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Unit 1 Grammar and usage Teaching Aims: 1. Students are expected to learn idioms in English. 2. Enable students to understand and use. Teaching Important and difficult Points: Develop the students’ ability of using idioms. Teaching Methods: Explanation and exercise Teaching Procedures: Step1 lead-in I thought the exam would be a piece of cake, but it was much harder than expected. easy Sherry really enjoyed chemistry, so writing an essay about it was a child’s play. Anything that is easy to do. Noun phrases This allows you to prepare good answers and means you won’t have to answer questions off the top of your head during the interview. Answering sth quickly without having time to think about it. This allows you to prepare good answers and means you won’t have to answer questions off the top of your head during the interview. His new business plan looked very good on paper. Prepositional phrases Don’t worry about having butterflies in your stomach before the interview. Nervous feeling A good interviewer is able to tell very quickly if you have done your homework about the company. Find out as much as possible about something. Verb phrase If you follow the advice I’ve given you today, landing an interview will be as easy as pie. very easy to do It was as plain as day that the young woman was very qualified and had prepared well for the interview. very clear and obvious as…as… more idioms A: Was your father upset when you came home at 3 AM? B: He was more than upset. He blew his top! blow ones top become extremely angry Can you help me with this problem? Ive been beating my brains out with it, but I just cant solve it. beat ones brains out try very hard to understand or do something. A: I dont believe what Bob said. Why is he bad-mouthing me?B: Hes probably jealous of your success. bad-mouth say unkind, unflattering, embarrassing (and probably untrue) things about someone. A: Is something wrong?B: Not really, but I feel kind of down in th