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Unit 2 Sports culture
Extended reading Sports idioms
Step 1 Watch a video and try to guess the meanings of the following idioms.
Dog eat dog 祝你好运
Great minds think alike 伸出援手
Nick of time 残酷的竞争
Break a leg 英雄所见略同
Have a cow 千钧一发的时刻
Lift a finger 大发雷霆
Step 2 Fast reading
Part 1(Paras.____ ): __________________________.
Part 2(Paras.____ ): idioms about _______________.
Part 3( Paras.____): idioms about _______________.
Part 4( Paras.____): idioms about _______________.
Part 5(Paras.____ ): __________________________.
Step 3 Careful reading
Task 1 Read para. 1 and answer the following questions.
①What is an idiom?
②What function does it perform in a language?
Task 2 Read para.2-4 and try to finish the following exercises.
1. How many idioms are mentioned and what do they mean?
2. Which situation can be described by using the idiom “move the goalposts”?
A. The local council makes a decision which backfires terribly.
B. Someone makes an unfair and cruel remark.
C. A company makes the annual sales target of an employee higher just when he is about to reach it.
D. People fail after wasting three chances
3. When the local council makes a decision which backfires terribly, what can we say?
A.Throw someone a curveball B.Score an own goal
C.Below the belt D.Three strikes and you are out
Read para.5-6 and try to finish the following exercises.
1. How many idioms are mentioned ?
2. Match the idioms with their explanation.
in the ballpark/ a ballpark estimate a) things that are unexpected
and difficult to respond to
throw sb a curve ball b) roughly estimating
three strikes and you are out c) situations where you
miss three chances
3. Fill in the blanks, using the three idioms.
1 When Sam was late for work again, the manager said,“ You’ve been late t