【正文】 Reading一：LeadinAsk students to read the sentences and guess what each idiom means.1. I took my mother’s car without asking for permission. She is angry at me. I am in hot water now.2. Robert and Janice were supposed to get married last month. At the last minute Robert cancelled the wedding because he was too nervous to get married. He got cold feet.3. Don’t tell anybody else that I am looking for a new job. Please keep it under your hat.4. We were not expecting to see Joan. When she suddenly arrived out of the blue, we were all surprised.二：閱讀理解 1. Which of the following idioms is often used to describe a good and honest person?A. The apple of their parents’ eye. B. A doubting Thomas C. Clean hands. D. The salt of the earth.2. In modern English, in the idiom “ a little bird told me”, “the bird” is referred to as _________. A. a message carrier B. a bird carrying God’s will C. a wellinformed person D. an indefinite news resource. writer wrote the passage to _________. A. introduce some idioms B. introduce the origin of the Bible C. tell us some stories from the Bible D. tell people the importance of learning idioms.4. Which of the following statements about idioms is not true according to the passage?A. Over time, Biblical idioms have changed so much that they now have no connection to their original meanings. B. The Bible was first written in Hebrew and then translated into Greek. C. Biblical idioms are often meant to tell people a moral story.D. Having a good knowledge of English idioms is helpful to the people’s appreciating of the history and cultures of English speaking countries.Taskbased readingBiblical idioms in English The meaning can’t be understood according to the separate words.Clear and to understand the moral of a story.3____________original meanings or have a vague or loose connection with them in Modern English.Biblical idioms meaningMeaning in modern English.By and byBefore long of _______Party of an image in the dream of a king .Hidden weakness in someone we admire or respect.The salt of the earthSomething precious and important in preserving things.A person who is very good and . of studying idiomsImproving your prehension.Developing your skills.Better understanding Englishspeaking countries’ culture and history.Reading 答案： . Taskbased reading 2. straightforward 3. Lose 4. Examples 5. Original 7. clay 8. honest 9. Important 三．語言點：1. burden n. 1) 負擔，重負；2）責任，義務(wù) v. 3）加負擔于某人 shoulder / carry the burden burden sb with sthEg: I don’t want to burden you with my troubles.1). His invalid father is ___________________________________. (已經(jīng)成為他的負擔)。2). He was only twenty two, and to be ___________ ____________ a family.2. circumstance n. 情況，景況，形勢（經(jīng)常做復數(shù)）the current situation / circumstances in / under the circumstancesin / under no circumstances 同義詞組_____________________________________________翻譯：我們絕不會同意分裂國家。Under no circumstances ____________________________________________________.3. polish vt. 磨光，擦亮；提高，改進 n. 光澤、優(yōu)雅polish up 改善、修飾、溫習、潤色、修改、提高1). I could do the job if I spent some time polishing up my Spanish.2). Polish up and sharpen language skills3). polish up an article翻譯：1). 出國前先把你的英語練好。2). 我在離家前擦亮了鞋子。3). I often goes to the old man ________ shoes with a cloth when my shoes needs _______.A. polishing off。 to polish up B. polishing up。 polishing upC. polishing up。 polished up D. polished up polished up4. sharpen vt. 使鋒利、削尖；使敏銳；加重、增強1）My pencil is blunt. Could you lend me a knife to sharpen it.2). Debate sharpen one’s wits.broad ____________ tight ____________ soft ________________ strength _____________rich ____________ courage _____________5. center around 以 為中心，圍繞 （ = center on / upon / in / at）Her research is centered around the social effects of unemployment.The topic centers around the crisis in these two countries.6. mend one’s ways 改過自新拓展：fight one’s way feel one’s way make one’s way wind one’s way force one’s way In the past, he was a troublemaker, but now he has ___________________________. (改過自新) The Great Wall _____________________.（蜿蜒曲折）.答案：1. 1). being his burden 2). burdened with2. will we agree to splitting up the countries.3. 1).Polish up your English before going abroad.2).I polished up my shoes before I left home.3). B4. broaden tighten soften strengthen enrich encourage6. mended his way winds its way四．仿寫句子1 (line5) ……among other things, and unless you recognize when an idiom is being used, you can easily misunderstood what you read or hear spoken.除非你被允許，否則千萬別碰我辦公室里的東西。 2 （line28） Another idiom using the animal, “kill the fatted calf” means to have a large celebration. 那個年輕女人設(shè)宴款待她剛回國不久的朋友。3 （line30）The son had left home to waste to waste his time