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。

, W: ]" N- v5 v4 V- I5 ^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。
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M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.

9 f  f- t3 p' P8 T) C# tL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？
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, `) s5 P2 s% t. p6 i; }+ }1 IM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.

( d" k4 @, D1 a7 g0 p  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？

+ s( _, e. t" [" r& uM: 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.

7 M% P6 g* k) d9 {* l$ ?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。
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M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?
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# a, z" P7 S. d1 K! QL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？

  A7 ~; k$ [& ^1 Y: M0 W' QM: 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.

! ~1 I: v& P8 M7 Y8 f- \8 c7 YL: 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。

' R: B8 {3 b: Y% f3 b1 h& g* {3 TM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.

- A& I4 [' s$ I9 Y) qL: 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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& H6 o& ^8 j. M" @) T1 wM: 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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" _# ?1 t9 A: G6 `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.

& D4 x( ?+ G7 {' GL: 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？
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M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.

# e5 [2 e5 m% CL: 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。

M: You're right.
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$ h2 e# U( l9 M* ^! j/ R0 `( cL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？
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! v3 b, @: P2 ZM: 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.

L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。
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: b/ ^" |4 [1 D5 F' 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.

* h; }+ V7 [# S: a; i' w- Y0 lL: 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 E5 ~5 y* T/ g. W: ?: xM: 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。

M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.

: W5 L- L  h* R6 L7 P* l% T# WL: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。
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M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
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6 c; j2 C3 S4 r. B6 w% G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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