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2026.08.26 02:49
第十部 第五课: boonies , country bumpkin
- Larry 和李华两个人正开着车，準备到乡下的一个农场去骑马．今天李华会学到两个常用语： boonies 和 country bumpkin.
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- Larry，我们要去的那个农场到底还有多远啊？
- Unfortunately, it's way out in the boonies. It will take at least two hours to get there.
- 两个小时？我的天啊！还要那麼久啊？我在车上已经坐的腰酸背痛了．对了，你说这个农场在 boonies，那是一个小镇的名字吗？
- No, "boonies" is a slang term for any place that is very far from any major city or town.
- 哦～， boonies 就是指离城市很远的乡下地方，也就是很偏僻的地方，我们中文裡说那些地方是「前不着村，后不搭店」。
- This farm is in the boonies, but I've heard that it's very beautiful and that they have really nice horses.
- 哇～，那儿风景很好，还有很好的马，真是太棒了！要到这样的地方去啊，车开多远都无所谓！
- Yeah, I'm kind of excited about going horseback riding, too.
- 嘿，说真的， Larry，幸好啊我给我们两个人準备了午餐，要不你想，在那种地方 - in the boonies - 大概啊连麦当劳都没有哦！
- I'm not sure that's such a bad thing, Li Hua.
- 我知道，像麦当劳这种快餐店的东西啊，还是少吃為妙．不过，我的意思是，在那麼偏僻的地方啊，恐怕很难找到吃午饭的餐馆吧．嘿！ Larry，你看，那片田野好美喔！
- Yes, it is. It's really nice to get out of the city once in a while. I especially like driving on country roads. There's hardly any traffic out in the boonies.
- 就是啊！在乡下开车啊，既能欣赏景色，享受新鲜的空气，又不必担心塞车．我已经好一会儿没有看到其他车了．偶然出一次城啊，真是让人心情开朗。
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- Larry，你觉不觉得那个在农场工作的女孩跟城市女孩很不一样啊？她的穿着很朴素，脸上也没有化装，一点都没有特意打扮的样子呢。
- Yeah, she was definitely a country bumpkin. Were you able to understand her? She had a bit of a country accent.
- 嗯，我啊是有一点听不太懂她说的话，她有一点乡村口音．你说她是个 country bumpkin，那是什麼意思啊？
- A country bumpkin is someone who is from the countryside. The term usually refers to someone who is relatively simple and unsophisticated.
- Bumpkin 就是生活在农村那些很纯朴的人．那， Larry，你有没有在城市裡碰到过从农村来的人啊？
- Sometimes. The other day, there was a guy on the subway who was such a country bumpkin that he couldn't figure out how to buy a ticket. He said that he'd never been on a subway before!
- 那个人又没有搭过地铁，第一次当然不知道怎麼买地铁票囉！我啊刚来美国的时候，我也不知道怎麼买地铁票啊！
- That's true. Hey, Li Hua, do you know any country bumpkins?
- 我有一个住在乡下的表姐．她和我那些住在都市裡的亲戚啊很不一样．我想她应该算是个 country bumpkin 吧！
- I have an uncle who owns a farm in Idaho. He's really a country bumpkin. He hates the city and he prefers to wear jeans and a cowboy hat. I think he'd rather ride a horse than the subway.
- 我还不知道你有个叔叔在爱达荷州．他还有个农场啊，真有意思哎！说不定，下回我们可以去你叔叔那儿玩，过过农村的生活，做个 country bumpkin!
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- 今天李华学到了两个常用语，第一个是： boonies，这是指「离开都市很远的农村」；另外一个常用语是： country bumpkin ，这是「形容生活在农村的那些很纯朴的人」。
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