VOA流行美語 Unit 236:Dullsville和Coolsville
李華和Larry看了一場電影剛回到Larry的公寓。李華今天會學會兩個常用語Dullsville和Coolsville。
LL: Wow, Li Hua, that movie was totally dullsville. I can't believe we stayed and watched the whole thing.
LH: Dullsville? 這個電影的確沒意思，It WAS really boring, 可是你爲什麼不說boring而是說Dullsville?
LL: Well, you know, Li Hua， many small towns in America end in "ville."
LH: 是啊，美國的許多小城鎮都叫什麼什麼"ville" ，比如Coopersville and Andersonville.
LL: So, when I said the movie was "dullsville," I was suggesting the movie was so boring, it was like living in the town of dull.
LH: 我知道了， "dullsville"的意思是說，電影很沒意思，就像是住在一個很枯燥的地方。
LL: Right. And that movie was totally dullsville, especially for a comedy. I don't think I even laughed once.
LH: 真的啊？你看這部喜劇片的時候一次都沒有笑？不會吧。這部電影不是很好，可也沒那麼差。Larry，我們學校的一些教授，他們講課纔是真正的dullsville.
LL: Yeah, I remember back in college being in some really dullsville classes. Sometimes they were so boring I'd fall asleep.
LH: 不光是你，不少學生都會因爲教授講課乏味而打瞌睡。Larry，你上班的時候打瞌睡嗎？Is your work dullsville?
LL: No, actually we've been very busy with several important projects. There are times I wish it WAS dullsville at work.
LH: 要完成好幾個重要的項目，哪當然有功夫打瞌睡了。我教中文倒是蠻有意思，可是週末就很無聊。My weekends are dullsville.
LL: I know what you mean. My weekends have been dullsville, too. I usually clean my apartment, go grocery shopping, and maybe wash my car. Not too exciting.
LH: 我也是，週末就是打掃房間，買吃的、洗車、真單調。Larry，我們得想點什麼有趣的事，改善一下週末的生活。
LL: Hmmm。Let me think of how we can get out of dullsville.
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LL: I've got it, Li Hua! We'll go to an amusement park next weekend. There is one not too far away that is totally coolsville!
LH: 我們下個週末去遊樂園？好啊。那這次你就不用解釋了，我知道Coolsville的意思就是說那個地方一切都很棒，很有意思。對不對？
LL: That's right. And this amusement park really is coolsville. We won't be bored there.
LH: 那這個遊樂園裏有什麼特別好玩的呢？
LL: The park has three huge roller coasters. One of them goes upside down! Now that ride is coolsville.
LH: 遊樂園裏有三個過山車， 還有一個是頭朝下的。可我不喜歡坐過山車，the ride doesn't sound so coolsville to me.
LL: You don't like roller coasters? Well, what do you think is coolsville, Li Hua?
LH: 我覺得自然博物館很有意思。
LL: Really? Why do you think the natural history museum is coolsville? I guess I think it is more like dullsville.
LH: 自然博物館怎麼會令人厭倦呢？ 你看過那裏的恐龍化石嗎？多有意思啊。
LL: Well, now that you mention it, my little seven-year old cousin Amy thinks dinosaurs are coolsville, too.
LH: 你七歲的表妹Amy也喜歡恐龍化石？那下個週末，你去遊樂園，我帶Amy去自然博物館，怎麼樣？
LL: That would be coolsville! What a great idea.
LH: 你去享受過山車，我們去觀賞恐龍化石。兩全齊美，Everything will be coolsville.
LL: Except for one thing.
LH: 除了一件事以外？什麼事？
LL: Wouldn't it be more coolsville if we could do something together?
LH: 你說的對，兩個人一起纔有意思。那我跟你去遊樂園，以後我們再去自然博物館。
LL: Coolsville.
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是dullsville，意思是枯燥乏味，令人厭倦。還有一個是coolsville，意思是很好，很有意思。
