idioms练习.pptVIP

Idioms 练习 My friend Marta wanted me to be in the talent contest with her. I didnt want to get onstage. I have no talent. But she said that I was a wet blanket and that I never wanted to do anything fun. I decided to throw in the towel and not to argue with her. At the contest, Marta sang a Beatles song. Then it was my turn. Fortunately, Id found one of my nephews old puppets. I did a ventriloquist(口技表演者) act, in which it looked as if the puppets and I were trading old jokes. My friends who saw me on stage must have thought I had a screw loose. I was surprised that the audience laughed and seemed to enjoy my act. Then it was time for the winner of the contest to be named. I could see Marta, waiting on pins and needles hoping to win. I could see that she was angry when my name was called. She didnt talk to me for a week. But now weve buried the hatchet and we are friends again. But my victory was a flash in the pan. I have been never onstage before or since. ConversationA : What are your two nephews doing?B : Neither of them works, you know.A : How come?B : Ones lazy and just sponges off his parents, and the other has a screw loose and cant hold a job. Other idioms3. as sharp as a tack - clever, intelligent*Tommy is only three, but hes as sharp as a tack（大头针）. He can say the ABCs and can read some words.4. to pan out - to succeed, to have a good result*If things pan out, we hope to get a bank loan and start a computer service business.5. potluck - a meal in which everybody brings a food to eat*Our end-of-class party was a potluck dinner for which each student made a special food.6. soap opera - a drama on TV or radio that continues over time and in which the characters have many problems*My aunt watched the same soap opera on TV for ten years. Shes very interested in all the difficult problems that the people in it have. 二、来自娱乐 We always knew what our boss, Winona, was thinking. Right off the bat , as soon as she walked through the d