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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。+ P& |" u7 q1 T
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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。
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M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
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M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.5 i. Y: R' j) ^$ m
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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?
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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.
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! I, E6 L- D$ `5 {0 w0 F  jL: 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。# i3 y8 T! G( x
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M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?9 K0 Q: c3 d! Q# y

8 R5 r/ h3 q: s* Q" m$ ML: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌,是不是?: G; W- N0 g  U

! s! ~. }7 q# B5 }, ]4 w" ~4 |+ dM: 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.1 \% [2 ?' p7 N: A* Z- C5 p% O7 ~. B

# k) t. p$ Z# y+ ~( c5 A( V+ ]! iL: 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。3 U1 e* T1 c5 v) f/ r* I1 \. Q
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M: 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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M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.
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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?; X7 |% Y, i1 ~. F& B, \& z3 @) I

$ ?' B7 @! q8 a3 b0 AM: 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.
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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?
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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。0 p4 \1 ]; k( c4 V% r4 G8 M

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4 m4 ~& ?% s" y' U2 {$ O3 }- q5 ~L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢?
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4 H% I% V3 e: ?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 X- x) m% D6 c% q' t! ~
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L: 噢,to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。5 \: K) {$ \4 B( m. L! X1 g( y; x

4 q. l! ?, K! Q  y# Q/ fM: 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.) V7 V/ A& a9 O* p4 q

, a( z/ M" ~( ]4 aL: 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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/ |9 Z! f5 I9 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.
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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。  u- |1 T9 L+ p
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M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.: @, O6 {, {& X  R

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) o7 H, g! K% O: f7 dM: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
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9 l# x8 Y, r. A6 N" b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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