流行美语 第 24 课

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。

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。
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.
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？
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 instance¹, when my
friend kept teasing² 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.
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？
M: Bob and I did make plans to go out last night. But he blew me off. He decided³ to go
out with his girlfriend. It wasn't the first time he blew me off.
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？
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。
M: 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.
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.
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？
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。
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。
M: Oh, Li Hua, take a hike.

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 instance   

n.例，例证，实例

参考例句：

• Can you quote me a recent instance?你能给我举一个最近的例子吗？
• He's a greedy boy,yesterday,for instance,he ate all our biscuits!他是个贪吃的孩子――比如，他昨天把我们的饼干都吃了！

2 teasing   

adj.戏弄的，逗趣的v.取笑，戏弄( tease的现在分词 )；梳理（羊毛等）

参考例句：

• Don't get upset—I was only teasing. 别不高兴，我只是在逗你玩。
• I didn't think you meant that seriously;I thought you were teasing. 我未想到你是当真的，我原以为你是开玩笑的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。