Unit 2 Extended reading 课件-2022-2023学年高中英语牛津译林版（2020）选择性必修第二册

Sports idioms Sport is interesting challenging competitve compete for NO.1 challenge their limit interesting people games idioms Structure Introduction Main body Conclusion Football: Baseball: Boxing: Sport is challenging and so is life. There are lots of sports idioms that have found their way into everyday language. Football: move the goalposts;scoring an own goal Baseball: in the ballpark;a ballpark estimate;throw someone a curveball;three strikes and you are out Boxing:below the belt;throw in the towel Read the first paragraph What is the definition of “idioms”? What is the function of idioms? The function of idioms is to make language more colourful and expressive. Idioms are groups of words with meanings different from the meanings of the individual words. Football Idiom Chinese translation Meaning in footall Meaning in everyday life move the goalposts to be a fair person score an own goal making decisions carefully Baseball Idiom Chinese translation Meaning in footall Meaning in everyday life in the ballpark/a ballpark esimate throw someone a curveball Three strikes and you are out handle things wisely grasp every chance estimate roughly Boxing Idiom Chinese translation Meaning in footall Meaning in everyday life below the belt Throwing in the towel learn to treat things fairly and ingenuously learn to admit defeat and give up properly Read the magazine article about sports idioms. Match the idioms with their explanation. 2. moving the goalposts 1. scoring an own goal 3. in the ballpark/ a ballpark estimate unfairly changing the