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2024.04.19 09:39
第十部 第五課: boonies , country bumpkin
- Larry 和李華兩個人正開著車，準備到鄉下的一個農場去騎馬．今天李華會學到兩個常用語： boonies 和 country bumpkin.
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- Larry，我們要去的那個農場到底還有多遠啊？
- Unfortunately, it's way out in the boonies. It will take at least two hours to get there.
- 兩個小時？我的天啊！還要那麼久啊？我在車上已經坐的腰酸背痛了．對了，你說這個農場在 boonies，那是一個小鎮的名字嗎？
- No, "boonies" is a slang term for any place that is very far from any major city or town.
- 哦～， boonies 就是指離城市很遠的鄉下地方，也就是很偏僻的地方，我們中文裡說那些地方是「前不著村，後不搭店」。
- This farm is in the boonies, but I've heard that it's very beautiful and that they have really nice horses.
- 哇～，那兒風景很好，還有很好的馬，真是太棒了！要到這樣的地方去啊，車開多遠都無所謂！
- Yeah, I'm kind of excited about going horseback riding, too.
- 嘿，說真的， Larry，幸好啊我給我們兩個人準備了午餐，要不你想，在那種地方 - in the boonies - 大概啊連麥當勞都沒有哦！
- I'm not sure that's such a bad thing, Li Hua.
- 我知道，像麥當勞這種快餐店的東西啊，還是少吃為妙．不過，我的意思是，在那麼偏僻的地方啊，恐怕很難找到吃午飯的餐館吧．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！在鄉下開車啊，既能欣賞景色，享受新鮮的空氣，又不必擔心塞車．我已經好一會兒沒有看到其他車了．偶然出一次城啊，真是讓人心情開朗。
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- Larry，你覺不覺得那個在農場工作的女孩跟城市女孩很不一樣啊？她的穿著很樸素，臉上也沒有化裝，一點都沒有特意打扮的樣子呢。
- Yeah, she was definitely a country bumpkin. Were you able to understand her? She had a bit of a country accent.
- 嗯，我啊是有一點聽不太懂她說的話，她有一點鄉村口音．你說她是個 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 就是生活在農村那些很純樸的人．那， Larry，你有沒有在城市裡碰到過從農村來的人啊？
- 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!
- 那個人又沒有搭過地鐵，第一次當然不知道怎麼買地鐵票囉！我啊剛來美國的時候，我也不知道怎麼買地鐵票啊！
- That's true. Hey, Li Hua, do you know any country bumpkins?
- 我有一個住在鄉下的表姐．她和我那些住在都市裡的親戚啊很不一樣．我想她應該算是個 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.
- 我還不知道你有個叔叔在愛達荷州．他還有個農場啊，真有意思哎！說不定，下回我們可以去你叔叔那兒玩，過過農村的生活，做個 country bumpkin!
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- 今天李華學到了兩個常用語，第一個是： boonies，這是指「離開都市很遠的農村」；另外一個常用語是： country bumpkin ，這是「形容生活在農村的那些很純樸的人」。
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