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Step 3: Vocabulary extension (PPT1013) 1. Focus on Part D: These idioms all have a characteristic connection with an animal or a thing. Ask students to read the idiom and guess the meaning of each of them first. Then have students read explanations and learn their meanings. 2. Learn more idioms like this: His face is as black as coal. Without glasses she is as blind as a bat. The child is as bright as a button. Be careful of him. He’s as cunning as a fox. The twins are as like as two peas. The beautiful girl is as proud as a peacock. It’s impossible to persuade him. He’s as stubborn as a mule. You can’t ex pect her to do that. She’s as timid as a rabbit. [Explanation]