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。
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. R' m- w$ R( h" h( I7 K- 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。

M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
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9 Q8 |5 L4 O3 l4 H2 V" cL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？

M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.
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' E' n/ E# G% x) }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？

( P; H3 x- E$ @( U3 X8 `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: 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 J0 h7 F" J& RM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?

6 a# K3 q, a  A1 b0 i" ?L: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？
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- P/ V) m* r2 e7 x( ?# bM: 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.

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。
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6 E0 r8 P0 n6 E3 fM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.

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.

0 A/ L5 C) w  aM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.
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: w" P' g2 M6 L- O/ E) IL: 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？

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.
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1 q: z( V- [2 n+ L: {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？

4 V( p( z" b- E2 H3 L- H8 w/ h) B! OM: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.

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。
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M: You're right.

* o- |0 h4 I6 l2 `, jL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？

M: 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.
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  _2 }" S8 K# H" YL: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。
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4 q. ^5 O5 e; J2 s- v: a! PM: 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.
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5 h$ n1 y3 ~; I5 fL: 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？
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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.
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  X+ d" o. k' c% }( b( P; [: S; w$ ^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。
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M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.

5 N9 @+ m7 w1 ~, r8 AL: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。

M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
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, o9 ]* R' A8 o  T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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