地道美语:Out of the Woods(视频讲解)

Welcome to English in a Minute. You might have heard this idiom in Taylor Swft's new song: "Are we out of the woods yet?" Is Taylor really singing about the trees? Let's listen to these friends to find out.

------How is your grandmother? I heard she is in the hospital.
------Thank for asking. I visited her this morning and doctors say that she is out of the woods. She is feeling much better, and she is going to be able to go home soon.

"Out of woods" means someone is longer in danger. Sometimes it is used to describe the fact that a person is no longer in danger of dying. But it could also be used when talking  about a person--or-- even a company that has got out of difficulty situation. And that's English in a Minute.


一. 与wood相关的习语及测试

1.cannot see the wood for the trees （见树不见林）
Prov. Cannot perceive the overview or important things because of concentrating too much on details.

2. Fields have eyes, and woods have ears （隔墙有耳）     
Prov. Even though you are outside in an apparently empty landscape, someone may be eavesdropping on you.

3. neck of the woods (指特定地点)
 A neighborhood or region

4. out of the woods (脱离险境，脱离危险, 摆脱困境）
out of danger or out of difficult situation

二 . Quick Quiz

1. Multiple Choices  

Our operations manager can't see the wood for the trees because

 a. he doesn't know where to look

 b. he's too deep in the forest

 c. he's too involved in day-to-day matters

2. Fill in the blanks
 
A). If you're in our  （  ） of the （  ）, please stop by.

B).  Dialogue

Jill: You said you had a secret. Tell me.
Jane: Not here.
Jill: But there's nobody else in the park.
Jane: （  ）（  ）（  ）, （  ）（  ）（  ） （  ）.

C). Doctors say that my mother is （  ） of the (  ).


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Answers:

1. Multiple Choices 
 
C. he's too involved in day-to-day matters.

2. Fill in the blanks.

A). If you are in our (neck) of the (woods), please stop by. 

B). Jane: （ Fields ）（have   ）（ eyes ）, （and  ）（woods ）（ have ） （ears  ）. 

C). Doctors say that my mother is (out )of the ( woods).