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We waited for a long time at the bus stop．The bus ________ arrived．
- A.finally
- B.at last
- C.at the end of
- D.in the end
Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show happiness, as in the expression “a red-letter day”. This is a day when something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs. For almost 600 years, church calendars have been marked with red to show special holy(神圣的)days. Today’s calendars are still marked that way with the dates of holidays and special days printed in red.
The expression “a red-letter day”is often heard in daily life. “A red-letter day” is a day that people are especially happy. It may be a day that you have waited for a long time, a wedding day, for example. Or it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell a friend that yesterday was a red-letter day, because you won some money in the lottery.
“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind. A city may “roll out the carpet ”for its baseball team, when the team arrives home after winning a championship. A group of supporters go to the air port to the greet the team. The red-carpet welcome includes a lot of cheering by thousands of fans, a parade, music and speech of praise by local statesmen.
Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. “Red-handed ” is an example. To be caught “red-handed” is to be found in an act of wrong doing. The evidence is clear. You are guilty. Today we use the expression “ to be caught red-handed ”in situation(情况)that are not serious. For example, a mother might say she caught her son red-handed, taking cookies out of the cookie jar.
Some American Expressions with __1.___
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Be used for_2.__ happiness |
a red -letter day |
a day that people are happy a day with a ___3.__ |
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rolling out the red carpet |
describes an especially warm___4._____ |
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Be used in_5.expressions |
to be caught red-hanged |
to be found doing a wrong action can’t be used in a serious situation |
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teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was
about the love of' their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large
meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said, " boys and
girls, I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not
as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy
now?"
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then
a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer
me, dear. " said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "if you speak long
enough, we won't have math and biology (生物学) lessons this morning. "
B. to have lessons
C. to give a talk
D. to see his children
B. ten
C. twenty
D. children
B. as well as
C. as happy as
D. much happier than
B. told the truth
C. wanted to make others laugh
D. wanted to make the officer angry
B. all the children liked the talk
C. the short boy didn't like studying his lessons
D. some of' the children liked to listen to a funny story
small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a
large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said, "boys and girls, I studied in this
school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and
answer me, why are you so happy now?"
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in front put up his
small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." Said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "if you speak long enough, we won't have maths
and biology (生物学) lessons this morning."
B. to have lessons
C. to give a talk
D. to see his children
B. ten
C. twenty
D. children
B. as well as
C. as happy as
D. much happier than
B. told the truth
C. wanted to make others laugh
D. wanted to make the officer angry
B. all the children likee the talk
C. the short boy didn't studying his lessons
D. some of the children liked to listen to a funny story