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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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。

$ b6 O* L  U+ I  `2 h; SM: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
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% e8 p  V* A' i/ o+ H1 aL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？
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M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.

6 F% y% u% _" Y! ~/ 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 e! d6 j4 Q5 ZM: 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.

# c0 A; `6 ]" 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。
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' g* J. r1 i+ v! n' R& oM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?
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; a' z3 E" q: RL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？

" v. g) x' m) B% H4 cM: 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。

* Q* f$ }7 t6 {+ @' ]' bM: 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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( `0 y: r) f5 x$ [  O" VM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.
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' V% M% g/ n" G; D0 M5 XL: 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 x7 L. b; RM: 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.

, T8 _. N, U6 ?: a6 I1 k1 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？
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M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.
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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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$ Y' m# H! {, o9 j8 kM: You're right.
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' n$ U) \3 |: J$ [' n2 yL: 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.

L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。

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.
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9 p3 L& u3 Y+ A* h, Z+ KL: 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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) h5 z4 r& J7 d& g2 `3 }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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! @5 v, N3 ^/ o" m0 V  K. QL: 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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% z/ o8 E9 m7 C! P1 Z( JL: 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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2 f) G, t! J3 w( `! DM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
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; J8 w) l% m$ P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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