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。) z; r, q5 k5 ?$ z: r" M
4 ?* ^; g# B: @' t( }5 S$ ^& QL: 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。 * p9 `+ H' G$ {# I P b: T0 z$ l8 S1 ^: S
M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike. # x1 y% M9 J4 Q: @# \0 P$ z# ]3 S* G$ U. p5 o+ k, W
L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？ 7 I7 E! t; |! [" ^ " F7 m+ ?2 p( KM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone. : U( V; f2 z) C' I8 q' g, }7 b+ v# [5 C+ e! m& b# O
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？: w- u7 C( C f- @
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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, M) f& _7 m, s) \, z; r, c* j: k6 a+ b$ l! t9 D7 p
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 D. F4 ]! Y9 d& s8 Z ! [; h8 b. Y0 `" qM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?1 f$ S4 s: ~! n! {( t1 O8 c. J+ K3 q) z
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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？4 ]9 ?% M9 J6 f2 {) a: m7 v
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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.% P/ B3 z) h/ E9 N3 W2 K1 Y3 F9 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。, j: F& v p/ \- \2 j: z
# {3 I# v3 P2 ?$ yM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. , N+ C+ W0 i5 b* L/ w; N1 Y, H. q) |$ |' o; o0 f/ D1 b& l- ~
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.) h. R' J, E1 i6 {
: ?& d$ H/ f* ^1 Z# Z( `M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.; Y+ h/ X- _. \' X4 g
2 K9 h0 I7 h+ n: @5 CL: 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？ 6 g# x) z+ N( H( j% Q2 t" d# ?, U' ?8 c/ v; g, n$ o% B
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. ! B& l/ }9 V. |9 m: R" t+ n5 o, e' U2 F0 `! V% x
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？% E9 \4 U$ E: S1 r1 S. y* D9 ^
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M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone. * Y) e o' k9 F% g 8 F+ A0 W$ d) v7 VL: 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。4 Q w& o2 Q) }
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M: You're right.& N+ ]1 @$ v% }4 u/ R
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m. v8 u4 N# [( d7 e5 V+ H$ aM: 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. - b4 O. W& ^( a/ T' z, m5 U* U. r) B3 Z' c
L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。 * c6 N7 w. i; }& [4 { 3 c* j3 c9 b: cM: 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." Y7 Q) s% Z) I0 i/ E
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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？# n& g8 _ x1 R
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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. u0 l/ s$ U% r8 X
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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。/ E8 o% z7 n3 r6 H- f
; p0 [& H8 F; g& n! JM: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.: N& g2 a! m* c. d$ k0 ?$ D6 i- _
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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。 7 C9 n, }9 d' g3 n: D! E- ~8 M* q9 O8 Y$ e' @
M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.1 }6 S& A7 O) t9 U
Q7 z2 l6 ~8 B; _# ]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。 8 O c8 N4 F$ M) M. X) L- RAudio as following: k% X5 g0 y6 o5 l
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