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How to Teach English Idioms 　　【Abstract】Teaching the students to know the basic concept， the range， the classification and the source of English idioms and the translation method so that they can use and translate English idioms freely. 　　【Key words】English idioms， basic concept， range， classification， source， translation method 　　【中图分类号】G633.4 【文献标识码】A 【文章编号】2095-3089（2014）03-0094-03 　　We often meet English idioms when we listen to the radio， speak to the foreigner， read English books and write an article in English. English idioms are well known to us. It is shown by rough statistics that there is at least one or two English idioms in every one hundred words？蒺 English articles. The quantity of the idiom is not so large， but they are the best things and key points in an article. To understand English idioms deeply is very important for us in foreign language studying and teaching. So it is necessary for us to let the students make clear the basic concept， the range， the classification and the source of English idioms. If we do that， we believe that the students can use and translate English idioms freely. 　　Ⅰ.The basic concept of English idiom 　　What is the basic concept of English idiom？ We can know that from a dictionary， that is “Phrase or sentence whose meaning is not obvious through knowledge of the individual meanings of the constituent words but must be learnt as a whole”. English idiom is a kind of special phenomenon in linguistics. The explanation in a dictionary can help us to settle down many problems in foreign language studying and teaching， but I think it is not enough or perfect. We still need to find the answer according to the context. For example， in a report of English sports news， a journalist from Germany mistook the idiom “catch a crab” as catching a ten？鄄legged shellfish， not make a faulty stroke with one’s oar （rowing words ）. The idiom in a dictionary has its own place， if we don’t know how to look up in a dictionary， it will waste ou