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。

0 L0 e8 J" k- E" c/ C* s. gL: 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。

, F: ]8 U& [6 L& @0 rM: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
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2 v  j* Z0 y1 [L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？

4 y) |8 y! V9 t7 @M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.
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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？
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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.
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8 p& G; {1 i  e" s! gL: 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。

M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?
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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？
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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.
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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。

M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.
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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.
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M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.
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* m+ I2 [* O0 Z" }/ q  YL: 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？

# X3 U: p, B# n8 |9 N) C! ZM: 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.

$ R0 X7 U4 z4 d; v1 \" }. 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？

# p- T1 ]+ k2 s- CM: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.

( D* f* ^0 i( W7 ~1 PL: 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。

. Y" X) R4 a; |- |7 Y( IM: You're right.
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2 Y. p1 U& M8 D* i6 XL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？

5 W7 R4 q4 s5 V: Q) b+ t% [. CM: 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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# a) r5 r0 E. ?( |% r1 E! z. H4 HM: 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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/ `! V1 @4 B- T, {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？

, S( @$ y8 a% e4 l; _7 C  EM: 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$ `) a2 I1 b  S( Z' PL: 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.
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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。
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* P# j0 g2 k8 Y9 wM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
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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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