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A person's nose is important for breathing and smelling. The nose is also used in many popular expressions.
Some people are able to lead other people by the nose. For example, if a wife leads her husband by the nose, she makes him do whatever she wants him to do.
Some people are said to be hard-nosed. They will not change their opinions easily. And many people will never pay through the nose, that is, they will not pay too much money for something.
It is always helpful when people keep their nose out of other people's business.The opposite of this is someone who noses around all the time. This kind of person is interested in other people's private matters. He is considered nosy.
And my teacher often says, "If you put your heart into it, the answers should be right under your nose. " It means something can be found or seen easily.
As for ear, there are also some expressions.
When I want to say something to you, I hope you are all ears and listen carefully. I also advise you to keep your ear to the ground. This means to be interested in what is happening around you and what people are thinking.
Another expression about ear is to play it by ear. Someone is able to play a song or a piece of music by remembering the tune(旋律) and not by reading the music.
There are many other expressions about different parts of our body.
For example, if someone is playing a joke on you, you can say, "You are pulling my leg. " And to turn your hand to something means to begin to do something. If a child does something wrong, we say he will get it in the neck, or he will be punished.
【小题1】If a person always wants to lead others by the nose, that means .
| A.he always tells others what to do |
| B.he works harder than others |
| C.he cares about others instead of himself |
| D.he listens to his wife all the time |
| A.he will be too interested in others' business |
| B.he will spend much money for daily things |
| C.he will find the answers to his problems soon |
| D.he will not change his mind easily |
| A.We should be all ears. |
| B.We should keep our nose out of their business. |
| C.We should play it by ear. |
| D.We should pay through the nose. |
| A.They may turn their hand to us. |
| B.They may think of ways to pull our legs. |
| C.They will get it in the neck. |
| D.They will nose around all the time. |
Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office,a street urchin (顽童) was walking around the shining car.
"Is this your ear, Paul?"he asked. Paul answered,"Yes,my brother gave it to me for Christmas."The boy was
surprised. "You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn't cost you nothing? Boy, I wish…"He hesitated.
(犹豫)
Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He was going to wish he had a brother like that.
But what the boy said surprised Paul greatly.
"I wish," the boy went on,"that I could be a brother like that."Paul looked at the boy in surprise, then he
said again, "Would you like to take a ride in my ear?"
"Oh, yes. I'd love that."
After a short ride,the boy turned and with his eyes shining, said,
"Paul, would you mind driving in front of my house?" Paul smiled a little.He thought he knew what the
boy wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big car.But Paul was wrong again.
"Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.
He ran up to the steps.Then in a short while Paul heard him coming back,but he was not coming fast. He
will carrying his little crippled (残疾) brother.He sat him down on the step and pointed to the car.
"There she is, Buddy, just like I told you upstairs.His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't
cost him a cent (美分). And some day I'm going to give you one just like it…then you can see for yourself
all the nice things in the Christmas window that I've been trying to tell you about."
Paul got out and lifted the boy to the front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside
him and the three of them began an unforgettable holiday ride.
B. Paul told him about the car
C. he saw the shining car
B. wanted Paul's brother to give him a car
C. wished he could have a brother like Paul's
B. to show he had a rich friend
C. to tell his brother about his wish
B. the urchin had a deep love for his brother
C. the urchin wished to have a rich brother
B. A Street Urchin
C. A Brother Like That
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cheer, win, especially, body, poor, for, best, photo, believed, knowledge
Football is, I suppose, the most popular game in England. Rich and1., young and old, you can see them all there, shouting and2.for one side or the other.
You may be surprised to find that even the smallest boy seems to have the great3.of the game. He can tell you the names of the players in most of the important teams. He has4.of them and knows the results of many matches. He will tell you who he expects will5.such and such a match, and his opinion is usually as valuable as that of men three or four times his age.
In England, it is6.that education means not only filling a boy’s mind with facts in a classroom but also training character. One of the7.ways of training character is by playing games,8.team games, where the boy has to learn to work with others for his team, instead of working9.himself alone.
Football is good exercise for the10., it is a team game, it needs skill and a quick brain. So the school often arranges games and matches for its pupils.
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