Unit4 Reading课文改写练习 2022届高三英语牛津版选修九

M9u4 Reading There are many Biblical idioms in English. An idom is an 1. ____________ (express) 2. ____________ meaning is not 3. ____________ (easy to do or to understand), and can 4. ____________ (understand) 5. ____________ looking at the words 6. ____________ (direct). 7. ____________ you recognize an idiom, you can not understand 8. ____________ you hear 9. ____________ (speak). The Bible was first 10. ____________ (write) in Hebrew and Greek, both of 11. ____________ using many idioms. 12. ____________ other words, since the Bible was translated 13. ____________ English, many idioms have become part of English. 14. ____________, many have 15. ____________ lost their 16. ____________ (origin) meanings or have only a 17. ____________ (not clear in a person's mind) connection with them. “By and by”, 18. ____________ now means “before long”, but 19. ____________ (use) to mean “immediately” is a typical example. Other examples are “feet of clay” and “sees the handwriting on the wall”.