学习掌握纯正而又时尚的美式英语是许多英语学习者的共同愿望。我们在学习过程中会发现,在美语中存在着大量的习语、俚语和固定词组搭配。习语言简意赅,表达方式简洁洗练,语言生动活泼。习语的学习是英语学习过程的一个重要组成部分,但通常也是我们学习中最感困难的一个问题。它不但语法结构复杂、修辞色彩和语体色彩强烈,更重要的是,其来源背景涉及文学艺术、古代典籍、民间传说等诸多领域,如若不能对其进行全面的学习了解,我们就不能真正把握其内在含义,也就更谈不上正确的运用了。
本书将为您全面解决这方面的难题。本书生动活泼地介绍了240条美语中常用的习语。每条习语自称一体,先以方块文字解释该习语的由来,其次以“场景对话”作为例证,设一场景使读者深入理解,才不致误用。其内容深入浅出,易学易用。适合作为大中专院校的教材,美语培训班教材,也可作为美语爱好者的自学教材。
UNIT 1 ifs and buts
UNIT 2 inaway
UNIT 3 in all conscience
UNIT 4 in order
UNIT 5 in the dog days
UNIT 6 in memory of sb.
UNIT 7 in one's/the mind's eye
UNIT 8 in one's/sb's own good time
UNIT 9 in season
UNIT 10 in somebody's black/bad books
UNIT 11 in the light of
UNIT 12 in the long run
UNIT 13 in the matter of
UNIT 14 inthe nick oftime
UNIT 15 moan about sb.
UNIT 16 at each other's throats
UNIT 17 a control freak
UNIT 18 pop the question
UNIT 19 chat up
UNIT 20 no going back
UNIT 21 once in a blue moon
UNIT 22 (is) bitching about sth./sb.
UNIT 23 camisole
UNIT 24 open-toed heels
UNIT 25 the hair stood up on my neck
UNIT 26 freaked out
UNIT 27 fingers crossed
UNIT 28 check it out
UNIT 29 out of my league
UNIT 30 love... to bits
UNIT 31 double-check
UNIT 32 down-to-earth
UNIT 33 flabbergasted
UNIT 34 dogsbody
UNIT 35 high-flying
UNIT 36 return sb's call
UNIT 37 relate to sb.
UNIT 38 inarow
UNIT 39 had a laugh at my expense
UNIT 40 win sh's approval for sth.
UNIT 41 have it all
UNIT 42 baby boomer
UNIT 43 fall apart
UNIT 44 self-mutilation
UNIT 45 put one's foot down
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