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。 . r) [; s4 \. ^7 a + w! b w) c4 U* H5 h$ ?& i7 dL: 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。 8 [5 {% T# H, S' g& ^: i5 M: J/ k ) o3 u" p! B( G( P1 {. v. xM: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.+ g& o. T! u p
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L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？7 f) Z# h9 k# N) t
/ e: M' O( I+ {; v; b+ F5 P3 T( @M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.( V& i7 _5 c! u' f
2 B: D! h% O6 b8 f8 ^, h, kL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？ : s6 @" R7 O( I, K, T 0 F- T6 r) y+ ? B" L# XM: 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 W& D: h' N: i5 V- F7 y 1 d A: L- I* [3 R+ P6 IL: 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。 5 ?) r; B4 n2 T9 |0 X1 \- c$ B" X6 g
M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike? 6 S# G2 L) J* r J2 e& z9 b& l2 |3 _1 h# J$ q# yL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？ 6 {6 q D' G" |1 c # y& r: C8 x9 p6 }* r6 uM: 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.3 z' `3 q. z; p
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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。 : y/ ?$ \& }0 c3 x+ ~' v, G' H) d 4 f, t. g3 i0 a. BM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it. / h I8 I+ I+ W B' I4 A3 C5 z. Z1 Z# J5 C9 I, C
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.& ]9 Y( }6 d2 K# j; X& e3 v
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M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.) F: |- g' t! M! v( ^0 u9 R4 x4 i
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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？ 4 B5 U, V5 C; u ' H6 f* o4 U1 |: t' m3 m, 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.& C+ z, D! N' S9 e- b4 j6 u
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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？0 N( h3 \0 ]/ o" s& _% ~2 U
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M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone. E9 x# [! j0 t* j
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M: You're right. ' F6 @. ?3 {) p/ z$ q2 F4 P ' R$ W% @& ?9 d7 M2 OL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？ 3 `' P& X, {( l* ~) m8 w7 x0 }1 M- {2 y: |2 u
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. 0 g. S( s/ v# N% L' m d( ], R1 D4 r% t- f1 }
L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。* k6 r9 D! j7 ?& f2 w8 T
. j E9 a3 y: [ e& PM: 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.) |2 |5 l, Q2 e" u H" k" K$ _
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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？) b0 z3 Q' N% K7 ^ T! C' J
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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.* z) o7 z f, I6 ]7 b* p! d
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L: 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。 9 K6 B2 W! C/ s" n5 V ' q7 R% \% }1 v2 F# c- `) @2 e& `8 j% DM: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off. + l4 P5 ]/ P8 s- L$ m & v# _1 I, x% a8 t* m- UL: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。 7 g$ p! ?1 ]; x' s ' t8 c% G3 l; d7 WM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.3 q W. ], C. V/ V! p; R
, f5 ~; N# r& M3 r, @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 Q* P8 W8 ?2 i+ N1 L9 {7 JAudio as following:# t) X8 V% r5 X1 x
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