Unit__Distant_pastures_are_always_greener.pptVIP

Unit 5 Distant pastures are always greener 这山望着那山高 Liu Yan School of Foreign Language, Fuzhou University “The grass is always greener” is, in fact, shortened from the age-old saying that “the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.” It is originally an observation of domesticated horses, cattle and sheep straining their necks to graze on untouched grass outside the fences which confine them. For humans, this idiom is a perfect reflection on our envy of our neighbor, so to speak. It’s the self-pitying sentiment we often entertain, that jobs and station in life in gener