高中英语：UNIT 2 WORD POWER牛津版必修1.pptVIP

UNIT 2 Growing pains Word power Colloquialism [C]俗语 /k?’l?ukwi?l?z?m/ An expression or a word used in informal conversation Warning: do not use colloquialisms in formal English or in writing 考试作文里一般不能出现 Please listen to a dialogue and try to explain what “ no-brainer” means. Please listen to a monologue(独白) and guess what “pull my leg” means. a no-brainer=a piece of cake That examination was a piece of cake to me （那个考试对我来说易如反掌）。  a wet blanket: Lets not invite Dick to the dance--he is such a wet blanket. 我们跳舞可别请迪克。他是个让人扫兴的家伙。 Cold fish指那些对人很冷淡，很不友好，根本没有意思和别人友好相处的人。这些人往往不受人欢迎。 all ears We kids probably make a lot of noise when we are playing，but we are all ears when Emma sits down and begins to read to us. 我们这些孩子在玩耍时也许吵吵嚷嚷的,可一当爱玛坐下来开始给我们讲故事时，我们就聚精会神地专心倾听。 pull my leg Hey, stop pulling my leg, will you? I don’t believe that girl really said she would like to date with me. 喂，你别寻我开心了，行不行！我才不相信那个女孩真的说了她乐意和我约会呢。 break a leg=good luck Break a leg in your test today. 祝你今天考试成功。 I hope you break a leg. 我希望你演出成功。 Exercise B 1.Mrs Black’s garden is the best in our town. She has real green fingers. ________________________________ a green hand:新手，菜鸟 2. He just can’t do anything right. He is all thumbs. __________________________________________________ 3.You are telling me I’m lazy. Ha, look what a mess your room is! That is like the pot calling the kettle black! __________________________________________________________________________. 4. I wish I had brought my umbrella. It’s raining cats and dogs. _______________________________ let the cat out of the bag:泄露秘密，说漏嘴 Don’t let the cat out of the bag. 别说漏了嘴. Don’t make a mountain out of a molehill(鼹鼠丘 ). It’s not that serious. _____________________________________ * She is good at gardening.(园艺能手） He is very clumsy and can’t do things skillfully.（笨拙 ） That is like criticizing someone else for a fault you have yourself. （五十步笑百步） It is raining heavily. (下倾盆大雨) Don’t exaggerated something. (小题大