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。7 y6 d6 C9 |0 m6 N9 v8 A9 `: p
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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。 , P; v! b4 }) B+ v0 v6 }7 J- N+ T6 |( A
M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.6 y5 f2 H, Q$ { _2 r8 _" c, l
$ ^* w$ q" P5 U1 t1 O9 UM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone. a4 b' z; k4 [7 M1 ]- R0 P8 M
3 Q3 z. q' B& M0 l, W' _; E, zL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？ . Z! S ` {0 p0 n; {, k9 i) J5 |# S
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. + {5 L3 t2 ]* d, C( R! k$ Y" ]1 Q: L x
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。 5 |+ Y) A( o s& A; H; S9 ^$ h5 B) Y( a) o5 T x
M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?7 ?* ~0 G3 G* D H1 @ s. P
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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？- z3 d$ P4 U) h1 z7 Y) ^% r! F
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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.% e* ?) m# z1 I# Y; u. Y
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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。# p9 |- V) S6 }% d
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M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.7 @* u) x; w& L! A1 g8 K
1 x _! C% ^7 G4 u" bL: 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. % ?& X0 [$ a* T% N. R% N, K4 y $ i( ]0 Z c% @$ v) G) A6 ]7 H8 zM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could. . o4 a. ]- U& c+ G7 h$ @) D4 L- m 2 y! A8 t/ c4 `' Q8 ]) WL: 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？0 ?0 p. P; u4 H% {5 r
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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. 2 o) F. P/ e: f6 `# `( r 7 C9 O4 B# u8 u6 EL: 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？ 9 d& C. ^& l% a' ~* S0 n9 @5 D8 i8 {7 |- v! {
M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.8 {- p# @% P8 F* h; O
2 `# Z+ d9 H3 c7 o" a/ eL: 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。. b# `2 ~* Q/ l) t, m
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M: You're right.4 x/ H: x! U9 z% N/ H2 L7 Y
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L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？ - F- h: }4 p* _0 i ( V5 d& j- i1 n7 Y& {+ BM: 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.3 w+ ]4 r4 D/ J( ^. Q) q7 q. m* u
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L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。0 D6 z5 z; e, V) H* k( U4 Q
3 w, W" S4 g& O- t; k- NM: 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. 3 U3 B$ }9 x+ W3 `1 _8 s- i0 w7 N- ?& _2 B3 F. ?
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？% h7 Q7 B4 z1 e* V- g/ r
3 R+ \# p! A" k0 G9 iM: 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. & H s7 y" t9 c9 z: j) j" s" A; x' Z1 J# v: X
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。: o0 x( d3 z+ d+ M$ k% c: d
$ B8 s; J6 {! d" RM: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.8 w& E b4 n- K2 P
) e* l% _3 U* r/ [) zL: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。 + P7 {7 h' f. {# h0 S ` , ?0 F8 Q- M. F$ jM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike. * M8 {% O2 M+ v$ L / T! C P+ O$ A& | Q8 ?9 `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。 ' h/ {2 }2 x* W! XAudio as following:, `& Z( V0 \; M2 P: m! R
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