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。6 g! L! Y5 s- p& g6 p; }& ~- e) D" T. \
$ }$ O7 E- q% t% BL: 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。) v( _4 w+ P3 v1 a5 z
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M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.$ c5 [% Z; Z7 V# N$ M( f- e
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L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？* U4 l* X x0 _% E9 [
5 ?! m/ V0 F. D& I' VM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.% N9 z5 [% j$ M5 j2 D* P$ p5 X
7 D A4 } H+ q ^6 KL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？ 7 p. A# P8 m( Y7 z1 Z) N/ g ; W5 l$ A' ^) I% p7 Z4 @2 {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.; L- Y5 ~$ y1 h1 A: Q- C$ w
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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。 0 e6 X) S9 C; x 0 C6 R3 ?) L7 ?0 L/ ZM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike? 2 c5 e: k1 m+ n* }$ q& A% ` ; E7 F+ p7 M+ f, ~+ L: SL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？ 7 [$ V# `3 {/ @) @8 j , M# f& S4 z _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.& x3 O8 o1 i4 B! Z( i6 I) Z
+ o# K& w# t. Z7 kL: 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。9 x' [! Q* C6 a9 t
" [+ l1 V+ r# ~) P+ Z, _M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. , U% F) i2 \, v$ C. M+ E5 q+ ?( L , R3 i# e- v c; _1 ~! G3 k/ D: WL: 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.7 I4 |( s$ z( ?& a' x8 y
6 \* I+ |: p6 A- I" E: r/ ]8 VM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.% s; }( E) a; K D/ l: s: o! L
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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 l6 Q9 `+ h+ |1 B; H# {% r; I
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M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.; `- l% l; `6 R* b! B9 K2 Q+ Z; v
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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。) x" a1 {5 ^4 d
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M: You're right. ' w+ H1 b; L1 `3 E' |' ], ^% I! e$ |8 N5 p8 U! f1 {- ~8 L7 ?' o7 l
L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？ 5 E$ q( X% V5 n- ?8 y # ~/ l$ Y: ]7 D* W3 X' j* o% _- sM: 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 j+ ~, R/ H$ x
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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.* ?4 W' U! W7 _% F
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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？ 4 [8 h0 R8 Y; k6 b* u8 ]5 U! t5 n! v* t, I6 }& Q9 _& V i j: U
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.( A& S. `/ T* x8 s5 S# {: L: U
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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。 2 K/ K9 ^7 v$ M7 S' u* M1 J! M1 _* x+ s C1 G8 Z. ]0 {3 H
M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off. . F g/ k* O7 J7 K7 A4 l! C3 B 6 X/ M) Q* o1 _. x5 R. @L: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。 + i- V+ v) Y& R6 e! ^ 5 y5 h1 z9 E# n2 e( }6 f7 ^M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.+ ~, N9 @3 k/ ]# _* n; C, U1 v
. E, j) j4 I9 D! x4 |$ _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。 - a7 M$ ^3 ^7 cAudio as following:$ \) j4 B! q2 o2 H
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