/ Q! c! z# ^ T5 b% u- S. \M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.% s9 C# K% N% \ t
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L: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？. y& K/ \* }0 ?
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M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone. 2 Y- F- X* D% @4 L 9 [; y( s! ^6 C V# I4 Z; f8 Z6 aL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？ 7 h8 U1 Y4 J' d) { * b4 p" @ K FM: 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. 7 m" m/ ?+ r! w S4 G! L d3 n0 x" m( P+ [7 Y6 d
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。 4 P1 R, L7 q+ f9 p+ Q9 \ 7 p/ J; J: f' g% g) L, T! kM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?) |3 V- ], n k+ N! w$ Z) C0 L
8 g* t$ J! p* P5 O' }- x$ SM: 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. $ A% [8 D( j- p, ^! b0 A# J* a, k7 A9 N& W5 u% l# G! Q8 ^; @
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。 % k# C J5 X; X7 b ; M% w% q% ]+ F: w2 u4 I2 aM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.& G" ~( i) d/ B: g# _
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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.7 X7 `; B. f# A9 N
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M: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could. $ A3 @7 _" F0 N* M" h. [- l2 E. S
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？$ |" \$ s. [! T5 b
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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？ 2 m* `3 y; f2 f7 Y' U0 N' l# W4 Z3 p
M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.& x3 }$ r6 W5 F4 N8 Q2 S" t
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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 O7 [/ L7 x5 u! A5 S8 _
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M: You're right.$ E$ ?* P" t% D! }& ]4 c- h
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L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？& m# B' b, P3 D( R! V
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L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。 , J' }3 ]& {0 ^# i7 `$ J8 v0 t7 s+ J2 }) Z+ l
M: 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./ R# m/ F% ?; ~
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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？) j, J( f" p+ ^2 z6 G+ @+ {9 h
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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。 1 E# }" o" C/ a( p) v1 j 2 p- w% w3 V, e. H4 S# Y4 ~4 yM: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.! K9 f' F0 ?: d g- f# @* E7 N
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L: 唉，生活中有些事是非得做的，就象和你一起吃午饭一样。" B2 B- f4 e0 s! E- W+ e, ^
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( e- Z$ S. e% 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。 - X4 d, P( @' \) t6 XAudio as following:& D7 T+ H$ T9 N( {
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