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The expression“kick the bucket”is almost 200 years old.A 1 (believe)is that it started when an English stableman committed suicide by 2 (hang)himself while standing on a pail or a bucket.He put a rope around his neck and tied it 3 a beam(横梁)under the ceiling, and then kicked the bucket away from under him.After a while, to die in any way 4 (call)“kicking the bucket”.
5 old expression that comes from England is to kick over the traces and its meaning is to resist the commands of 6 parents or to reject authority.Traces were chains that held a horse or mule(骡子)to a wagon or a plow.Sometimes an animal rebelled and kicked over the traces.
The word kick sometimes is used to describe complaint or some kind of 7 (dissatisfy).Workers, 8 example, kick about long hours and low pays.Sometimes, the workers are forced to kick back some of 9 wages to their employers.This kickback is illegal. 10 is another kind of kickback, a secret payment made by a supplier to an official who buys supplies for a government or a company.
解析:
1.belief 2.hanging 3.to 4.was called 5.Another 6.one’s 7.dissatisfaction 8.for 9.their 10.So
提示:
1、动词-名词 2、非谓语动词(形容词) 3、介词 4、过去时被动语态 5、代词 6、代词 7、动词-名词 8、介词 9、物主代词 10、连词(倒装句)