英语小知识 Can’t we speak it.docxVIP

Can’t we speak it?Can I take a rain check? (下雨的支票？——改天吧。)Exactly!——对头！It is raining cats and dogs!(倾盆大雨) heavily. It rains heavily.What have u been up to recently?——最近忙啥？My guest is eating me out of my house and home!——把我吃穷。The case（n.案子） of theblind leading the blind( 瞎子带瞎子？——误人子弟。)Cut it out!——打住 shut up!Holy cow！（神圣的奶牛？——O‘ my god!）So what?——哪么滴？！It’s up to you!——你决定！I’m very into sports. be into doing sth.喜欢干。 (How to express your love to sth.)喜欢干某事:enjoy doing , like\love to do| doing, be fond of doing sth\ sth.; go in for喜欢 favorite A fat cat——大亨。Have ones cake and eat it too(又吃又得？二者不可兼得a dog in the manger（n.马厩）Remember words?——Easy!How to memorize English words: through the pronunciation(n.发音)！E.g.:Onion或者通过这样记忆：on i on ——对称而记。Gorgeous（adj.极好的；棒极了。）te rri fic （adj.极好的；棒极了。）Straw berry—— 分块记忆American cultureThanksgiving DayThanksgiving Day, a festival celebrated in North America, is a time to gather 聚集with family and friends to give thanks for the many blessings(祝福) enjoyed by these nations and their citizens（公民）. However, to many people, its meaning is lost. It has become simply（仅仅） another day for huge meals（大餐）, dinner parties, get-togethers or reunions.（团聚）Turkey dinners,cranberries,（越橘） candied yams,（甘薯） stuffing, mashed potatoes（搅碎的土豆泥）, pumpkin（南瓜）- pie and family gatherings—these are all commonly（普遍地） associated with（与某某有联系） most Americans’ and Canadians’ yearly celebration of giving thanks—Thanksgiving Day!In the United States, Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November. In Canada, it is the second Monday in October. On this holiday, a Thanksgiving meal is prepared with all the trimmings; families gather together and talk, while others watch a game or a parade filled with pilgrims, Indians and other colonial figures. Some families may even have their own yearly Thanksgiving traditions.Homework——Basketball write down the main ideas of this passage.——I have a dreamby Martin Luther King, JrHow to deliver a speech. See this.Appendix IScrip