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。