《乱七八糟》word版

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1、TaskTwo:                                   idioms　Tutor'sVoice: AnEnglishidiomischaracterizedbysemanticunityandstructuralstability.Itisasetexpressionmadeupoftwoormorewords.Thesenseofthecombinationcannotbeexplainedintermsofitsconstituentparts.Inotherwords,anid

2、iomfunctionsasaunitofmeaningwhichcannotbepredictedfromtheliteralmeaningofitsmemberwords.Structurallyanalyzed,theformofanidiomissetandonlyalimitednumberofidiomscanbesaidorwritteninanyotherwaywithoutdestroyingthemeaningoftheidiom.Manyofthemarecompletelyrigidand

3、cannotshowupinanyotherformwhatever.Inmostcasesnoreasoncannotbegivenastohoworwhyaparticularidiomaticphrasehasassumeditspresentform.Mostidiomscanbesaidtobedemotivatedlinguisticunits.idiomaticphrases(idioms)differfromfreephrasesinthatthemeaningofthelattercanbede

4、ducedfromtheliteralmeaningoftheconstituentparts.SometimesitisverydifficultforlearnersofEnglishtodistinguishbetweenanacceptableidiomandaslangevenataboophrase.Forexample,red,tape,andtidearecommonwords,whereasredtapeiseasiertoberemarkedbyaperson,butredtideisrare

5、lyheardinournormalcommunicationasitbelongstoaslangortaboo.Ofcourse,theirmeaningsarecompletelydifferent.Englishidiomsfromthetext: EnglishIdiomsInterpretations TranslationExampleslickone'sbootstoflatteroractlikeaslave奉承；拍马屁Shewantedherboyfriendtokickherbootsall

6、thetime.atsixesandsevensnotinorder;inconfusion乱七八糟Heapologizedbecausehiswifewasawayandthehousewasatsixesandseven.sitatone'sfeetbeone'spupilorfollower拜某人为师　haveabigmouthboastalotortalktoomuch夸夸其谈　apieceofcakesomethingrathereasy小菜一碟　Dutchcouragecourageapersonha

7、sonlyafterheisdrunk酒后之勇　carrycoatstoNewcastledosth.unnecessary;supplysth.whereitisnotneeded多此一举；画蛇添足ThemanwhowatershisgrassafteragoodrainiscarryingcoalstoNewcastle.thepotcallsthekettleblackThepersonwhocriticizessb.elseisasguiltyasthepersonheaccuses.五十步笑百步　(bu

8、ild)castlesinSpain(have)plansorhopesthatareunlikelytobefulfilled空中楼阁　thekissofdeath anapparentlyfavorableactionthatmakesfailurecertain帮倒忙　TranslationTask:　Direction:Thefollowingselectioni