Unit 5 Into the wild Vocabulary 课件
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Unit 5
Unit 5
Into the wild
Animal idioms
To understand and use the animal idioms.
Do you know any animal idioms
Curiosity killed the cat
Stop asking questions. Don't be too curious.
A lone wolf
An independent person who likes doing things on their own, rather than doing them with other people.
What other animal idioms do you know
1. as busy as a(n) _______
2. kill two _______ with one stone
bee
birds
Look at the pictures and complete the idioms with animal names.
very busy 忙得不可开交
succeed in doing two things by only one action 一箭双雕
4. hold your _______
5. It’s raining _______ and ________.
horses
cats
dogs
3. When the cat’s away, the _______ will play.
mice
used to say that people will not behave well when the person who has authority over them is not there猫儿不在，老鼠翻天; 上司不在，下面人就胡来
used to tell sb. to do sth. more slowly or carefully 慢点！不要仓促行事
It’s raining heavily. 下倾盆大雨
English idioms are a way of adding colour to the language. For example, instead of saying “It’s raining heavily”, you could say “_______________________”. Another reason to use idioms is that they are concise. For example, to describe someone who is always working or busy doing something, we can say they are _________________________.
It’s raining cats and dogs
as busy as a bee
Complete the paragraph with the animal idioms in Activity 4.
If they’re rushing into something and should wait and be patient, you could say “____________________________”. Learning idioms can be fun, especially when we compare them to Chinese equivalents. Take, for example, “__________________________________ ” (people do what they want and have fun when someone in authority is absent) and “_________________________” (solve two problems with one action) – are there corresponding idioms in Chinese
hold your horses
When the cat’s away, the mice will play
kill two birds with one stone
Work in pairs. Find more animal idioms.
Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
like a cat on hot bricks 像热锅上的蚂蚁
He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿。
dark horse 黑马
Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
Fine feathers make fine birds.
人要衣装，马要鞍。
Cats hide their claws.
知人知面不知心。
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡。
A crow (乌鸦) is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改，本性难移。
Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。
Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹是生非。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙，不知大海。
The fox preys farthest from his hole.
兔子不吃窝边草。
Why are there so many idioms about animals
We love animals and they become part of our life.
Animals sometimes have the same personality as us humans.
We are neighbours with animals, so we live with them and refer to them when speaking
…
Choose an idiom and describe a situation with it.
A: She’s as busy as a bee.
B: What makes you say that
…
You can tell a story and have some animal idioms in it;
Pay attention to the tense you will use in your story;
You can use attributive clauses to modify somebody or something in your story. That will make your story more attractive.
Lily is as busy as a bee. She is a person who never has free time. When she comes to the place where she works, she will not stop until she can finish the work. There is no time when she will keep still and has nothing to do.
Unit 5
Unit 5
Into the wild
Animal idioms
To understand and use the animal idioms.
Do you know any animal idioms
Curiosity killed the cat
Stop asking questions. Don't be too curious.
A lone wolf
An independent person who likes doing things on their own, rather than doing them with other people.
What other animal idioms do you know
1. as busy as a(n) _______
2. kill two _______ with one stone
bee
birds
Look at the pictures and complete the idioms with animal names.
very busy 忙得不可开交
succeed in doing two things by only one action 一箭双雕
4. hold your _______
5. It’s raining _______ and ________.
horses
cats
dogs
3. When the cat’s away, the _______ will play.
mice
used to say that people will not behave well when the person who has authority over them is not there猫儿不在，老鼠翻天; 上司不在，下面人就胡来
used to tell sb. to do sth. more slowly or carefully 慢点！不要仓促行事
It’s raining heavily. 下倾盆大雨
English idioms are a way of adding colour to the language. For example, instead of saying “It’s raining heavily”, you could say “_______________________”. Another reason to use idioms is that they are concise. For example, to describe someone who is always working or busy doing something, we can say they are _________________________.
It’s raining cats and dogs
as busy as a bee
Complete the paragraph with the animal idioms in Activity 4.
If they’re rushing into something and should wait and be patient, you could say “____________________________”. Learning idioms can be fun, especially when we compare them to Chinese equivalents. Take, for example, “__________________________________ ” (people do what they want and have fun when someone in authority is absent) and “_________________________” (solve two problems with one action) – are there corresponding idioms in Chinese
hold your horses
When the cat’s away, the mice will play
kill two birds with one stone
Work in pairs. Find more animal idioms.
Love me, love my dog. 爱屋及乌。
like a cat on hot bricks 像热锅上的蚂蚁
He is a lucky dog. 他是个幸运儿。
dark horse 黑马
Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
双鸟在林不如一鸟在手。
Fine feathers make fine birds.
人要衣装，马要鞍。
Cats hide their claws.
知人知面不知心。
Don't count your chickens before they're hatched.
鸡蛋未孵出，先别数小鸡。
A crow (乌鸦) is never the whiter for washing herself often.
江山易改，本性难移。
Every dog has his day. 人人皆有得意时。
Let sleeping dogs lie. 勿惹是生非。
The frog in the well knows nothing of the great ocean.
井底之蛙，不知大海。
The fox preys farthest from his hole.
兔子不吃窝边草。
Why are there so many idioms about animals
We love animals and they become part of our life.
Animals sometimes have the same personality as us humans.
We are neighbours with animals, so we live with them and refer to them when speaking
…
Choose an idiom and describe a situation with it.
A: She’s as busy as a bee.
B: What makes you say that
…
You can tell a story and have some animal idioms in it;
Pay attention to the tense you will use in your story;
You can use attributive clauses to modify somebody or something in your story. That will make your story more attractive.
Lily is as busy as a bee. She is a person who never has free time. When she comes to the place where she works, she will not stop until she can finish the work. There is no time when she will keep still and has nothing to do.