美國(guó)之音之流行美語(yǔ)Lesson 140 - boonies / country bumpkins
Larry和李華兩人正開著車，準(zhǔn)備到鄉(xiāng)下的一個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)去騎馬。今天李華會(huì)學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)：boonies和country bumpkin.
(Car driving on country road)
LH: Larry，我們要去的那個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)到底還有多遠(yuǎn)??？
LL: Unfortunately, it's way out in the boonies. It will take at least two hours to get there.
LH: 兩個(gè)小時(shí)？我的天??！還要那么久啊？我在車上已經(jīng)坐的腰酸背痛了。對(duì)了，你說這個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)在boonies, 那是一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)的名字嗎？
LL: No, "boonies" is a slang term for any place that is very far from any major city or town.
LH: 噢，boonies就是指離城市很遠(yuǎn)的鄉(xiāng)下地方，也就是很偏僻的地方，我們中文里說那些地方是“前不著村，后不搭店”。
LL: This farm is in the boonies, but I've heard that it's very beautiful and that they have really nice horses.
LH: 哇，那兒風(fēng)景很好，還有很好的馬，真是太棒了！要到這樣的地方去，車開多遠(yuǎn)都無(wú)所謂！
LL: Yeah, I'm kind of excited about going horseback riding, too.
LH: 嘿，說真的，Larry，幸好我給我們兩個(gè)人準(zhǔn)備了午餐，要不你想，在那種地方 - in the boonies - 大概連麥當(dāng)勞都沒有噢！
LL: I'm not sure that's such a bad thing, Li Hua.
LH: 我知道，像麥當(dāng)勞這種快餐店的東西還是少吃為妙。不過我的意思是，在那么偏僻的地方恐怕很難找到吃午飯的餐館吧。嘿！Larry，你看，那片田野好美噢！
LL: 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.
LH: 就是??！在鄉(xiāng)下開車，既能欣賞景色，享受新鮮的空氣，又不必?fù)?dān)心塞車。我已經(jīng)好一會(huì)兒沒看到其他車了。偶然出一次城真讓人心情開朗。
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LH: Larry, 你覺不覺得那個(gè)在農(nóng)場(chǎng)工作的女孩和城市女孩很不一樣？她的穿著很樸素，臉上也沒有化裝，一點(diǎn)都沒有特意打扮的樣子。
LL: Yeah, she was definitely a country bumpkin. Were you able to understand her? She had a bit of a country accent.
LH: 嗯，我是有點(diǎn)聽不太懂她說的話；她有一點(diǎn)鄉(xiāng)村口音。你說她是個(gè)country bumpkin，那是什么意思?
LL: A country bumpkin is someone who is from the countryside. The term usually refers to someone who is relatively simple and unsophisticated.
LH: Bumpkin就是生活在農(nóng)村那些很純樸的人。那Larry，你有沒有在城市里碰過從農(nóng)村來(lái)的人？
LL: 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!
LH: 那人又沒有乘過地鐵，第一次當(dāng)然不知道怎么買地鐵票嘍！我剛來(lái)美國(guó)的時(shí)候，我也不知道怎么買地鐵票??！
LL: That's true. Hey, Li Hua, do you know any country bumpkins?
LH: 我有一個(gè)住在鄉(xiāng)下的表姐。她和我那些住在大都市里的親戚很不一樣。我想她應(yīng)該算是個(gè)country bumpkin吧！
LL: 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.
LH: 我還不知道你有個(gè)叔叔在愛達(dá)荷州。他還有個(gè)農(nóng)場(chǎng)，真有意思！說不定，下回我們可以去你叔叔那兒玩，過過農(nóng)村生活，做個(gè)country bumpkin!
今天李華學(xué)到兩個(gè)常用語(yǔ)。第一個(gè)是boonies,指的是離都市很遠(yuǎn)的農(nóng)村。另一個(gè)常用語(yǔ)是：country bumpkin 是形容生活在農(nóng)村的那些很純樸的人。
