李華是在紐約上大學(xué)的中國(guó)學(xué)生�，F(xiàn)在她正在和Michael這個(gè)美國(guó)學(xué)生談?dòng)嘘P(guān)她學(xué)習(xí)方面的問(wèn)題。今天Michael 會(huì)教李華兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：to take a hike 和 to blow off.

    L： Michael，我真煩死了，我們那個(gè)經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)教授非要我們分成小組來(lái)完成一個(gè)項(xiàng)目，可小組里一個(gè)同學(xué)嘛一聲不吭，另一個(gè)我說(shuō)什么他都反對(duì)。

    M： If I were you， I would have told him to take a hike.

    L： 你要對(duì)他說(shuō)什么？ Take a hike？ 是什么意思��？

    M： Take a hike is to tell someone to leave， or to tell someone to leave you alone.

    L： Take a hike就是叫誰(shuí)走開(kāi)，或者是告訴某人不要來(lái)打攪我。對(duì)嗎？

    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.

    L： 我知道你在說(shuō)誰(shuí)。我在自修室里念書的時(shí)候，那個(gè)人老是要來(lái)跟我說(shuō)話。可是他往往很不客氣。

    M： Why don't you tell him to take a hike？

    L： 我不好意思對(duì)別人說(shuō)這種話。 那樣很不禮貌，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.

    L： 我那天是聽(tīng)見(jiàn)你那朋友在笑話你穿的衣服，可是，當(dāng)時(shí)你說(shuō)take a hike，我不知道是什么意思。現(xiàn)在想起來(lái)，你好象是用開(kāi)玩笑的口氣說(shuō)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， 你經(jīng)常跟我開(kāi)玩笑，說(shuō)我老買衣服，下次你再要這樣，我就要對(duì)你說(shuō)：Take a hike.

    M： Yes， Li Hua， I suppose you could.

    L： Michael， 你昨晚上不是說(shuō)好要跟Bob去看電影嗎？你怎么一個(gè)晚上都呆在家里呢？

    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： 原來(lái)說(shuō)好去看電影，到最后一分鐘打電話給你說(shuō)要和女朋友出去 玩。Michael，你剛才說(shuō)了兩遍blew me off ？ 是不是取消原定約會(huì)的意思？

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

    L： 也就是說(shuō)你和Bob約好去看電影，可是他為了跟女朋友玩而把你給甩了。

    M： You're right.

    L： To blow off 還能用在什么場(chǎng)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 還可以指某人突然對(duì)你很冷淡。

    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.

    L： Nancy上個(gè)周末在聚會(huì)上看見(jiàn)你好象不認(rèn)識(shí)你？這不可能，她不是跟你很好的嗎？

    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.

    L： 我不想做什么事，也可以用to blow off.我不是告訴你我不想?yún)⒓?那經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的小組嗎？可是，要是我blow it off，我這門課就會(huì)不及格。

    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，就象和你一起吃午飯一樣。

    M： Oh， Li Hua， take a hike.

    在今天的對(duì)話中，Michael教了李華兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)，一個(gè)是：take a hike，意思是叫某人走開(kāi)；另一個(gè)是to blow off，這是指取消約會(huì)，或者是不做自己不想做的事。