流行美语 Lesson 24 - take a hike & to blow off

Xbfeng

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。
8 L+ Q9 [5 R* g# |
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。

M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
7 g  U; X+ [8 ^8 G
. e; w) p6 R) p+ `# u3 d& jL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？

! b8 }8 l* g2 A3 C' W# GM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.

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？
" b* g1 e4 h, n1 \
" ~& l" M. U$ o3 [/ n: E; D2 iM: 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.
+ f" F( R! ^/ y7 `( s1 @
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。

5 f+ W1 L9 R* E4 l8 s2 m3 p4 OM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?

7 r9 ~$ R# ]; n" g3 P; d; ZL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？
% S/ b  d, y1 B
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.
+ J- I+ f3 r; B" j
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。
+ x3 c! P# S+ L$ c  w% a3 a
M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.
% u# W$ M7 B- J3 C+ S
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.

M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.
. Q7 ~" B3 |/ }& ?: `+ `; q; w
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？
" r8 \# g7 I' M
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.
! `: n) P3 X% a5 s
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？
  q" W1 z+ W4 \' S" _8 z
" M7 R3 i7 P# O# Z  X$ T; Y% b' SM: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.
4 U0 e3 U& I0 S+ T
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。
( H# t) V! D( Z- f6 N" T5 w
M: You're right.

8 O2 ^$ B" Q" Q7 E3 v5 D4 ~/ |L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？
9 C4 i0 C2 P8 u  a1 d
$ `6 O( H' n  k5 A2 q( v8 kM: 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。

! ~. v& D9 q; u& F& gM: 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.
; Y1 o( D! I: S$ o
) u2 {  b3 _6 O. h5 ]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？

" t0 D2 F6 ^. W) S+ R! qM: 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.
- V& I' l6 ^, W/ |, `! o+ e
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。

+ b. t( D: a! Z: O5 D/ d- U* W& NM: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.

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: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
8 f7 i8 p4 l2 v; h1 u+ g
1 W3 C  j1 P# l& f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。
Audio as following:

YZSUNNY

yutian929