Talking_point 视听说 Book 4 unit 3 演示教学.pptVIP

1 Work in pairs and decide what the underlined expressions mean.;2 Work in pairs and complete the sentences with your own ideas.;Supplementary Activities;d. He’s amazing. He made that speech off the cuff – no notes or anything! e. Sally refuses to toe the line. Every time I tell her to do something, she just walks off. f. Don’t worry. It’ll be OK. Every cloud has a silver lining. ;Answers a. roll up our sleeves = work hard b. button your lip = shut up c. down at heel = in poor condition d. off the cuff = without preparation e. toe the line = obey/do what you are told to do. f. Every cloud has a silver lining = Even when things are bad, something good will happen. ;g. fashion industry – all the companies and people who are involved into fashion. h. in one’s own fashion – in the way one usually does something. E.g. I will deal with my problems in my own fashion. after a fashion – not very well. E.g. “Can you speak Spanish?” “After a fashion.” j. after the fashion of sb. – in a style typical for another person. E.g. His works are after Picasso’s fashion. ;k. spend money like it’s going out of fashion – recklessly waste money. l. parrot fashion – if you learn something parrot fashion, you repeat what someone has just said without thinking. m. fashionista – someone who’s very interested in fashion. n. fashion plate – someone who likes to wear only fashionable clothes.;o. fashion victim – someone who wears fashionable clothes only even if it looks bad. p. fashion statement – something new that you own or wear and is intended to make others notice you. q. dress code – a standard of what you should wear for a particular situation. E.g. This place has a dress code.;r. dress/clothes sense – the ability to judge which clothes look good. E.g. My mom has the best clothes sense. s. dress somebody down – to speak angrily to someone about something they have done wrong. E.g. I am not dressing him down. t. dress something up – make an old thing lo