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1、完美.格式.编辑Unit5LifelongEducationPassage ATongue-tiedSeveralweeksagoIwasridinginacabwhenthedriver'seyescaughtmineintherearviewmirrorandhesaid,"Excuseme,Miss?Canyouhelpme?" Asanyhard-bittencitydwellerknows,thecorrectanswertoaquestionlike"Canyouhelpme?"shouldalway
2、sbesomeversionof"Itdepends."Ichirped,"Sure." "Thankyou,"hesaid.Hepassedaslipofyellowpaperintothebackseat. Istaredatthepaper,wondering.Wasthisajoke?Athreat?Hand-printedonthepaperintinyblockletterswasthis: proverb peculiar idiomatic "Please,"hesaid."Whatis
3、themeaningofthesewords?" Istaredatthewordsinthedistressedwayyoumightstareatpartyguestswhosefacesyou'veseensomewherebeforebutwhosenameshaveescapedyourmind.Proverb?Peculiar?Idiomatic?HowonearthshouldIknow?It'sonethingtouseaword,it'sanothertoexplainit.Iresortedt
4、oshiftingthetopic. "Wheredidyougetthesewords?" ThedriverexplainedthathewasPakistani.Helistenedtotheradioashedroveandoftenjotteddownunfamiliar,fascinatingwordswhosemeaningsandspellingshethensoughtfromhispassengers. "Peculiar,"hesaid."Whatdoesthismean?" Icoul
5、dmanagethatone."Strange,"Isaid."Odd.Oftenwithahintofsomethingsuspicious." "Thankyou,Miss.Andidiomatic?" Iclearedmythroat."Um,it'sa,well,um.Itinvolvesapeculiaruseofthelanguage." Ithoughtmyuseofpeculiarwaskindofclever.Helookedconfused,areminderthatclever'snot
6、cleverifitdoesn'tcommunicate. "Uh,let'ssee.'Idiomatic'isrelatedtotheword'idiom'.Anidiom'ssomethingthat'susedin,say,aparticularpartofthecountryorbyaparticulargroupofpeople.Peoplewhoaren'tpartofthatgrouparen'tlikelytouseitandmightnotunderstandit."专业.资料.整理完美.格式.
7、编辑 Watchinghispuzzledlook,Ididwhatapersonoftendoeswhenatalossfortherightwords:Iwentontalking,asifathousandvaguewordswouldadduptooneaccuratedefinition. "Canyougivemeanexample?" Irackedmybrains."Gapersblock,"Isaid.ApeculiarlyChicagophrase. Butdiditreallyquali
8、fyasidiomatic?IhadnoideabecausethelongerIthoughtaboutidiomsthelesssureIwaswhattheywere. "Andproverb?" IshouldhavetoldthepoormanrightthenthatImightbemisleadinghimdowntheproverbialpath,wha
