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1. I took my son to the Science Museum on Sunday.
2. Did you go to the space mission area?
3. Oh yes. There were rockets, space suits, even parts from a satellite – so many mind-boggling things to see.
4. Mind-boggling describes something overwhelming and amazing, like really impressive numbers or facts. It’s made up of two words: mind
and to boggle.
译文:
1. 周日我带我儿子去科学博物馆。
2. 你们去了太空任务区了吗?
3. 去了。那儿有火箭,航天服,还有卫星的部件 – 那么多让人难以置信的东西可看。
4. Mind-boggling 描述的是某些事物能给人以强烈的情感,令人惊叹,如一些令人印象深刻的数字或事实。Mind-boggling 是有两个字构成的,
mind 和 boggle。
overwhelming = 极其强烈的,势不可挡的
amazing = 令人惊叹的
mind = 思想
boggle = 使吃惊,使恐慌
mind-boggling = incredible 难以想象的,难以置信的
口语练习:
He was diagnosed with cancer ten years ago, and he has been working and living like a normal person. It is really mind-boggling.
To see a rocket with scientists going up into the sky is really mind-boggling.
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