李華和Larry 看了一場電影剛回到Larry 的公寓。李華今天會學(xué)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
為什么不說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(zhèn)都叫什么什么"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，可也沒那么差。Larry ，我們學(xué)校的一些教授，他們講課才是真正的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(xué)生都會因?yàn)榻淌谥v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(xiàng)目，哪當(dāng)然有功夫打瞌睡了。我教中文倒是蠻有
意思，可是周末就很無聊。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，周末就是打掃房間，買吃的、洗車、真單調(diào)。Larry ，我們得
想點(diǎn)什么有趣的事，改善一下周末的生活。

    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：我們下個周末去游樂園？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：那這個游樂園里有什么特別好玩的呢？

    LL： The park has three huge roller coasters. One of them goes upside
down！ Now that ride is coolsville.

    LH：游樂園里有三個過山車，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：自然博物館怎么會令人厭倦呢？你看過那里的恐龍化石嗎？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？那下個周末，你去游樂園，我?guī)�Amy
去自然博物館，怎么樣？

    LL： That would be coolsville ！ What a great idea.

    LH：你去享受過山車，我們?nèi)ビ^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？什么事？

    LL： Wouldn't it be more coolsville if we could do something together？

    LH：你說的對，兩個人一起才有意思。那我跟你去游樂園，以后我們再去自
然博物館。

    LL： Coolsville.

    今天李華學(xué)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。