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1、“Shakealeg”and“showaleg”areusuallydiscussedtogether,阅读理解答案　　“Shakealeg”and“showaleg”areusuallydiscussedtogether,butitisn’tatallclearhowtheyareconnected.Bothphraseshavemorethanonemeaning.　　“Shakealeg”means“hurryup”accordingtothedefinitionintheNewYorkMagazinein1904.Beforethat,

2、“shakealeg”hadanothermeaning,whichwas“todance”.ThereareseveralquotationsfromallkindsofAmericanandBritainsourcesfromthemid-19thcenturythatarerelatedtodancing;forexample,theDubuqueDemocraticHerald,October1863,inanadvertisementforalocalball:“Nearlyeverymanintownabletoshakealegh

3、aspurchasedaticket.”　　“Showaleg”meanseither“makeanappearance”,oritmeans“hurryup”.Thesecondmeaningisn’tcommonlyused,norisitold.Whateverthesource,itisn’ttheoriginalmeaningof“showaleg”.MostcommentatorsreportthatthephrasederivesfromtheRoyalNavyandthatthiswastheordergiventosailor

4、stoputafootfromtheirhammocks（吊床）andgetup.　　Theuseof“showaleg”asawake-upcalliswelldocumented.JohnMasefield(PoetLaureatefrom1930to1967)wasatraineemarineronHMSConwayuntil1891.Hereportedthefullversionofthemorningcallas:“Heaveout,heaveout,heaveout,heaveout!Away!Comeallyousleepers

5、,Hey!Showaleg.”That’stheearliestquotationofthenavalcallIcanfind,althoughitmayhavebeenusedwellbefore1891.　　AnalternativeversioncomesfromthefactthatwomenwereallowedonboardRoyalNavyshipsinthe19thcenturyandthattheywereallowedtostayasleepafterthesailorshadbeenwoken.Inthemorningth

6、ebosun’smates（水手长助手）hadtocheckwhoeverwasstillasleepanddidsobyrequiringthemtoshowalegoverthesideofthehammock.Ifalegwashairy,itwasprobablymaleanditsownerwasorderedtogetupandbeginwork.Believethatifyouwill;personally,Idon’t.　　Allinall,althoughbothofthetwoEnglishslangsaresometime

7、susedtomean“hurryup”,theyaretwoindependentphrasesthatwerecoinedwithdifferentmeanings.　　28.Howmanywaysdoestheslang“showaleg”comefrom?　　A.1.B.2.C.3.D.4.　　29.Inwhichsentencedoes“shakealeg”haveadifferentmeaning?　　A.Iwillshakealegwithhimatthenextballwithgreatpleasure.　　B.Nearlyev

8、erymanintownabletoshakealeghaspurchasedaticket.　　C.Theywantedtoshakealegona