张维友词汇学chapter-9-English-Idioms1.ppt

Chapter9EnglishIdiomsTeachingcontents:IntroductionCharacteristicsofIdiomsClassificationofIdiomsUseofIdioms

Innarrowsense,anEnglishidiomisagroupofwordswithspecialmeaningdifferentfromthemeaningofitsindividualwords,andwhichmustbelearnedasawholeunit.Definition

DefinitionInbroadsense,anidiomisaformofexpressionpeculiartoalanguage,person,oragroupofpeople.Idiomsmayincludecolloquialisms,catchphrases,slangexpressions,proverbs,etc.

Originstobebornwithasilverspooninone’smouthAstitchintimesavesnine.小洞不补，大洞吃苦Don’tputallone’seggsinonebasket.1.fromfolks

2.fromworksBible:JudaskissoldAdamShakespearesworks:Green-eyedmonsterAesop’sFables:Lion’ssharesourgrapesawolfinsheepsclothingtokillthegoosetogettheeggs

OriginsLoveme,lovemydog.3.frommythologyorlegendPandora’sboxanappleofdiscord争端；祸根Achilles’heel致命弱点（来自希腊神话）thetouchofMidas点金之手4.fromhistoricaleventsthefifthcolumn隐蔽的敌人meetone’sWaterloo5.fromothercountries

Characteristicsbehalf-baked考虑不周的inapple-pieorder整整齐齐ploughthesand白费力气teacholddogsnewtricks1.SemanticUnity

2.StructuralStability

inabrownstudy沉思；幻想；呆想outofthequestion绝不可能Diamondcutdiamond.棋逢对手assureaseggsiseggs必定，肯定

semi-idiomsregularcombinationstrueidiomsKeyPoint:Theidiomaticityofidiomsisgradableandmaybethoughtintermsofascale.

Classification1.bysemanticfieldBodyfieldAnimalfieldColorfieldClothesfieldNumberfieldAdsfieldetc4.bygrammaticalfunctiona.IdiomsNominalinNatureb.IdiomsAdjectivalinNaturec.IdiomsverbalinNatured.IdiomsAdverbialinNaturee.SentenceIdioms2.byorigin3.byrhetoricaldevicesimilemetaphor

1.IdiomsNominalinNaturee.g.awhiteelephantadoginthemanger不要占着茅坑不拉屎