2010年3月30日星期二

Inglish_30/03/10

neck of the woods: 地带,地段附近的地区; A local neighbourhood or region
In my neck of the woods, by contrast, residents tend to come and go;

crop up: 突然出现,突然发生;
If something crops up, it appears or happens, usually unexpectedly.
Rational behavior is much more widespread than you would expect and crops up in the most unexpected place.

off-the-wall: 异乎寻常的;非凡的;
If you describe something as off-the-wall, you mean that it is unusual and rather strange but in an amusing or interesting way.
Readers have told me that they enjoy my off-the-wall book lists.

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