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。

8 G6 c! f$ ~# @6 q, VL: 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。

+ j6 t- l: O' d5 q7 u1 O+ E: V+ A. uM: 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？
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9 W, l" w2 U  }* pM: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.

: s7 @8 I9 c5 O% E" O! }( ]) EL: 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.
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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。

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？

/ o# T: I/ e4 y0 ?- Z* 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.

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。

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.
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% Q# i! I9 u" \  xM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could.

" ^; j6 S0 A" B9 q1 ^- RL: 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？

, E" W# O+ w! k: Q+ }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.
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7 Y3 a/ z& h. b/ i* {# dL: 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.

: c' Q2 W% Q2 L  @$ d, ]5 b7 uL: 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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! |, V5 Q( ?$ }# G: UM: You're right.

L: 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.
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3 t$ k+ R( K$ a% t! {, XL: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。
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# U/ e7 q) r3 x/ o" i+ DM: 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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8 E5 p; K* `4 S, m) u' o. r9 u, E9 s# r; GL: 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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; j2 S3 C* |) ~6 z+ i* M0 ?; v. yM: 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。
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M: 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。

+ X! P; k, n/ c2 C' U5 @. Z- ?M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
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7 X0 n' V# r% o; 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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