《跨文化交际》形成性考核及学习档案
Unit 7
Vocabulary Test
I. Now write the American English words you have found next to their English equivalents in the following table. British English nappie lift dustbin petrol flat post trousers pavement tube caretaker chemist’s compere American English emcee 持人 tin
British English biscuit cracker suspenders braces rubbish garter jumper vest waistcoat truck lorry American English crepe 主pancake overall罩衫 smock 1
luggage tap sweet railway roll-book Class-book candidature候选人资格 off-day scone
biscuit candidacy garage ring II. Please write out the English idioms with the following Chinese versions:
1. 拍马屁___________ 2. 拜某人为师______ 3. 小菜一碟__________ 4. 空中楼阁________ 5. 帮倒忙___________ 6. 守口如瓶_______
7. 不辞而别__________ 8. 多此一举, 画蛇添足_______ 9. 不五十步笑百步 10. 乱七八糟_______ 11. 夸夸其谈______ 12. 酒后之勇_____ 13. 以眼还眼______ 14. 不露锋芒_____ 15. 拦路虎______ 16. 正合吾意_____ 17. 侥幸_____ 18. 对牛弹琴____ 19. 美中不足_____ 20. 社会中坚分子____ 21. 洗手不干_____ 22. 良心的呼唤______ III. Write out the English idioms with the following Chinese versions: 1. 拍马屁___________ 2. 拜某人为师______
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3. 小菜一碟__________ 4. 空中楼阁________ 5. 帮倒忙___________ 6. 守口如瓶_______
7. 不辞而别__________ 8. 多此一举, 画蛇添足_______ 9. 不五十步笑百步 10. 乱七八糟_______ 11. 夸夸其谈______ 12. 酒后之勇_____ 13. 以眼还眼______ 14. 不露锋芒_____ 15. 拦路虎______ 16. 正合吾意_____ 17. 侥幸_____ 18. 对牛弹琴____ 19. 美中不足_____ 20. 社会中坚分子____ 21. 洗手不干_____ 22. 良心的呼唤______ IV. Please write out the Chinese idioms with the following English versions:
1. look for a needle in a haystack— 2. at one’s wit’s end—
3. six of one and a half a dozen of the other— 4. much cry and little wool— 5. draw in one’s horns— 6. the man in the street—
7. ( Where God has his church, the devil will have his chapel), the truth grows a foot high, the evil grows to ten— 8. besieged on all sides, utterly isolated—
9. seek help at the last moment,( hug Buddha’s feet in one’s hour of need)
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V. Please match each of the idioms in Column A with its expression in Column B.
A B 1. Paint the town red a. get angry
2. see red 3. a red-letter day enough
4. in the red 5.the red tape rules and regulations
6. blue –eyed boy 7. a green hand 8. tickled pink by somebody
9. in a brown study 10. out of blue 11. as black as he’s painted 12. a white elephant 13. grey matter expensive to maintain
14. black sheep
b. go on a spree and indulge in noisy c. lacking experience, not mature d. an important or memorable day
e. unnecessary complicated official f. extremely pleased g. in debt to the bank
h. a person treated with special favour i. as bad as he’s said to be j. Unexpectedly , without warning k. Intelligence l. thinking deeply
m. a thing that is useless and often n. a worthless member of a
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respectable group
15. be browned off o. very jealous
16. have green fingers p. have a skill in growing plants 17. see someone only once in a blue moon q. be bored ; fed up 18. in the pink r. a rich district
19. a brown-stone district s. cross out (the dirty words) from 20. blue-pencil t. in very good health 21. caught red-handed u. caught on the spot 22. green with envy v. seldom see 23. a white lie w. a harmless lie
24. the white hope x. ambiguous areas which had been difficult to deal with
25. grey area y. the person expected to bring success
VI. Please fill in the blanks with a suitable word: 1. as __as a bee 2. As ____ as a horse 3. as ____ as an eel 4. As ____ as a lamb 5. as ____ as a lark 6. As ____ as a mule 7. as ____ as a fox 8. As ____as a bat 9. as ____ as an owl 10. As ___ as a lion 11. as ____as a goose 12. As ____ as a donkey 13. as ___ as a cricket 14. as _____ as a dove
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