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。

$ L5 c! B  Y# jL: 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。

& P$ V; ^# T! T0 O, aM: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
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L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？

% }2 ?6 @1 Z0 n7 I; r3 ]M: 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？
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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.

( n) e- p- j5 EL: 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。

, x$ I0 X; n7 M5 s) K  e, a$ _) _M: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?
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5 a, |! s# e; v- F5 N/ fL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？

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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* v) [8 `# }7 A5 \7 UL: 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。
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1 Q8 o9 ~  I$ M6 P" dM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.
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% k6 K, ?3 C: H7 f: K! tL: 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.

6 Y( W+ @3 x0 K# Z  I3 x* EM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.

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？
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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.

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？

M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.

% ]6 o9 E3 j8 H" iL: 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。

M: You're right.

* \! ^: V& z7 n: F& R0 m, AL: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？

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.

L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。

/ d8 X' Z0 d8 [- m8 P# T5 D! H; @+ SM: 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.

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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- ~; a4 R! d! ~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.

5 N  ^. K+ ^0 Q' P8 |+ ^4 [/ 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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" O% x) b. `3 n# h% ^& DM: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.

& F+ Y( \3 I1 d7 a* B* G1 wL: 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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M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.

3 l+ N) b9 Q& ]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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