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- (教材P39) An idiom is an expression which means something different from the meaning of the individual words.
þ A teacher can't give individual attention to each pupil if his class is large.
þ She has her own individual style of doing things.
þ The competition is open to both teams and individuals.
【归纳拓展】
_____________ (adv.)分别地;各自地
Achilles’ heel为英语习语,表示__________________。
þ The enemy's Achilles' heel is his harbor defence.
þ Who among us does not have his Achilles' heel?
【习语来源】
之踵(Achilles’ Heel),原指阿喀琉斯的脚后跟,因是其身体唯一一处没有浸泡到冥河水的地方,成为他唯一的弱点。阿喀琉斯后来在中被毒箭射中脚踝而丧命。现引申为的弱点,。
阿喀琉斯是凡人英雄和海洋女神的爱子。忒提斯为了让儿子炼成“”,在他刚出生时就将其倒提着浸进。遗憾的是,阿喀琉斯被母亲捏住的却不慎露在水外,在全身留下了唯一一处“死穴”。后来,阿喀琉斯被帕里斯一箭射中脚踝而死去。后人常以“阿喀琉斯之踵”譬喻这样一个道理:即使是再强大的英雄,也有致命的或。
pull one’s leg为英语习语,表示______________。
þ Hey, stop pulling my leg, will you! I don't believe that girl really said she likes me.
【归纳拓展】
pull a long face
Break a leg!
- (教材P39) fish out of water
fish out of water为英语习语,表示“离水之鱼;在陌生环境不得其所的人”。
þ I feel like a fish out of water at the party because I know no one.
【归纳拓展】
a big fish in a small pond
fish in the troubled water 浑水摸鱼
- (教材P39) And never breathe a word about your loss
breathe a word为英语习语,表示______________。
þ Promise me that you won't breathe a word about this to Ann.
【归纳拓展】
breathe new life into
out of breath
- (教材P39) And so hold on when there is nothing in you
- þ They managed to hold on until help arrived.
- þ Hold on a minute while I get my breath back.
- þ Can you hold on? I'll see if he's here.
- (教材P40) Getting to know a little bit about British history will help you solve this puzzle.
- þ Her decision was a puzzle to him.
- þ He is in a puzzle about the matter.
- þ I have been puzzled about this question for weeks.
- The student was __________ (puzzle) about what to do next.
- The situation there was more ___________ (puzzle) than ever.
- As she turned back she caught the ____________ (puzzle) look on her mother's face.
- (教材P40) In the 16th century, the nearby country of Wales was joined to the Kingdom of England.
- join...to...____________________
- þ You should never join an electric wire to a water pipe.
- þ The computer has not been joined to the Internet.
- (教材P40) Finally, in the 20th century, the southern part of Ireland broke away from the UK, which resulted in the full name we have today: the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- þ They attempted to break away to form an independent state.
- þ The prisoner broke away from his guards.
- þ Modern music has broken away from the 18th century rules.
- Don’t ___________ when he is telling the story.
- A fire ___________ at midnight and soon the whole building was in flames.
- The thief ___________ my house and stole my wife’s fur-coat.
- The husband and wife are always quarreling and their relations are _______________.
- The earthquake has resulted in many thousands of deaths.
- (教材P40) The four countries that belong to the United Kingdom work together in some areas.
- 词性__________词义__________,不能用于进行时和被动语态。
- þ Who does this watch belong to?
- þ Put everything back where it belongs before you leave.
- þ I don't feel as if I belong here.
- __________ (n.)财产;所有物;物件;东西
- She packed her few ___________ (belong) in a bag and left.
- He had taken away some valuable items ___________ (belong) to another person.
- It's important to have a sense of ___________ (belong).
- 把碗放在应放的地方。_____________________________
- 这个袋子是我的。_____________________________
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