译林牛津版英语选修11 Unit 2 Getting a job Grammar and usage 课件（共22张PPT）

课件23张PPT。Unit 2Getting a jobGrammar and usageWhat are idioms?Idioms are phrases or expressions that have hidden meanings. The expressions don't mean exactly what the words say.
Every language has idioms, and they are challenging for foreign students to learn. 很高兴 人多智广气疯了次品 一些可疑的事正在这里发生不能共患难的人闲聊天闭嘴聚精会神地听, 洗耳恭听全完蛋了Types of idioms1. verb + object / complement
Example 1: kill two birds with one stone
Meaning: produce two useful result by just
doing one action
Example 2: to break the ice
Meaning: to get through the first difficulties
in starting a conversation or discussion
2. prepositional phrase
Example 1: in the blink of an eye
Meaning: in an extremely short time
Example 2: from rags to riches
Meaning: to go from being very poor to being
very wealthy3. noun phrases
Example 1: a bone of contention
Meaning: something which people argue
and disagree overExample 2: apple of one’s eye
Meaning: something or someone very
precious or dear
His new baby girl was the apple of his eye. 4. simile (as + adj. + as, or like + n.)
Example: as dry as a bone
Meaning: very dry indeed
Example 2: as high as a kite
Meaning: anything that is high up in the sky

Example 3: drink like a fish
Meaning: to drink very heavily5. whole clause or sentence
Example 1: to cut a long story short
Meaning: to tell the main points, but not all
the fine details
Example 2: House divided against itself
cannot stand.
Meaning: Everyone involved must unify and
fun_ction together or it will not work out. Write the meanings of the following idiom expressions. 1. If you go into business with someone,
make sure that you get something in
black and white, that way you will not be cheated.
in writing2. Jack didn’t achieve good grades in school, but his sister was a real egghead.
a very clever person
3. Do not let Fred work on his own just yet. He only started working here last week and is still wet behind the ears.
lacking experience4. John was feeling under the weather yesterday, so he decided to see the doctor.
unwell
5. You look very tired, Dave. I think you’d better catch some Zs.
sleep for a whileIdiom contest 1. If you are cool as a cucumber, you are ____.
A. very calm B. panicked
2. It is raining cats and dogs, you would ______.
A. call a vet B. take an umbrellaAB3. If it is not your cup of tea, you _____.
A. like it B. do not like it
4. If something costs an arm and a leg, it means _______.
A. you have to go to hospital B. it is expensiveBB5. If someone says, “I have butterflies in my stomach”, they are ________.
A. nervous B. having a good meal
6. If you say that someone is holding firm, you are saying that they _______.
A. are holding a hard object
B. believe in something very stronglyABB. Wang Chunlan is telling her cousin about how she got her first job. Read her story and fill in the blanks using the idioms from Part A.Answers to Part B:(1). my cup of tea
(2). held firm
(3). raining cats and dogs
(4). an arm and a leg
(5). had butterflies in my stomach
(6). as cool as a cucumberLanguage points1. dress vi. 穿衣；着装
vt. 给…穿衣
n. 女装；服装
She always dresses in black.
Get up and dress quickly.
Do you have to dress the baby every morning?
She wears a beautiful evening dress.put on, wear, dress＆ in put on 表示一种动作,短暂性的行为，而wear, dress和in 则表示一种状态，后面跟的宾语有区别。wear后面跟的是衣服等物品，dress后面跟的是人，be /dress + in后面跟的是比抽象的表物质属性：材料颜色类等名词。I shall put on my overcoat before I go out.
In such cold weather I wear my overcoat all day.
She dressed in blue / silk yesterday. 2. spray
1) spray sb./sth. with sth. 用…喷在…上
She sprayed herself with perfume.
The gangsters sprayed the car with machinegun bullets. 2) spray sth. on / onto / over sth.
把……喷在…...上
He sprayed paint on the wall.
Spray some water upon the flowers.3. fare n. 费，票价
I reminded her how much the fare was.
He didn't have enough money to pay his
train / bus / train / air / cab / taxi fare.
pay full fare 付全票价
Children under 14 travel half fare.