1、Grammar and usage I thought the exam would be a piece of cake,but it was much harder than expected.easySherry really enjoyed chemistry,so writing an essay about it was a childs play.anything that is easy to do.noun phrasesI thought the exam would be a piece of cake,but it was much harder than expect
2、ed.Sherry really enjoyed chemistry,so writing an essay about it was childs play.This allows you to prepare good answersand means you wont have to answer questions off the top of your head duringthe interview.answering sth quickly without havingtime to think about it.His new business plan looked very
3、 good on paper.better in theory than in realityThis allows you to prepare good answers and means you wont have to answer questions off the top of your head during the interview.His new business plan looked very good on paper.prepositional phrasesDont worry about having butterflies in your stomach be
4、fore the interview.feeling nervousA good interviewer is able to tell very quickly if you have done your homeworkabout the company.find out as much as possible aboutsomething.Dont worry about having butterflies in your stomach before the interview.A good interviewer is able to tell very quickly if yo
5、u have done your homework about the company.verb phraseIf you follow the advice Ive given you today,landing an interview will be as easy as pie.very easy to doIt was as plain as day that the young woman was very qualified and had prepared well for the interview.very clear and obviousIf you follow th
6、e advice Ive given you today,landing an interview will be as easy as pie.It was as plain as day that the young woman was very qualified and had prepared well for the interview.asas patternMore idiomsblow ones top become extremely angryA:Was your father upset when you came home at 3 AM?B:He was more
7、than upset.He blew his top!Can you help me with this problem?Ive been beating my brains out with it,but I just cant solve it.beat ones brains out try very hard to understand or do somethingA:I dont believe what Bob said.Why is he bad-mouthing me?B:Hes probably jealous of your success.bad-mouth say u
8、nkind,unflattering,embarrassing(and probably untrue)things about someoneA:Is something wrong?B:Not really,but I feel kind of down in the dumps.down in the dumpsdepressed;blue.Can you understand the following sentences?1.If you go business with someone,make sure that you get something in black and wh
9、ite,that way you will not be cheated.2.Jack did not achieve good grades in school,but his sister was a real egghead.3.We are leaving for London tomorrow,rain or shine.4.Do not let Fred work on his own just yet.He only started working here last week and is still wet behind the ears.in writinga very c
10、lever personno matter what difficulties we facelacking experienceChinese idioms in English 1 井底之蛙2 行尸走肉3 半途而废4 夸大其词5 守株待兔6 江郎才尽7 水深火热1 a frog at the bottom of a well2 a walking corpse3 give up halfway4 overstate the fact5 wait by a tree for a rabbit to come up 6 master Jiang has used up his talent7
11、deep water and hot fireA.An idiom quiz(P.25)1.If you are cool as a cucumber,you are_.A.panicked B.calm or relaxed2.It is raining cats and dogs,you would_.A.call a vet B.take an umbrella3.If it is not your cup of tea,you would_.A.like it B.do not like it 4.If something costs an arm and a leg,_.A.you
12、have to go to hospital.B.it is too dear5.If life is full of opportunity for you,we say the world is your_.A.oyster B.crab6.If someone says,“I have butterflies in my stomach”,they are_.A.nervous B.having a good meal7.If you say that someone is holding firm,you are saying that_.A.they are holding a ha
13、rd object.B.they believe in something very strongly.B.Wang Chunlan is telling her cousinthe story of how she got her first job.Read her story and fill in the blanks.(P.25)Answers:(1)the world was my oyster(2)my cup of tea(3)held firm(4)raining cats and dogs(5)an arm and a leg(6)had butterflies in my
14、 stomach(7)cool as a cucumber If I write down what I remember,would you please let me know if Ive left anything out?(page21)leave out在此意为在此意为“省略，遗漏省略，遗漏”He left out an important point about the incident in his report.leave out的意思还有的意思还有 “把把留在外面留在外面”。Dont leave your bike outside;its going to rain.“不考
15、虑，忽视不考虑，忽视”。例如：。例如：We shouldnt leave out his feeling.“离开离开”。He left out by train.When I walked into the interview room,the interviewer looked at me in surprise,and we both started to laugh.(page25)in surprise在此意为在此意为“吃惊地，惊讶地吃惊地，惊讶地”，做状，做状语语 He looked at me in surprise when I said I would leave.surprise 是名词，是名词，“惊奇惊奇”，常用以下短语，常用以下短语：by surprise“出其不意地出其不意地”；to ones surprise“使人吃惊的是使人吃惊的是”。To his surprise,his son hit him by surprise.形容词形容词surprised“吃惊的吃惊的”；形容词；形容词surprising“使人吃惊的使人吃惊的”，构成短语，构成短语be surprised to do sth.We are surprised at his surprising success.Goodbye!
