The script of this programme 本节目台词

Jo:Welcome to another Real English programme from BBC Learning 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。

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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.

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 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。要了解更多的新词语吗？请随时登陆我们的网页:

Jo:It's www.bbcchina.com.cn. Bye for now.

Lily:再会!

• learning [´lə:niŋ]   n.学习；学问；知识   (初中英语单词)
• remote [ri´məut]   a.遥远的；偏僻的   (初中英语单词)
• grandmother [´græn,mʌðə]   n.(外)祖母   (初中英语单词)
• insert [in´sə:t, ´insə:t]   vt.插入；夹入 n.插入物   (高中英语单词)
• countryside [´kʌntrisaid]   n.乡下，农村   (英语四级单词)
• weekend [´wi:kend, ,wi:k´end]   n.周末休假   (英语四级单词)
• script [skript]   n.笔迹；手稿；剧本   (英语六级单词)