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。/ n0 H& F; S3 V& A+ B
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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。 + w2 {- ^0 p6 K) T& @- l& O, Y# n* t$ h0 B
M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike. $ e( b/ g9 N9 y# ]& c ' G( G% g. x% G) \+ E: BL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？ ' y8 L1 `& h. R* u7 r. S' h5 ]* I9 }% v# j3 |# ~
M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone. ' T' p6 q$ y* F" X 2 Y1 W# Y8 O1 {9 O. d% GL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？8 z5 v: c0 n' L4 t$ w
' `1 I, F% @$ B8 pM: 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. 3 c$ f7 g, V* v) G$ c9 n$ ^% l$ C. p& w1 a( [0 ^
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。 7 P6 v o ~% o$ b8 L7 _0 q& q7 z; [% p6 _+ ~3 Y
M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike? {1 |- k3 T- J1 x$ t
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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 l! C- S$ c" k8 V
& w2 T: d& E4 Y4 D! z& @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. 1 Q8 R/ ]5 K/ t; G2 z/ w# k6 x g* X t6 L7 a" W: }1 E4 V
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。 5 G) a/ d& S! }" s! |6 a' e$ j$ t$ [& [& V
M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. , d( C7 F0 Q9 p' W8 p7 R& q" H/ }5 }
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. ; v; e/ c' Q4 b7 y, o 1 {- Q5 q: Y$ e3 D- d# W2 RM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.3 r5 T+ g: k* q0 S) w# {
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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？ . C+ ?0 a6 H, A- z/ W3 \! x. e. T" A1 V0 _! P4 I# K: L, V
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.5 F* N; V/ X6 P" C( u7 e7 @( {
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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？; Z4 C' Y4 K" F
0 l! F) s, M. I" p; W9 ^6 \6 {# oM: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone. ' z, H. Z# v s) n! m1 G & w( x! ^8 A) XL: 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。 ; g8 k) W% K. d& ^ A: J/ ~% V ( n' g2 p* l" s) m7 H+ K6 X5 _M: You're right." c# o/ q2 a+ e' D6 M y2 T1 t
4 j4 M* [) j* y+ F8 zL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？3 ?2 P7 a8 i E
/ ^" R( \, {- I! [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.& `& Q7 l' Z! R! K; D$ m. I3 o6 G
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M: 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 o" a* V" n, S: |/ @' Y c( c5 j& g) P
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？1 O, t8 t0 `- k/ u
, ]+ ~9 n' {4 V' W6 p; tM: 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. % k. ]4 `) c% Q8 M: C8 F6 { + x1 I) b- S9 s4 kL: 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。3 _) a7 L) u. t2 W9 ^
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M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.9 |7 `9 S1 {0 V( d3 z5 y: a
/ W! B+ e# S; p- ~L: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。 9 m- x* C& `7 f$ s4 ` % x: r; g$ C5 IM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.6 E: E3 [$ S2 @0 R# r) n
6 m& B; v& q6 ?( D' x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。4 e# y3 k& t6 r
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