牛津高中英语必修一英式英语和美式英语语法对比.ppt

Read the sentences and express what the colloquialisms under-lined mean. 1. Though you are busy, could you just lend me an ear for a moment? lend me an ear : to listen and pay attention to 倾听；注意；仔细地听 2. If Huston rockets can win this basketball game by twenty points, I will eat my hat. （肯定某事会发生） eat my hat: You are 100 percent certain that something will happen. 拓展：eat (one’s) words: to retract something that one has said. 食言：对自己说的话又反悔 3. I have never expected Lily to act as cool as a cucumber in the traffic accident. as cool as a cucumber: very calm and controlled in difficult situations. 像黄瓜一样凉爽 就是当一个人碰到困难和麻烦时很冷 静、很放松。 4. All the family members come to persuade Jim to change his idea, but he is as stubborn as a mule. as stubborn as a mule: refusing to change one’s opinion 倔得像头骡子 5. As a green hand, Robert nearly drove into the grocery on roadside. green hand : one who is new in a certain field 生手，没有经验的人 6. Because Tod failed in his maths exam, he was as quiet as a mouse when his father scolded him. as quiet as a mouse: making very little noise 非常安静，不声不响 Fill in the blanks with the colloquialisms we have learned. 1. Kate, don’t be_____________ at the party. Let’s dance together. 2. Jim, when I explain the language points, you should _____________. a wet blanket lead me an ear 3. Rob is always late for school. If he can arrive at school on time today, I will____________. 4. ----Oh, you got wet all over. How is it, Daniel? ----Mum, don’t you know it _________ __________ on my way home? eat my hat and dogs rains cats 5. ----Hey! Ellen, you got an A for