专业四级英语听力自学教程-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： take a hike和to blow off。
8 l; l# F  V% M+ s& H　　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。
% I2 `7 S; h, p! d6 K　　M: If I were you, I would have told him to take a hike.
　　L：你要对他说什么？Take a hike？是什么意思啊？
　　M: Take a hike is to tell someone to leave, or to tell someone to leave you alone.
3 ~3 `0 o$ V: m$ a　　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？
4 F9 @, P3 p5 \# z5 \* h　　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？
　　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.
! r. e) B3 h* s* ~4 [- f, l7 L　　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。
* t% c3 ?5 v+ u( |( q　　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。
　　M: 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？
) x; T- T/ o; W% \　　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.
3 O0 @# X% ~8 s) j　　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？
3 z5 A. B$ m; O4 i3 H1 L' F) t　　M: Yes, to blow off means to break off plans you had with someone.
　　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。
: C8 @$ E5 _* L9 w, y- L　　M: You're right.
* r" A  |" w$ H' G" H  f　　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.
　　L：噢，to blow off还可以指某人突然对你很冷淡。
　　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.
6 i" ?6 d( ~: |, [8 a　　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？
. E2 M! T0 L6 ~% L1 [　　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.
* n9 X" w# L4 j( F" N　　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。
# n2 F9 c6 i+ k6 y　　M: Yeah, there are some things in life you just shouldn't blow off.
# `/ |! f+ [- h# u$ @　　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: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.
' K4 h, `2 z( W% S, e　　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。