为什么你要在这个穷乡僻壤生活?

Why do you live out here in the boonies?

这里过去是穷乡僻壤，现在铁路公路都畅通了。

This formerly inaccessible place can now be reached by road and rail.

农村居民可能会发现他们在穷乡僻壤的生活太受限了。

Rural residents are likely to find their lives in the boondocks too restrictive.

卢德镇坐落于以色列商业中心特拉维夫附近，不久前，这儿还只是个闭塞落后的穷乡僻壤。

NOT long ago, Lod, an Israeli city near the commercial hub of Tel Aviv, was a sleepy backwater.

十年前，甘水镇是一个灰尘乱飞的穷乡僻壤，以世界上最大的响尾蛇聚集地而著称。

Ten years ago Sweetwater was a dusty backwater best known for having the world’s largest rattlesnake round-up (see article).