Feifei: Hello, and welcome to The English We Speak. My name is Feifei.
大家好！欢迎收听“日常英语”。 我是Feifei。
William: And I'm William.
我是William。
Feifei: William, how much do you know about China?
William，你对中国了解多少？
William: Er... Not much. Why are you asking?
厄，并不多呢。干嘛这么问？
Feifei: Well, I was flicking through the papers and I came across this quiz.
哦，随手翻报纸的时候我注意到上面有一些小测试。
William: Oh no, not quizzes, I'm rubbish at them. Feifei: Oh, well. Let's see. Here is the first one - name the capital city of China. Here is the first one - name the capital city of China. William: That's easy, Beijing.
呀，可别问我。我可逊毙了。 是吗？ 我们来试一下。 第一题，中国的首都是？ 这个简单，北京。
Feifei: Yes. Which province is famous for its hot and spicy cuisine?
答对了。 哪个省以辛辣食物著称呢？
William: Em, I think Sichuan food is quite spicy. Feifei: See, you are doing well!
唔， 应该是四川吧，那的东西都很辣。 看到没，你挺厉害的呀。
How about this one - roughly how many characters are there in the Chinese language?
听一下这道题：中文里大概有多少汉字呢？
William: Oh, loads. 5,000? Feifei: No. Try again.
哦，肯定很多。 5千吗？ 不对。再猜。
William: 7,000?
7千？
Feifei: Well, actually, roughly 42,000.
实际上，汉语中大概有4万2千个汉字。
William: Wow, that's amazing. I didn't know it was that many. How can people possibly learn them all? It's totally mind-boggling!
哇，太了不起了。 我根本不知道有这么多。 怎么可能学得了这么多字嘛？ 简直是“mind-boggling”！
Feifei: What is mind-boggling?
mind-boggling？
William: Mind-boggling describes something overwhelming and amazing, like really impressive numbers or facts. It's made up of two words: mind and to boggle. Let's hear an example.
mind-boggling是用来描述某东西多得让人惊叹，难以置信，例如骇人的数字和事实。 这个词由两个单词组成：mind和boggle。 我们来听个例子：
Woman 1: I took my son to the Science Museum on Sunday. Woman 2: Did you go to the space mission area? Woman 1: Oh yes. There were rockets, space suits, even parts from a satellite - so many mind-boggling things to see.
周日我带儿子去科学馆了。 你们有没有参观航天使命区？ 嗯，去了。 那儿有火箭，太空服，甚至卫星的部件--好多让人难以想象的东西呀！
Feifei: I really want to learn more about the universe. It’s a fascinating subject.
我真的很想更多地了解宇宙。这门学科很让人着迷呢。
William: Well, astronomy, the study of stars, has lots of mind-boggling theories.
说起来，天文学，这个专门研究恒星的学科真的有很多让人不可思议的理论呢。
Man: I was at a physics workshop last month in Munich. There were seminars on black holes and antimatter. It was totally mind-boggling stuff; I think I might have understood about five percent of what was discussed.
上个月我去了慕尼黑的一个研讨会。 会上讨论到了宇宙黑洞和反物质。完全是些常人不可理解的东西。 讨论的话题， 我可能之听懂了5%。
Feifei: Well, I think I now know what mind-boggling means and how to use this phrase. And here is one final mind-boggling question - How many stars are there in the Milky Way?
现在我知道mind-boggling的意思和用法了。 最后再来一道让你意想不到的问题吧：请问银河有多少颗星星？
William: Er, is it 42,000 again? Feifei: No, no! Some people say there are over 200 billion stars in the Milky Way but no one knows for sure. That's all from us on The English We Speak. See you next time.
厄，不会又是4万2千吧？ 当然不是啦。有人说银河里大概有2千亿颗星星，但是这个数字也可能是不精确的。 以上就是这期节目的全部内容。下次见咯！
William: Bye.
再会 ！