New words-the sticks country

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Jo: Welcome to another real English programme from BBC Learning English with me, Jo.
Lily: And with me, Lily. You can learn many new words in British English during the BBC Two-minute authentic English program. What does Jo learn today?

Jo: Well today's word is sticks s.t. I. c.k. S. Sticks.

Lily: Jo. I know sticks is the most common term. But I have chosen this term for your purpose. Do you have any intention?

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

Lily: See, the sticks is a country far away from the town.

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

Lily: remote location.

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

Lily: Let's have two conversations.

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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 traveled much around the UK?

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

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

Lily: Zaozhuang-the village in the sticks, which is far away from the city.

Jo: So that's today's word-sticks.

Lily: sticks is far from a remote area in town. Chinese is the meaning of the country. Do you want to know more new words? Please log on to our webpage at any time:

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Lily: Come on!