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2、Unit5LifelongEducationPassage ATongue-tiedSeveralweeksagoIwasridinginacabwhenthedriver'seyescaughtmineintherearviewmirrorandhesaid,"Excuseme,Miss?Canyouhelpme?" Asanyhard-bittencitydwellerknows,thecorrectanswertoaquestionlike"Canyouhelpme?"shouldalwaysbesomeversionof"Itdepends."Ichirped,"Sure
3、." "Thankyou,"hesaid.Hepassedaslipofyellowpaperintothebackseat. Istaredatthepaper,wondering.Wasthisajoke?Athreat?Hand-printedonthepaperintinyblockletterswasthis: proverb peculiar idiomatic "Please,"hesaid."Whatisthemeaningofthesewords?" Istaredatthewordsinthedistressedwayyoumightstareatpa
4、rtyguestswhosefacesyou'veseensomewherebeforebutwhosenameshaveescapedyourmind.Proverb?Peculiar?Idiomatic?HowonearthshouldIknow?It'sonethingtouseaword,it'sanothertoexplainit.Iresortedtoshiftingthetopic. "Wheredidyougetthesewords?" ThedriverexplainedthathewasPakistani.Helistenedtotheradioashedro
5、veandoftenjotteddownunfamiliar,fascinatingwordswhosemeaningsandspellingshethensoughtfromhispassengers. "Peculiar,"hesaid."Whatdoesthismean?" Icouldmanagethatone."Strange,"Isaid."Odd.Oftenwithahintofsomethingsuspicious." "Thankyou,Miss.Andidiomatic?" Iclearedmythroat."Um,it'sa,well,um.Itinvo
6、lvesapeculiaruseofthelanguage." Ithoughtmyuseofpeculiarwaskindofclever.Helookedconfused,areminderthatclever'snotcleverifitdoesn'tcommunicate. "Uh,let'ssee.'Idiomatic'isrelatedtotheword'idiom'.Anidiom'ssomethingthat'susedin,say,aparticularpartofthecountryorbyaparticulargroupofpeople.Peoplewhoar
7、en'tpartofthatgrouparen'tlikelytouseitandmightnotunderstandit."
8、 Watchinghispuzzledlook,Ididwhatapersonoftendoeswhenatalossfortherightwords:Iwentontalking,asifathousandvaguewordswouldadduptooneaccuratedefinition. "Canyougivemeanexample?" Irackedmybrains."Gapersblock,"Isaid.ApeculiarlyChicagop
9、hrase. Butdiditreallyqualifyasidiomatic?IhadnoideabecausethelongerIthoughtaboutidiomsthelesssureIwaswhattheywere. "Andproverb?" IshouldhavetoldthepoormanrightthenthatImightbemisleadinghimdowntheproverbialpath,whateverthatreallymeans,b
