外研社选修8Module4-Reading Practice

Module4WhichEnglish?,ReadingPractice,ReadingPractice,Pre-reading,DoyouthinkEnglishisacolourfullanguage?Why?2.Whatdothefollowingexpressionsmean?Anddecidewhichofthemareidioms,advertisingslogans,metaphoricalexpressions,proberbsorsayings?,1.Jackwasinvitedtotheparty,butheputonairswithoutattendingit.2.Sheputonairsaftermarryingamillionnaire.3.Sinceneitherofuscanaffordtotreattheother,letsgoDutch.4.MightItroubleyoutogivemealifttothestation?5.Manyfamilieshaveaskeletoninthecloset.6.Letsgetabiteinthecafeteria.,Idioms,指不可或不愿外扬的家丑,去吃点东西,装腔作势，摆架子,AppleThinkdifferent苹果电脑：不同凡响,IBMNobusinesstoosmall,noproblemtoobig.IBM:没有不做的小生意，没有解决不了的大问题。,DeBeersAdiamondisforever.戴比尔斯钻石：钻石恒久远，一颗永流传。,Advertisingslogans,Marywastheappleofhermotherseyes.Theexamisapieceofcake.,Metaphoricalexpressions:,Abirdinhandisworthtwointhebush.双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。Anhourinthemorningisworthtwointheevening.一日之计在于晨。Afterastormcomesacalm.否极泰来。,Proverbs/Sayings,Reading,ColourfulEnglish,1.ReadthepassageanddecidewhichsentencesareNOTtopicsentence.,a.Englishhasahugenumberofcolourfulandexpressionswhichmaybedifficulttounderstand.b.IdiomsarepicturesqueorabsurdexpresssionsconveyingaconceptwhichisdifferentfromtheliteralmeaningandhavebeencommoninEnglishformanyyears.c.Butsomeidiomsareverynewandyoullneedtoclarifywhattheymean.d.Manyexpressionsareadvertisingslogans.,1.C2.B3.D4.A5.C,Ex.5p54,1.Somecolorfulexpressionsmaybedifficulttounderstandbecause_2.Notallidiomshavebeencommonforyears,_3.THEIRONCURTAINisanexpressionwhich_4.SomesayingslikeLOVEMAKESTHEWORLDGOAROUND_5.ThetitleofthepassageColorfulEnglishsuggestsdifferenttypesofexpressionswhich_,Ex.6p54,.helptomakethelanguagemoreinteresting,becausetheyhaveculturalassociations,whichalistenerfromanotherculturedoesntknow,becausepeopleareconstantlyinventingnewonesaboutnewstiuations,usesmetaphortoachieveitseffect,havebeenmodernisedtofitthechangingworld,Completethefollowingsentences,1.英语中有大量绚烂而华丽但可能很难懂的表达。Englishhasahugenumberof_expressionswhichmaybedifficult_.2.困难之处就在于弄清哪些是明确的含义，哪些是其比喻义，为什么它们跟某个现实生活的情形是相关的。Thedilemmais_whichareexplicit，whicharefigurativeandwhythey_aneverydaysituation.3.习语是一种生动而不合常理的表达，它们传达与其字面意思不同的概念，并且很多年在英语中很常见。Idiomsarepicturesqueorabsurdexpressions_aconceptwhichisdifferentfromthe_andhavebeencommoninEnglishformanyyears.,colourful复习goinfor爱好，对有兴趣,1.Butifyou_natureanddothingsatthewrongtimeofyear,youwillhavetodomoreworkandtheresultswillnotbesogood.2.Newsoftheplanecrash_likewildlife.3.Hedoesnt_competitivesports.4.Togetabettergrade,youshould_thenotesagainbeforethetest.5.Lastnight,Ihadagoodtimeatthepart