VOA英语口语 约会都吹了
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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：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吭，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. 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。 |
