SportsidiomsUnit2Extendedreading

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Greatmindsthinkalike伸出援手Nickoftime殘酷的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)Breakaleg英雄所見(jiàn)略同Haveacow千鈞一發(fā)的時(shí)刻Liftafinger大發(fā)雷霆TherearesomanyidiomsinEnglish,andsomeofthemarefromsports.Let’sreadthefollowingmagazinearticleaboutsomesportsidioms.Sportsidioms帽子戲法Let’sguessSkimmingPartIPartIIPartIIIThreeparts:

____________Paras.2-4idiomsabout________Paras.5-6idiomsabout__________Paras.7-8idiomsabout

_________Para.9

____________footballbaseballboxingintroductionconclusionSportsidiomsThestructureofthearticle:1.Whatisthearticleabout?2.Whatisanidiom?Readparagraph1andanswerthefollowingquestions.Itisaboutsomesportsidioms.

Anidiomisagroupofwordswithmeaningsdifferentfromthemeaningsoftheindividualwords.1Task3.Whatdowelearnaboutidioms?A.Theyareeasytounderstandliterally.B.Theybringmuchtroubletopeople.C.Theyonlyexistinwrittenlanguage.D.Theymakethelanguagescolorful.1.Howmanyidiomsarementionedinthearticle?Whatarethey?Eight.Theyare:1.movethegoalposts(改變規(guī)則)2.scoreanowngoal

(進(jìn)烏龍球)3.intheballpark(大致估計(jì))4.aballparkestimate(大致估計(jì))5.throwsbacurveball(給某人出難題)6.threestrikesandyouareout(三振出局)

7.belowthebelt(不公正的、傷人的)8.throwinthetowel(放棄)Readparagraph2--8andanswerthefollowingquestions.2Task

movethegoalpostsIfsomeone“movesthegoalposts”inlife,itmeansthey__________________________________________________________

unfairlychangetherulesorrequirementsforsomethingmovethegoalposts:改變規(guī)則L16-18不公平地要求；必要條件IdiomsinPartⅡ(Para.2-4)

scoreanowngoalIfsomeone____________________________________________________________,theyaresaidtohavescoredanowngoal.

makesabadmistakewhichunintentionallyharmstheirowninterestsscoreanowngoal:進(jìn)烏龍球L24-25無(wú)意地利益IdiomsinPartⅡ(Para.2-4)

(1)Whichofthefollowingcanbeseenasanactof“movingthegoalposts”?A.Tochangethetargetintheprocess.B.Tosticktotherulesorrequirements.C.Tofixtwobiggoalpoststotheground.D.Toheadtheballintotheopposingteam’sgoal.(2)Ifaplayerscoresanowngoal,heorsheissuretofeel

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A.veryexcited

B.veryupsetC.alittledelighted D.alittledisappointedintheballpark/aballparkestimatethrowsomeoneacurveballthreestrikesandyouareoutThreeidiomsarementioned

IdiomsinPartⅡ(Para.5-6)

roughlyestimatingthingsthatareunexpectedanddifficulttorespondtosituationswhereyoumissthreechances(1)Whichexpressioncanbeusedtotalkaboutroughestimates?A.Intheballpark.B.Hittingbelowthebelt.C.Threestrikesandyouareout.D.Throwingsomeoneacurveball.(2)Whichsituationcanbedescribedbyusingtheidiom“Threestrikesandyouareout”？

A.Itisthethirdtimethatyouhavesucceededinscoring.B.Youlosethreepointsinabaseballmatch.C.Itisthethirdtimethatyouhavefailedinajobinterview.D.Youhaveparticipatedinbaseballmatchesforthreetimes.Twoidiomsarementioned

belowthebeltthrowinthetowelIdiomsinPartⅡ(Para.5-6)

(1)Whichofthefollowingisforbiddeninaboxingcompetition?A.Tohitbelowthebelt. B.Tomakecruelremarks.C.Togiveupwhentired.D.Tousehisorherfists.Rereadthepassageandfillintheblanks.

Lotsofsportsidiomshavefoundtheirway(1)____everydaylanguage,(2)______makelanguagemorecolourfulandexpressive.TheEnglishlanguageisfullofidiomswhich(3)__________(think)tohavecomefromfootball,suchas“movingthegoalposts”,“scoringanowngoal”.“Movingthegoalposts”(4)______(mean)theyunfairlychangetherulesor(5)____________(require)ofaprocesswhile“scoringanowngoal”meansthatsomeonemakesabadmistakewhich(6)______________(intention)harmstheirowninterests.Baseballisanotheroldandpopularsportintowhicharethoughtmeansrequirementsunintentionally2TaskthathasgiventheEnglishlanguagemanydifferentidioms.“Threestrikesandyouareout”isalsoanidiomthatisoftenusedtotalkaboutsituations(7)______youmissthreechances.Englishalsohasalargenumberofidioms(8)______(relate)toboxing,whichhasbeenapopularsportforthousandsofyears.Sportis(9)__________(challenge)andsoisthestudyoftheEnglishlanguage.Workhard,becarefulnottoscore(10)_____owngoal,andyouaresuretomakeit!

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