时间:2018-12-03 作者:英语课 分类:英语听力精选进阶版


英语课

Jo: Welcome to another Real English programme from BBC Learning 1 English with me, Jo.


Lily: And with me, Lily. 在BBC两分钟的地道英语节目中,大家可以学到很多英式英语中新出现的词语,非常有用,Jo 今天学什么呢?


Jo: Well today's word is sticks S.T.I.C.K.S. Sticks.


Lily: Jo, 我知道作为最常用的名词 sticks 是棍棒的意思,不过,特意选择这个词,你一定另有用意吧?


Jo: Well we use the expression 'the sticks' to mean somewhere far from a town or city – in the countryside.


Lily: 明白了,the sticks 是表示距离城镇较远的乡下。


Jo: We usually say 'in the sticks' or 'out in the sticks'. So if you live in a remote place...


Lily: Remote 偏远的地方。


Jo: ... you could say I live in the sticks. Or if you visited a remote place you could say it was somewhere out in the sticks.


Lily: 让我们一起听两段对话。


Insert


A: I'm going to visit my grandmother tomorrow.


B: Where does she live?


A: She lives in the sticks – this really tiny village in Scotland 2.


A: So what did you do this weekend?


B: We went for a drive in the countryside and we had a lovely meal in this pub 3 which was way out in the sticks.


Jo: So Lily, have you travelled much around the UK?


Lily: Oh yes, I've been to lots of towns and out in the sticks too.


Jo: And where would you say is in the sticks in China?


Lily: 枣庄 – 就是远离城市的乡下小村子 in the sticks.


Jo: So that's today's word – sticks.


Lily: Sticks 远离城镇的偏远地区,汉语就是乡下的意思。


Jo: Bye for now.


Lily: 再会!



1 learning
n.学问,学识,学习;动词learn的现在分词
  • When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时,常会从车上掉下来。
  • Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
2 Scotland
n.苏格兰
  • He has been hiking round Scotland for a month.他围着苏格兰徒步旅行了一个月。
  • Scotland is to the north of England.苏格兰在英格兰之北。
3 pub
n.[英]旅馆,小店,酒馆
  • He is the landlord of this pub.他是这家酒店的店主。
  • They saw that four large men marched into the pub.他们看到四个彪形大汉走进了酒吧。
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apert
auxiliary electric machine
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band shift
bandi
beam span
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long addendum tooth
lyson
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martyrising
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