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。 3 ~/ R3 j; D! D4 V- a9 R/ U6 W% q* [0 i3 P7 X9 v
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。/ o K1 m3 N' \" @5 Q) M$ `
. M8 ?3 E9 H( g: u0 kM: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike." Z" d* _# e/ d! R% N
. n9 }' C- b& _) e7 B! c$ w& SL: 你要对他说什么？ Take a hike? 是什么意思啊？ " N y3 M: ?! n6 d : g% F! U9 g0 \3 c; W9 v$ |M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone. $ d) o3 d8 O2 \1 ^ ) G: a h: p0 `/ VL: Take a hike就是叫谁走开，或者是告诉某人不要来打搅我。对吗？ 8 H6 M! g- z* {7 D. U0 q& U5 z% Y! ^0 ^$ F
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.3 q$ V; f2 H" Y' a
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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。 / `+ G( l% Q. M c0 V- e+ | ' Q* f4 V4 M, [. wM: Why don't you tell him to take a hike?5 g; D6 S! s; ?6 @2 [9 T: e
8 g, c: m1 I- {' E) e% qL: 我不好意思对别人说这种话。 那样很不礼貌，是不是？ ( M+ R5 T3 B/ Q5 V4 T V; u8 ~' y% a, i5 ~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.5 t: @( @* A. l; s: n/ ]
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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。5 A1 w. U( C! m
9 y: F- x" r# P4 ]- l6 S- X1 t$ eM: Li Hua, give me an example. I want to see if you know how to use it.8 x: @& G# }+ ^
6 [7 w( S! a8 o# x, ^8 yL: 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.) C' F+ G# S/ s
2 F8 t3 V+ W, h* \8 RM: Yes, Li Hua, I suppose you could. / i& m7 C1 k) _* {/ U' m3 O0 C7 y! F! O- V4 V% b6 ~5 }3 I
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？/ p9 L9 |. E* [! R! p
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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. * @0 j3 w, V7 {# U , ?0 }% S4 ?8 N& G a: Z& S7 ]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？4 l7 G% r9 L3 i
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M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone. " c1 w! z* p/ S& ?- T 0 g8 O2 Q( e! Z0 T, ~" v; `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。4 M6 }% j1 t' ]! }* H5 X( j
; I+ l+ x# X8 ]$ h4 tM: You're right.6 E' f# Z! n- {4 r6 V9 e' a" e
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L: To blow off 还能用在什么场合呢？ " R0 F: {+ D; X/ U) t0 e . T, w6 o( @) H8 O; aM: 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.4 b9 o6 J1 `$ Z: ]
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L: 噢，to blow off 还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。5 Z4 }( D& g' D! T9 [2 Z
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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. 4 t$ f, i( ~7 k" V" j7 m- \# H+ a' _- j" J
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？ , P4 \4 y. S3 u: P1 b, D& t& q7 E a4 K: X' Q
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.$ j0 b, v6 W6 O3 u) K1 B
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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。 5 F8 M. e" `& h+ f/ n7 }0 _' ]* u5 ~& F) U5 I3 `
M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.5 r; L- q6 r) P2 B' p/ L+ [
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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。 + M$ `) j) n S* H; j2 ~' Q3 `# _+ O* f# r4 V' |- Q
M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.: z9 s, ^# g% n( U' n! z
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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。 1 y; {! m* N( A; P! o% ?Audio as following:# V, U- f9 ~# h: `& T. L
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