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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4 C5 u7 b: [3 y0 L! {/ H  ^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.
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' Y: t$ W# A' q, y. \* j' UL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？
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% g& ~7 @- W3 Q1 O  y2 sM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.

' q1 D7 S) ?6 G: y9 }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？

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.

$ D: |$ ?7 @$ F9 E- e, U3 {6 dL: 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。

M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?

L: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？
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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.
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2 E; b- I, \  i) F. g$ B/ R) kL: 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。

M: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.

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.

- W. Z5 @  _4 ^3 Y) f( b5 \M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.

0 @% `( W$ f8 DL: 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？
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7 h0 P1 @3 b% pM: 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.

$ I9 I& d/ Y1 J/ x- f. y' jL: 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.

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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0 u( q9 |- F8 h5 [' fM: You're right.

% @! ~8 H3 s4 v  j" KL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？

1 X, o3 I9 I3 tM: 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.
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3 Q6 a1 Y1 @  r: S) d& iL: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。

0 C2 M: w, E# W7 R( M* g5 x! zM: 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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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？
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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.
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; {1 s4 S" ?5 E* Y5 m8 q" CL: 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。
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M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.

0 U2 t' W3 z. @1 R+ P2 l8 `L: 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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! u% r+ X4 b: o& F) O% [+ D4 X" {M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.

. u8 P! S% W' G- {0 ]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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