VOA流行美語 Unit 204:blown away和bone head
Larry最近去約塞美蒂國家公園度假。他正在告訴李華旅遊的情況。李華會學到兩個常用語：blown away和bone head。
LL: Yosemite was fantastic. you.really should go sometime, Li Hua. I know you would be completely blown away by the scenery.
LH: 你是說那兒的風很大，會把我吹走呀？我本來倒是很想去，可是要是會被吹走的話，那不是太危險了嘛？
LL: No, no. By "blown away" I mean you would be astounded. When something blows you away, it amazes you.
LH: 噢，blown away 在這裏指的是感到驚異，吃驚。對了，我看到過約塞美蒂國家公園的照片。照片上的風景就讓我驚歎不已了。
LL: But being there in person is so much more amazing. You won't believe how high some of the waterfalls are; when you go, it will blow you away!
LH: 身臨其境那當然更好了。我是聽說了那兒的瀑布從很高的山上流下來，非常驚人。其實你知道嗎，Larry，中國也有許多有名的山脈。下回你去中國一定要去黃山玩。那裏的景色也會讓你驚歎不已！
LL: I am sure I will be blown away. I've heard friends who have been to Huang Shan and talk about it, and it does sound amazing.
LH: 對，很多美國人都去黃山玩過，他們都覺得很美。對了，Larry，你去約塞美蒂有沒有照相哪？
LL: I sure do. Before I left, my uncle came by and gave me a new camera to take with me to Yosemite. I was blown away by his generosity.
LH: 你叔叔那麼好呀！知道你要出去玩還特地送你一個新的照相機呀！他這麼慷慨，人人都會感到驚異，而且還會讓人羨慕你吶。
LL: Yes, sometimes when someone does something unexpectedly nice, it really blows you away.
LH: 對，象我剛到美國的時候沒有汽車，有的人開車帶我去買菜，然後告訴我到什麼地方該怎麼走。我沒有想到人們會對我這麼好，真是讓我感到又感動，又驚訝呢。
LL: You know, the scenery was beautiful, but I was also blown away by the number of tourists at Yosemite.
LH: 那有什麼奇怪的？放暑假嘛，旅遊的人當然多了！
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LL: Li Hua，I was also blown away by some of the stupid things people would do in the park!
LH: 那不奇怪，在哪兒都有人做一些不得體的事。你看見有些人做什麼啦？
LL: Well, there was one guy who was feeding the deer. What a bone head!
LH: 給鹿吃東西？公園裏一般都不讓大家給動物吃東西。你說bone head，你是指那頭鹿頭上有骨頭？誰頭上沒有骨頭呀？
LL: No, I mean the guy who fed the deer was a bone head. A bone head is someone who has no brains and does something really stupid.
LH: 嗯，bone head就是沒有腦筋的人，所以你是指那些給鹿吃東西的人沒有腦子。對了，我聽說鹿應該在他們所在的棲息地自己找東西吃。
LL: Yes, there are thousands of tourists who come to Yosemite every day. If everyone fed them, the deer would probably get fat and sick!
LH: 還有那些隨地扔東西的人也很討厭，他們也都是bone-headed。
LL: Exactly. Not picking up your trash just spoils the view for others and is bad for the environment.
LH: 就是嘛，到處扔垃圾不但會影響公園的景色，而且也有害與保護環境。也許他們是因爲沒有扔垃圾的口袋？
LL: That still seems like a bone-headed excuse to me. You can carry your trash until you find a park trash can or bring it with you to your car.
LH: 你說我沒有腦筋纔會問這樣的問題？我看你纔沒腦筋吶！把垃圾拿在手裏，等到看見垃圾筒再扔？或者把垃圾帶回到你汽車裏？什麼餿主意呀！
LL：I wonder why don't parks give out trash bags to everyone who comes into the park, Li Hua, Do you think that would prevent littering?
LH: Larry，這纔是個好主意吶！ 公園應該給每個來公園玩的人發一個垃圾袋，這樣人們就不會隨地扔東西了。
LL：In fact, there are some parks in the U.S. that do that.
LH: 有的公園已經這樣做了，那別的公園也應該這樣做。
LL：So, I had a good idea! I guess that means you don't think I'm a bone head!
LH：對，這個主意很好，所以你不是一個bone head.
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是blown away，意思是驚歎，驚奇。另一個常用語是bone head，意思是沒有腦筋的人。
