第一, 迷你对话
A; So you are from Florida. How is business in your neck of the woods?
那你是Florida来的了,你们地区的生意怎么样啊?
B: Oh, I don’t know. In my neck of woods, people seldom talk about it.
噢,我不清楚哦。在我们那儿,人们很少谈论这个事情。
A ; But in mine, people never open their mouths without talking about it.
但是在我们这里,人们一张口就谈到谈到这个事。
第二, 地道表达
neck of woods
1. 解词释义
Neck of woods的意思是“接近树林的地方”,引申为“乡间,近郊地区”。
2. 拓展范例
e.g. Property prices have slumped in this neck of the woods.
在这一带的房地产价格已经暴跌了。
e.g. We visited Iowa last summer. In that neck of the woods the corn really grows tall.
去年夏天我们访问过衣阿华州,那地方玉米长得真高。