牛津高中英语模块一unit2 Word Powe.pptVIP

It’s useful for us to know some differences between British English and American English. Look at the following tables: Change the underlined words and phrases from American English to British English. Answers: 1.__________ 2.___________ 3.__________ 4.___________ 5.__________ 6.___________ 7.___________________ 8._____ Colloquialisms You are telling me I’m lazy. Ha, look what a mess your room is! That is like the pot calling the kettle black ! Don’t worry. It’s a piece of cake! 1. a piece of cake 小菜一碟 容易的事 e.g. No sweat. This project will be a piece of cake.  没问题，这项计划不费吹灰之力。 We need not have worried about the math exam. It was a piece of cake.  我们本不必担心数学考试，实际上很 容易。 2. If Huston rockets can win this basketball game by twenty points, I will eat my hat. 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。 1. Try your best to keep the examples of American English and British English in your mind. 2. Find more colloquialisms if you like. 3. Revise the play and find the sentences with attributive clause. My friends and I were going to the beach this weekend for some sun and swimming. But the weather forecast threw a wet blanket on our plans — it says it’ll be rainy and cold. 我和朋友们原来打算这个周末去海滨晒太阳、游泳，但是天气预报却给我们当头泼了一瓢凉水。据说天要下雨而且很凉。 3. all ears 形容很专心地倾听，全神贯注 When someone is all ears, he or she is listening with complete attention． e.g. Whenever you tell Johnny some gossip, he’s all ears. 每当你说闲话给约翰尼听时，他总是全神贯注。 ① We kids probably make a lot of noise when we are playing, but