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。 5 W( ~5 ?; ?8 Z1 w 5 k( l- j4 I5 b" P2 VL: 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。- v" y: J% K, V! o8 J: o. f( ]
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M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike. ! o, Q8 ?: r5 a8 W4 e- \- @ " m! }( B- e0 _) R6 l% o4 RL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？4 N7 |- P) T0 u% G/ u V- ?
2 Q6 b8 k/ w f0 E+ A1 p1 sM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.2 Y* w% \2 K# [" `$ ]# ]% g" O
* t" ]0 a" m9 A7 O" Y! |" H! T6 R9 z4 wL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？ & O7 x0 V- Y% Y3 a3 I \- _ y! j- D D* p9 eM: 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. 8 r2 Q& H: e; ^1 `1 [+ o! n9 w6 K* V( k) a; _) b: m; t; \
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。 $ U/ |6 u& o" R' {: X9 @) g3 J: ]! F7 s6 O/ T v+ `
M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?8 i+ B% f+ ^ M0 @/ Z1 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？) e1 n D) s( ]1 Y; U
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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.: y8 A0 P( _; @" H: g; T* P
% C' h3 h: L* F; m$ ZL: 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。 , P$ Z8 O4 S) @4 n. l9 V . C4 U4 w2 }! I- C6 \M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. v' B5 d7 B' E3 U9 A& c 6 h. ` s# k3 t7 H) Z4 sL: 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.$ y! h5 V0 J9 @; S" n! E. U
9 M9 b r: t1 L1 F$ q& n: PM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could. ; b e( s) @3 W0 X7 x- U D |$ Q6 A" y. P6 _! ` sL: 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 H3 D' X- Z; J9 Y; H
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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. 3 W0 u0 ]1 ? ?/ H$ G , n% U- E2 E, Q% r) Y& vL: 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？ 0 W0 z/ M8 Z2 v! ~' `7 P& G & M$ h( ~: b" ^- f3 |# jM: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone. # [7 O8 T C% k" h) N * K% x( X) B# H; s* ?5 hL: 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。1 [* C4 d, [' }9 V
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L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？4 P% V0 S5 m* g- @+ s Z
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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.) r/ J7 t$ Y- x. W: c& N+ |) q' a
& c. W6 D2 [# P1 R* oL: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。: `5 z P1 c* W! Z5 b
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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？ : r( C3 J* W7 g X : `9 S; K, ?& N" mM: 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. ; B* S# g- u4 C. H. Z , N3 m! O* G8 m& }9 SL: 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$ m! D. ~5 C
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M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.& \9 t% x% M" [& C0 p
4 N0 N( I& C: \/ h1 o6 I3 z5 G cL: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。 o# N# A, G* k, V. p
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) x6 G, k' \: E0 m) E/ V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。 6 }, ~# L6 i& h- u+ g; G- XAudio as following: 6 w8 @5 t" S# P9 {: s
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