李華是在紐約上大學的中國學生。現在她正在和Michael這個美國學生談有關她學習方面的問題。今天Michael 會教李華兩個常用語：to take a hike 和 to blow off。

L: Michael，我真煩死了，我們那個經濟學教授非要我們分成小組來完成一個項目，可小組里一個同學嘛一聲不啃，另一個我說什么他都反對。

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

L: 你要對他說什么？ 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就是叫誰走開，或者是告訴某人不要來打攪我。對嗎？

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: 我知道你在說誰。我在自修室里念書的時候，那個人經老是要來跟 我說話。可是他往往很不客氣。

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

L: 我不好意思對別人說這種話。 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: 我那天是聽見你那朋友在笑話你穿的衣服，可是，當時你說take a hike，我不知道是什么意思。現在想起來，你好象是用開玩笑的口氣說的。

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, 你經常跟我開玩笑，說我老買衣服，下次你再要這樣，我就要對你說：Take a hike.

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

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

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

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

L: 也就是說你和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上個周末在聚會上看見你好象不認識你？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參加 那經濟學的小組嗎？可是，要是我blow it off，我這門課就會不及格。

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.

在今天的對話中，Michael教了李華兩個常用語，一個是：take a hike，意思是叫某人走開；另一個是to blow off，這是指取消約會，或者是不做自己不想做的事。這次的[流行美語]就到此結束，我們下次再會。