# X
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L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？# S/ J% i4 M6 a5 w, n d
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L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。( r/ e+ _& F7 X9 K# Y
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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. ) Z7 C" H- N% _$ n3 C. ~! Z- R L: c! F( a
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？+ i. B5 H. l. x& I& d; ?! u5 S9 H
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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. ; k8 x9 |7 ~( X. {1 ~/ m 6 L$ S/ `) m3 ZL: 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。 - I5 s. J: E7 J1 @ ! e0 z! Y9 m# }9 Z3 {* e+ ~- QM: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off. U* U" o: Q4 M! s, {, z" ^
( f; F) R& a; O. d9 HM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike. . C0 j4 D9 }! O! `7 x " D. m; y( V+ U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。+ R1 L2 i" n# L/ E
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