第10课:无趣的 - 5
【迷你小对话】
A: The book I just finished was hard to read. The language was so platitudinous.
B: Really? I heard that it was quite a good book. Plebeian after all was it?
A: Yes, it was full of musty ideas from pervious times, very out of touch with modern thinking.
B: I see. It’s amazing to see so many unexciting books making it to the shelves these days.
A: 我刚看完的那本书让人难以读进去,语言太陈腐。
B: 是吗?我听说那本书不错。真的很平庸吗?
A: 对,都是些过时的旧观点,和现在的思想完全脱节了。
B: 这么回事呀。现在这么多无聊的书也能被摆上书架,真令人惊讶。
【语言点精讲】
platitudinous: 语言平淡乏味的;老生常谈的;陈词滥调的。
plebeian: 平常的;平庸的;粗俗的。
musty: 书过时的,废弃的。
out of touch with: 与……相脱离。
unexciting: 不令人兴奋的;不使人激动的;无聊的。
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