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11. The small hours 字面意思：小钟点。 12. A month of Sundays 字面意思：一个月的星期天。 13. Make a night of it 字面意思：把它当作一个晚上。 I. 多项选择练习。 1. □ Her ideas are behind the times. A. She is slow in thinking. B. Her ideas are half-baked. C. Her ideas are old-fashioned. 2. □ He keeps good hours. A. He is always punctual. B. He can make you happy. C. He goes to bed early and gets up early. 3. □ He gave me five days grace to repay the money. A. I can repay him in the future. B. I have an extra five days to repay him. C. He wants me to repay him five days earlier. 4. □ He plays snooker round the clock. A. He enjoys watching people play snooker. B. He plays snooker all day and all night. C. He plays snooker by himself. 5. □ Our arrangements are going like clockwork. A. Our arrangements are going smoothly. B. We are not making any progress with our arrangements. C. Our arrangements are not feasible. 6. □ He always passes the time of day with me. A. He always plays games with me. B. He never says anything to me. C. He always exchanges greetings with me. 7. □ Lets make a night of it. A. We should finish the job tonight. B. We should go to bed early tonight. C. We should have a good time tonight. 8. □ He turned off the gas stove in the nick of time. A. He turned it off too late. B. He turned it off just in time. C. He turned it off too early. 9. □ They played cards to kill time. A. They played cards to fill up time. B. They refused to play cards. C. They were interested in playing cards. III. 找出下列成语的大概意思。 [1] fall on evil days. [2] on the dot. [3] go like clockwork. [4] a month of Sundays. [5] work against the clock. [6] behind time. [7] behind the times. [8] bide ones time. [9] the small hours. [10] round the clock. [ ] function smoothly. [ ] be unlucky. [ ] late. [ ] wait for a chance. [ ] punctually. [ ] one oclock after midnight. [ ] old-fashioned. [ ] work fast, without pause. [ ] a long time; never. [ ] all day and all night. * Time idioms UNIT 1 Structure A