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1、WordsandTheirStories:WhentheCat'sAway猫儿不在,老鼠成精CatsarethemostpopularpetsamongAmericans.Soitisnotsurprisingthattherearemanyexpressionsaboutcats.Somecatsliketocatchsmallbirds,likecanaries.Ifsomeonelooks1._________,wesayhelookslikethecatthatatethecanary.Sometimes,acatli

2、kestoplaywithasmallanimalitcatches.Soifyouplaycatandmousewithsomeone,youchangebetween2.___________whendealingwithanotherperson.Forexample,achildmightoffersomethingsweettoherlittlebrotherandthentakeitawaywhenhe3._____forit.Acatwilloftencatchasmallanimalandpresentitto

3、itsowner.Thesayingthatlookslikesomethingthecatdraggedindescribessomethingin4.________.Twooldandfunnyexpressionsdescribesomethingthatisthe5._______.Americansmightsaythatsomethingisthecat'smeowandthecat'spajamas.Childrenmightcallachildwhoiseasilyfrightenedafraidycator

4、ascaredycat.Acopycatissomeonewhoactsjustlikesomeoneelseor6.________.Afatcatisapersonwithalotofmoney.Youmayhaveknownthatcatsspendmostoftheirtimesleeping.Sometimespeople7._______duringtheday. Thisiscalledacatnap.Ifyoutellaboutsomethingthatwassupposedtobeasecret,wesayy

5、ouletthecatoutofthebag.Ifyouarenotableto8.__________someonemightaskifthecathasgotyourtongue.Haveyoueverwatchedchildreninaclassroomwhentheirteacherleavesforafewminutes?Whenthecat'saway,themicewillplaymeanspeoplesometimes9._____whenthereisno10.____.Youmayhaveheardthis

6、expression:curiositykilledthecat.Thismeansbeingtooconcernedaboutthingsthat11.________mightcauseproblems.WordsandTheirStories:WhentheCat'sAwayCatsarethemostpopularpetsamongAmericans.Soitisnotsurprisingthattherearemanyexpressionsaboutcats.Somecatsliketocatchsmallbirds

7、,likecanaries.Ifsomeonelooksvery1.______orsatisfiedwithhimself,wesayhelookslikethecatthatatethecanary(金丝雀).Sometimes,acatlikestoplaywithasmallanimalitcatches.proudSoifyouplaycatandmousewithsomeone,youchangebetweendifferentkindsof2.________whendealingwithanotherperso

8、n.Forexample,achildmightoffersomethingsweettoherlittlebrotherandthentakeitawaywhenhe3._______forit.Acatwilloftencatchasmallanimalandpresen