Lesson1 1
1.1 Text for Reading 2
Tolerance Is the Best Medicine 2
1.2 Language Exercise 6
1.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 9
1.4 Language Game 12
1.5 Supplementary Reading 14
Lesson2 17
2.1 Text for Reading 18
Misfortunes Never Come Singly 18
2.2 Language Exercise 21
2.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 24
2.4 Language Game 28
2.5 Supplementary Reading 30
Lesson3 33
People Are Not Always in the Pink 34
3.1 Text for Reading 34
3.2 Language Exercise 38
3.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 41
3.4 Language Game 46
3.5 Supplementary Reading 48
Lesson4 51
4.1 Text for Reading 52
Nip It in the Bud 52
4.2 Language Exercise 55
4.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 58
4.4 Language Game 62
4.5 Supplementary Reading 64
Lesson5 67
5.1 Text for Reading 68
Money Is a Good Servant, but a Bad Master 68
5.2 Language Exercise 73
5.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 76
5.4 Language Game 81
5.5 Supplementary Reading 83
Lesson6 85
6.1 Text for Reading 86
Never Smite with the Tongue 86
6.2 Language Exercise 91
6.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 94
6.4 Language Game 100
6.5 Supplementary Reading 102
Lesson7 105
7.1 Text for Reading 106
Barking Dogs Do Not Bite 106
7.2 Language Exercise 111
7.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 114
7.4 Language Game 120
7.5 Supplementary Reading 122
Lesson8 125
8.1 Text for Reading 126
Do Not Beard the Lion in His Den 126
8.2 Language Exercise 130
8.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 133
8.4 Language Game 139
8.5 Supplementary Reading 141
Lesson9 145
9.1 Text for Reading 146
Never Change Horses in the Middle of the River 146
9.2 Language Exercise 151
9.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 154
9.4 Language Game 160
9.5 Supplementary Reading 162
Lesson10 165
10.1 Text for Reading 166
Keep a Stiff Upper Lip 166
10.2 Language Exercise 170
10.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 173
10.4 Language Game 179
10.5 Supplementary Reading 181
Lesson11 185
11.1 Text for Reading 186
Breaking the Ice 186
11.2 Language Exercise 191
11.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 194
11.4 Language Game 200
11.5 Supplementary Reading 202
Lesson12 205
12.1 Text for Reading 206
Better a Witty Fool than a Foolish Wit 206
12.2 Language Exercise 210
12.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 213
12.4 Language Game 218
12.5 Supplementary Reading 220
Lesson13 223
13.1 Text for Reading 224
Bring Home the Becon 224
13.2 Language Exercise 228
13.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 231
13.4 Language Game 235
13.5 Supplementary Reading 236
Lesson14 239
14.1 Text for Reading 240
The One to Tickle You Pink 240
14.2 Language Exercise 243
14.3 Learning and Using Puns and Idioms 246
14.4 Language Game 251
14.5 Supplementary Reading 253
Lesson15 255
A One-Day Pop Star Makes a Life-Long Millionaire 256
15.1 Text for Reading 256
15.2 Language Exercise 260
15.3 Learning and Using Euphemisms and Idioms 263
15.4 Language Game 267
15.5 Supplementary Reading 269
Lesson16 271
16.1 Text for Reading 272
Smile, and the World Smiles with You 272
16.2 Language Exercise 276
16.3 Learning and Using Puns and Idioms 279
16.4 Language Game 283
16.5 Supplementary Reading 285
Lesson17 289
17.1 Text for Reading 290
No Rose Without a Thorn 290
17.2 Language Exercise 294
17.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 297
17.4 Language Game 302
17.5 Supplementary Reading 304
Lesson18 307
18.1 Text for Reading 308
Marry in Haste, and Repent at Leisure 308
18.2 Language Exercise 311
18.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 314
18.4 Language Game 319
18.5 Supplementary Reading 321
Lesson19 325
19.1 Text for Reading 326
All s Well That Ends Well 326
19.2 Language Exercise 330
19.3 Learning and Using Idiomatic English 333
19.4 Language Game 338
19.5 Supplementary Reading 340
练习参考答案 343