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。4 Y8 }1 c0 t4 T0 C9 }/ ^9 l
% \! F3 Z! M4 B7 d9 q. a4 pL: 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。 , F7 s; F, s8 g0 C# I1 Z1 q, e" F7 a- E1 j) d
M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.3 \* t& m" z( q! W
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L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？/ k( b6 |& T8 n7 t' L6 G# ?% M
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M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone. ' C: F' m) ]* p1 o4 @/ Q$ D$ l7 M2 i) F6 i
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？& ?; g" `) d- ^( e9 S I
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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.$ b2 X: J! @" k) O1 z& L* U
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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。 ' k$ k- p8 Q$ B7 n, i% |9 t# }$ J " s0 x3 D; ~% a9 N& d; sM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?. f9 x0 r5 y+ J0 S, z$ Y
2 Z# G5 g' @1 G6 |. V8 E$ UL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？ + `0 g# x$ H" r5 d" {: C6 t d1 x$ n1 U [% D0 W
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.; u4 u5 a# x0 `, O) D: N( D
* o8 }7 n6 g. X) S4 R0 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。 ( H8 Z9 E! i- {6 w# r3 Q 5 u$ ]: u4 M! D1 d! kM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. 8 e7 A0 w) q! v" W' | - ~" S5 @& E7 P4 D( y& ~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. 2 M. B. s) D- I Q* u8 Y p Y; ^! d6 \& X5 g" ^% x0 J- c
M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.# Z" `3 b" }- T9 s& d' ]
/ w$ z$ F& W/ O6 @5 TL: 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？ ! X* _8 M# p, P: Y( w' ^: v6 T4 h/ c4 U5 z6 }
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. , o, [0 a/ B/ D7 M2 _3 r# f" R4 a# w. E
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？ 2 Q. t" M) n4 G! ?; M 8 m+ \% ]" p" l# e$ RM: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone. ; G9 \2 c- t) ]# c' I! N3 Y$ p% p' E+ ~+ h. y: i: d) u2 x) Q
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。 ' G% F B4 l( K: t ( ~2 G; f' ]$ \ M% l% K0 E/ _M: You're right. 9 I% P3 Z- Y. F, v1 R2 s8 p; G8 Z, e8 O2 m
L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？$ z- F0 i8 t! P1 \9 G- Y) A' c
0 _& b0 g" P, n/ R; |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. ; Q# P9 c7 w+ j5 m' Y 4 ~! w1 ?" m4 s" v7 Z3 d; ^% IL: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。 2 N: v# \8 X2 S# V6 X: \# c" ?7 L/ O7 X" B. s/ F
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.7 ^- @. m1 G& U. B; i
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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？ ; w& ]7 Q! m0 v+ p4 g& V" i + |- ^) b' j' v2 L6 @+ ^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.# B7 _& m. N& Z% h' [$ l
7 t& i5 @& u& D6 p; E2 iL: 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。" o1 }% X7 @( X" H
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M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off. " J0 v. R b1 W8 D+ t( u9 {: h8 f* J6 }7 \! S+ g* u8 \8 ?- y G
L: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。" m+ C; q" K& u; g d2 Q; A
; ~( h4 ? s! f6 Z8 lM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike. & x7 E* k d1 _: Q& `* G- P# B8 P( _5 ~5 s
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。8 M* O, O. x5 L+ C5 j& F
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