牛津英语教材习语典故集锦
英语习语典故趣谈1
2. a pig in a poke poke在这儿解释为口袋。中世纪的英国， 有许多不法分子在繁荣的市集中行骗。卖 猪的贩子，通常只会摆一只小猪在架上， 当做样品让来往的客人看，其他的猪只则 装在袋中，购买时一手交钱，一手交袋。 通常客人购买时，都不会打开袋子检查里 面的物品，而是买了就走，直到回了家， 才发现里面装的原来是野猫。
4. Bark up the wrong tree 做事、看人，首先得找定目标。找目标很伤脑筋， 找错目标更伤脑筋。汉语中，我们常戏谑看走 眼的“他”：“找错人了”；英语中相应的说 法是：He is barking up the wrong tree。 据记载，该短语源于17世纪美国殖民地时期。当时 的美洲人烟稀少，开发西部的拓荒者靠打猎为 生。狩猎自然需要猎狗，不过，聪明的猎狗有 时也会被猎物耍弄。比如，浣熊常常昼眠夜出， 黑暗中它会误导猎狗，让其误以为自己躲在已 经空了的树洞里。结果，猎狗对着错误的目标 狂吠不已(to bark up the wrong tree)。随着时间 的推移，“to bark up the wrong tree”逐渐被公 众所接受，借喻“精力或目标集中在错误的地 方”。
只吃一餐，营养摄取不够。 If you think I can come up with more money, you're barking up the wrong tree. 如果你指望我拿出更多的钱，那你找错人了。
5. bell the cat bell the cat源自一个故事：有一窝老鼠，因为怕 猫，不敢出去找食物。其中有一只老鼠想了一 个办法，在猫的脖子上套一个铃铛，这样，他 们就可以知道猫在哪里，然后避开它找食物。 这个办法得到全体老鼠的一致拥护，但有一个 最重要的问题尚未解决：谁去给猫套铃铛呢？ 也就是：Who will bell the cat? 这个故事的结局 怎样，没有明确的说法，但bell the cat这个短语 却被人们反复引用，意思是“为了大家的利益 承担风险”。
牛津英语故事(2014)
英语口语狂背篇目第一份6:Mrs. Brown‟s old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown‟s house at twelve o‟clock, and two policemen helped Mr. Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs. Brown, “The poor gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned us for help, so we sent a car to bring him home.” Mrs. Brown was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and th ey left.“But grandfather,” she said, “ you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?”The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, “ I didn‟t quite lose my way. I just got tired and I did not want to walk home!”9: An artist (画家) went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes(颜料和画笔)and painted till evening. When it got dark he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said," No, I don` t want money. But give me one of your pictures. What` s money? In a week it will all be finished, but your picture will still be here."The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered," It‟s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I`ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think."10:Mr Jones was very angry with his wife, and she was very angry with her husband. For several days they did not speak to each other at a11. One evening Mr Jones was very tired when he came back from work, so he went to bed soon after dinner. Of course, he did not say anything to Mrs Jones before he went upstairs. Mrs Jones washed the dinner things and then did some sewing. When she went up to bed much later than her husband, she found a piece of paper on the small table near her bed. On it were the words," Mother. - Wake me up at 7 a. m. -Father"When Mr Jones woke up the next morning, it was nearly 8 a. m. -and on the small table near his bed he saw another piece of paper. He took it and read these words: "Father. - Wake up. It is 7 a.m.-Mother. "12: Mrs. Williams loved flowers and had a small but beautiful garden. In the summer, her roses were always the best in her street. One summer afternoon her bell rang, and when she went to the front door, she saw a small boy outside. He was about seven years old, and was holding a big bunch of beautiful roses in his hand.“I am selling roses,” he said. “Do you want any? They are quite cheap. One shilling for a big bunch. They are fresh I picked them this afternoon.”“My boy,” Mrs Williams answered, “I pick roses whenever I want, and don‟t pay anything for them, because I have lots in my garden.”“Oh, no, you haven‟t,” said the small boy. “There aren‟t any roses in your garden——because they are here in my hand!”14: One day Mrs. Jones went shopping. When her husband came home in the evening, she began to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress."I saw it in a shop this morning,"she said,"and…"And you want to buy it."said her husband,"How much does it cost?""Fifteen pounds.""Fifteen pounds for a cotton dress? That's too much."But every evening, when Mr. Jones came back from work, his wife continued to speak only aboutthe dress, and at last, after a week, he said,"Oh, buy the dress. Here's the money."But the next evening, when Mr. Jones came home and asked,"Have you bought the famous dress?""No,"she said."Why no?"he asked."Well," Mrs. Jones said, "it was still in the window of the shop after a week, so I thought, 'Nobodyelse wants this dress', so I don't want it either."17:Mrs. Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat's first winter. One evening it was outside when it began to snow heavily (下大雪). Mrs. Andrews looked everywhere (到处) and called its name, but she did not find it, so she called the police and said, "I lost a small black cat. Did anybody find one?""No, Madam, " said the policeman. "But the cats are really very strong animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melt (融化) or somebody finds them, they are all right." Mrs. Andrews felt happier when she heard this. "And," she said. "Our cat is very clever (聪明). She almost (几乎) ---"The policeman was getting tired. "Well, then, " he said, "Why don't you put your telephone down?Maybe she is trying to telephone you now. "24: One day Mr. Robinson saw a lady in the street with ten children. He was very surprised because all the children were wearing the same clothes-white hats, blue coats and white pants."Are all those children yours? " he asked the woman."Yes, they are," she answered."Do you always dress them in the same clothes?" asked Mr. Robinson."Yes," answered the mother," When we had only four children, we dressed them in the same clothes because we didn't want to lose any of them. It was easy to see our children when they were among (在……中间) others because they were all wearing the same clothes. And now, when we have ten, we dress them like this because we do not want to take other children home by mistake(错误). When there are other children among ours, it is easy to see them because their clothes are different."44:An artist had a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women without any clothes on, and he and his wife always tried to keep the small girl out when he was doing this. "She is too young to understand," they said.But one day, when the artist was painting a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the little girl suddenly ran into the room. Her mother ran up the stairs after her, but when she got to the top, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman. Both her parents waited for her to speak.For a few seconds the little girl said nothing, but then she ran to her mother and said angrily, "Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you don't let me?"46:Mrs Brown had a small garden behind her house, and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it .She looked after them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice.One evening Mrs Brown looked at her vegetables and said, "Tomorrow I am going to pick them, and then we can eat them."But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, 'Mother, Mother! Come quickly! Our neighbour's ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!'Mrs Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables ware finished! Mrs Brown cried, and her neighbour was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables.Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs Brown a parcel. In it was a beautiful, fat duck, and on it was a piece of peperwith the words, 'Enjoy your vegetables!'55: Mr Andrews had a new telephone nunber. Before he got it, it wasthe number of a shop. The shop now had a new number, but a lot of women did not know this, so they still telephoned thd old one.At first, Mr and Mrs Andres always said, 'We are sorry, You have the wrong number. the shop has a nes one now. Butwomen still continued to telephone them to ask for things, So after some time, Mr and Mrs Andrews began to answer them like this:“Good morning, madam. What do you want us to send you today?' They thought, 'perhaps they will stop telephoning to us when they don't get their things.' But this did not help Mr and Mrs Andrews, Because now women began to telephone them more and more , and to say angrily, 'where are my things? They have not come yet! why haven't you sent them yet?'第二份4:Mrs Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong with her, however. So he sent her to the local hospital for some tests. The hospital, of course, sent the results of the test s direct to Mrs Black‟s doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he thought she could not eat, as any of them might be the cause of her skin trouble.Mrs Black carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies‟ meeting.When she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her. He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said, “Hello, dear. I have done all your shopping for you. ” “Done all my shopping? ”she asked in surprise. “But how did you know what I wanted?” “Well, when I got home, I found your shopping list beside the telephone, ”answered her husband. “So I went down to the shops and bought everything you had written down. ” Of course, Mrs Black had to tell him that what he had thought were all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat.19: Mrs Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished for a driving offence. Then one day she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without stopping.When Mrs Jones came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped the red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age, so that she had simply not seen it. When the judge had finished what he was saying, Mrs Jones opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she chose a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying," Now it is your turn. I suppose you drive a car, and that you have no doubts about your own eyesight." The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen attempts, he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs Jones was dismissed, and her record remained unbroken.25:Mrs. Jones was very fond of singing. She had a very good voice, except that some of her high notes tended to sound like a gate which someone had forgotten to oil. Mrs. Jones was very conscious of this weakness, and took every opportunity she could find to practice these high notes. As she lived in a small house, where she could not practice without disturbing the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time, and practiced her high notes there. Whenever she heard a car or a person coming along the road, she stopped and waited until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a shy person, and because she was sensitive about those high notes.One afternoon, however, a fast open car came behind her so silently that she did not hear it until it was only a few yards away from her. She was singing some of her highest and most difficult notes at the time. As the car passed her, she saw an anxious expression suddenly come over the driver‟s face. He put his brakes on violently, and as soon as the car stopped, jumped out and began to examine all his tires carefully.Mrs. Jones dared not tell him what the noise he had heard had really been, so he went back into his car, and drove off, as puzzled as he had been when he stopped.30:The manager of a small building company was very surprised to get a bill for two white mice which one of hisworkmen had bought. He sent for the workman and asked him why he had had the bill sent to the company. …Well',the workman answered, …you remember the house we were repairing in Newbridge last week, don't you? One of the things we had to do there was to put in some new electric wiring. Well,in one place we had to pass some wires through a pipe thirty feet long and about an inch across, which was built into solid stone and had four big bends in it. None of us could think how to do this until I had a good idea. I went to a shop and bought two white mice, one of them male and and the other female. Then I tied a thread to the body of the male mouse and put him into the pipe at one end, while Bill held the female mouse at the other end and pressed her gently to make her squeak. When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks, he rushed along the pipe to help her. I suppose he was a gentleman even though he was only a mouse. Anyway, as he ran through the pipe, he pulled the thread behind him. It was then quite easy for us to tie one end of the thread to the electric wires and pull them through the pipe.' The manager paid the bill for the white mice.32: It was Saturday，so Mr．Smith did not have to go to work．It had snowed heavily the night before，and Mr．Smith's son Bobby had a new sledge(雪橇)，which he had been very eager to try out for a long while．There was a good slope(斜坡)in a park not far away from the Smiths' house-a slope which children often used for their sledges，so Mr. Smith agreed to take Bobby there in the car．They put the sledge in and went off．When they reached the park，they found that there were already a lot of boys there，each boy with a sledge of his own．They were sliding(滑)down the slope at great speed，and then pulling their sledges up again for another go．Mr．Smith stood by，watching them with a smile．It was obvious that each and every one of them had much fun. After a few moments，Mr. Smith suddenly saw among the boys a kid who was small and poorly-dressed，and did not have a sledge．This boy had flattened out one old cardboard box，and was sliding down the slope on that．Mr. Smith felt very sorry for this poor boy，and determined to tell his son Bobby to share his new sledge with the boy．But before he could catch Bobby to speak to him, he was somewhat surprised-and much more delighted-to notice that several of the older boys in the park were already offering the poor boy their nice sledges．Mr. Smith watched them with greater interest-and suddenly realized that the bigger boys were not doing this because they felt sorry for the poor boy，but because they enjoyed riding on his cardboard box more than on their own sledges．They were actually waiting eagerly and impatiently for a turn on the flattened cardboard box!35: George and his friend Peter were fond of deer-hunting, and whenever they had a free day during the deer-hunting season, they took their guns and went off into the forest.One Saturday they were sitting on a stone eating their sandwiches (三明治) and drinking their coffee when they saw a man walking through the snow towards them. He was dressed in deer-hunting clothes, but he had no gun with him. When he got nearer, the two friends saw that he was following a deer's foot prints. They were both very surprised to see a man following a deer without a gun. So when he reached them, they stopped him and asked him whether any thing was wrong and whether they could help him. The man sat down beside them, accepted a cup of coffee and told them his story.Like them, he had gone out deer-hunting that morning with a friend. They had seen a deer with very big horns (角), and had followed it for some time. Then he had fired at it, and it had fallen just where it stood. He and his friend had run over to examine it, and he had said to his friend "This deer's horns will make a wonderful rack (架子) for my guns when I get it home." He had then put his gun in the deer's horns and stepped back to see exactly how they would look as a gun rack on the wall of his study. He had been admiring the effect when the deer had suddenly jumped up, shaken itself and ran away, carrying his gun firmly stuck in its horns.。
四十个英语习语典故来源
四十个英语习语典故来源1. a wolf in sheep’s clothing此语源自<<伊索寓言>>,直译为“披着羊皮的狼”,也可表示这些意义“伪装成朋友的敌人;貌善心毒的人,伪君子”等. 该成语涉及这样一则故事:一只狼披着羊皮混到羊群里去了,欺骗了羊羔,并把羊羔吃了.又见<<新约.马太福音>>第七章有如此一说: “你们要防备假先知.他们到你们这里来,外面披着羊皮, 里面却是残暴的狼.”例句：Mrs Martin trusted the lawyer until she realized that he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.马丁太太原来很信任那个律师，后来才认清他是个披着羊皮的狼。
Mr Black was fooled by the salesman’s manner until he showed that he was really a wolf in sheep’s clothing，by selling Mr Black a car that was falling apart. 布莱克先生被推销员愚弄了，后来才发现原来推销员貌善心毒的人。
他卖给布莱克先生的是一辆要垮的小汽车。
2. a dog in the manger此成语源自<<伊索寓言>>,含贬义.该成语涉及这则故事:一只狗躺在马槽里,马或牛来吃食时,它却不让,但狗自己又不能吃.LDC认为该成语指“自己不能享用又不让别人享用的人”. 我们一般选择此译法: “占着茅坑不拉屎(的人)。
例句：I’d like to ask you to consider it again and not to be a dog in the manger . 我劝你还是再考虑考虑，不要干那既损人又不利己的事。
3. to carry coals to Newcastle此语与法国谚语“运水入河”相当,可译为“多此一举”.纽卡斯尔(Newcastle)是英国的产煤基地.例句：It would be like carrying coals to Newcastle if another bank opened in this street ; there are three here now .如果再在这条街上开一家银行，那可真是多此一举，因为这条街目前已经有三家银行了。
牛津苏教版-英语-四年级上册-4A Unit 8 In class ┅中国成语典故事
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小学-英语-上册-打印版 1 4A Unit 8 In class ┅中国成语典故
So Angry That One's Hair Lifts Up One' s Hat
In the Warring States Period, Lin Xiangru, chief minister of the State of Zhao, was sent as an envoy to the State of Qin to ask the ruler of Qin to return a fine piece of jade to Zhao. But the ruler of Qin was rude and unreasonable. Lin was angry, and his hair stood up so stiffly on his head that it lifted up his hat.
This idiom came to be used to mean being extremely angry.
怒发冲冠
战国时代，赵国的大臣蔺相如出使到秦国。
在他向秦王索回玉璧的时候，秦王蛮不讲理，蔺相如气愤得连头发都竖了起来，向上冲着帽子。
后来人们用“怒发冲冠”这个成语形容人愤怒到了极点。
40个习语典故来源
1. a wolf in sheep’s clothing此语源自<<伊索寓言>>,直译为“披着羊皮的狼”,也可表示这些意义“伪装成朋友的敌人;貌善心毒的人,伪君子”等. 该成语涉及这样一则故事:一只狼披着羊皮混到羊群里去了,欺骗了羊羔,并把羊羔吃了.又见<<新约.马太福音>>第七章有如此一说: “你们要防备假先知.他们到你们这里来,外面披着羊皮, 里面却是残暴的狼.”例句：Mrs Martin trusted the lawyer until she realized that he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing.马丁太太原来很信任那个律师，后来才认清他是个披着羊皮的狼。
Mr Black was fooled by the salesman’s manner until he showed that he was really a wolf in sheep’s clothing，by selling Mr Black a car that was falling apart. 布莱克先生被推销员愚弄了，后来才发现原来推销员貌善心毒的人。
他卖给布莱克先生的是一辆要垮的小汽车。
2. a dog in the manger此成语源自<<伊索寓言>>,含贬义.该成语涉及这则故事:一只狗躺在马槽里,马或牛来吃食时,它却不让,但狗自己又不能吃.LDC认为该成语指“自己不能享用又不让别人享用的人”. 我们一般选择此译法: “占着茅坑不拉屎(的人)。
例句：I’d like to ask you to consider it again and not to be a dog in the manger . 我劝你还是再考虑考虑，不要干那既损人又不利己的事。
3.to carry coals to Newcastle此语与法国谚语“运水入河”相当,可译为“多此一举”.纽卡斯尔(Newcastle)是英国的产煤基地.例句：It would be like carrying coals to Newcastle if another bank opened in this street ; there are three here now .如果再在这条街上开一家银行，那可真是多此一举，因为这条街目前已经有三家银行了。
牛津英语教材中的习语和典故集锦
⽜津英语教材中的习语和典故集锦⽜津英语教材中的习语，典故，谚语集锦（其中模块⼀1-9 模块六10-22 模块九23-34 模块⼗⼀35- 80）1. a piece of cake.—something easy to do2. a wet blanket –boring/afraid to have fun3.all ears—listening carefully4.pull one’s leg –-joke with sb5.have green fingers—be good atgardening 园艺能⼿6.the top dog—an important person in anorganization7.give sb the cold shoulder –be not friendly to sb8.rain dogs and rats –rain heavily9.not my cap of tea—not really to one’s taste10.as strong as a horse—very strong11.as busy as a bee –very busy12.as poor as a church mouse –very poor13.as cool as a cucumber –very calm14.sleep like a log –sleep very deeply15.to laugh one’s head off –to laugh very hard16.to smile on someone – you are lucky(好运降临17.over the moon 欣喜若狂18.hot under the collar 愤怒的19.on cloud nine 狂喜20.down in the dumps ⽓馁，沮丧，垂头丧⽓21.fly off the handle 勃然⼤怒22.feel blue ⼼情不好23.white as a sheet –pale because of pale24.tickled pink—delighted; very pleased25.in the red--- in debt26.in the black—having money in the bank account27.feel blue –unhappy; sad28.green with envy—jealous29.feet of clay—a hidden weakness in somebody whom we admire or respect30.see the handwriting on the wall –see signs that disaster is coming31.kill the fatted calf –have a large celebration（宴请，）32.you reap what you sow –our small kindnesses often bring us rich rewards, while our small offence can bring disasters.33.the apple of somebody’s eye—a child who is loved very much by his or her parents.34.the salt of the earth 诚实⾼尚的⼈，社会中坚35.be a weed—weak and not brave36.as hungry as a lion—wanting something very much37.as sharp as a spear—very clever38.black is white and white is black—things appear different39.cast-iron nerves – a very strong will40.as sly as a fox—clever at tricking others41.eat like a bird – eat very little42.as tall as a tree—very tall43. A child’s play –an easy job 易如反掌44.Off the top of your head 不假思索脱⼝⽽出，45.On paper 在理论上46.Have butterflies in your stomach 忐忑不安，紧张/ ant in one’s pant 坐⽴不安47.Do your homework about 为……做好准备48.As easy as pie 易如反掌49.As plain as day 显⽽易见50.An arm and a leg 昂贵的代价51.Hold firm 坚信52. A white lie 善意的谎⾔53.The Heel of Achilles 亦作Achilles’ heel 致命要害唯⼀弱点；薄弱环节54.An Apple of Discord争⽃之源；不和之因；祸根55.Helen of Troy这个成语，除了表⽰a beautiful girl or woman; a beauty who ruins her country等意义外，还可以⽤来表⽰a terrible disaster brought by sb. or sth. you like best的意思。
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牛津小学英语5B unit8(partA)（精选）
36、如果我们国家的法律中只有某种 神灵， 而不是 殚精竭 虑将神 灵揉进 宪法， 总体上 来说， 法律就 会更好 。—— 马克·吐 温 37、纲纪废弃之日，便是暴政兴起之 时。— —威·皮 物特
38、若是没有公众舆论的支持，法律 是丝毫 没有力 量的。 ——菲 力普斯 39、一个判例造出朱 尼厄斯
牛津英语教材中的习语和短语
模块一1. a piece of cake.—something easy to do2. a wet blanket –boring/afraid to have fun3.all ears—listening carefully4.pull one’s leg –-joke with sb5.have green fingers—be good at gardening6.the top dog—an important person in anorganization7.give sb the cold shoulder –be not friendlyto sb8.rain dogs and rats –rain heavily9.not my cap of tea—not really to one’staste模块六10.as strong as a horse—very strong11.as busy as a bee –very busy12.as poor as a church mouse –very poor 13.as cool as a cucumber –very calm14.sleep like a log –sleep very deeply模块九15.white as a sheet –pale because of pale16.tickled pink—delighted; very pleased17.in the red--- in debt18.in the black—having money in the bank account19.feel blue –unhappy; sad20.green with envy—jealous21.feet of clay—a hidden weakness in somebody whom we admire or respect22.see the handwriting on the wall –see signs that disaster is coming23.kill the fatted calf –have a large celebration24.you reap what you sow –our small kindnesses often bring us rich rewards, while our smalloffence can bring disasters.25.the apple of somebody’s eye—a child who is loved very much by his or her parents.模块十一26.be a weed—weak and not brave27.as hungry as a lion—wanting something very much28.as sharp as a spear—very clever29.black is white and white is black—things appear different30.cast-iron nerves – a very strong will31.as sly as a fox—clever at tricking others32.eat like a bird – eat very little33.as tall as a tree—very tall34.at the drop of a hat—immediately35.know the ropes—to know how to do something36.child’s play—an easy job37.see eye to eye –to have the same opinion as someone else38. a feather in one’s cap—something that you can be proud of39.on a shoestring –having very little money40.Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched. --Don’t count on something going welluntil it happens.模块一1.along with 与……一起2.as a matter of fact 事实上，其实3.as if 好像，似乎4.at present 现在5.be supposed to 应该……,应当6.can’t wait to do something 迫不及待地做某事7.in charge of 负责，掌管8.go on a diet 节食9.side effect 副作用10.fall out （头发等）脱落11.be fond of 喜爱，喜欢12.for free 免费13.get into shape 强身健体14.be hard on 对……苛刻，对……严厉15.in the long term 从长远角度看16.insist on 坚持，坚持认为17.look back on 回忆，回顾18.make the most of 充分利用19.make use of 利用20.mix up 混淆，弄乱；搅匀，拌和21.now that 既然；由于22.opening hours 开放时间23.stay up 不睡觉，熬夜24.work out 锻炼模块二25.in advance 提前，预先26.be in control of sth 掌管，控制（某物）27.belong to 属于e across （偶然）遇见；发现29.dozens of 许多，很多30.due to 由于，因为31.in case 万一32.look into 调查33.look up to 敬佩34.make one’s way to 前往，到……去35.make up 编造，杜撰；构成36.result in 导致，结果是……37.set sail 启航38.show up 出现，现身39.tourist spot 旅游景点40.step up 加紧，加强，促进41.take charge of 负责，掌管42.up close 靠近地模块三43.as a whole 作为整体，总体上44.aside from 除……之外45.be made up of 由……组成（构成）e down with 患（病）47.consist of 由……组成（构成）48.differ from 和……不同，不同于49.in memory of 纪念50.in sight 看得到，在视力围51.lead to 导致52.mother tongue 母语，本国语 after 以……命名54.no doubt 无疑，确实55.ought to 应当，应该56.reach out 伸出（手）57.rise up against 起义，反抗58.roll up 卷起来59.stand for 代表，象征60.stand in one’s path 阻碍（某人）61.take control of 控制，取得对……的控制62.take over 夺取；接管63.the Norman Conquest 诺曼征服64.the Renaissance 文艺复兴65.watch out for 留心，密切注意66.wish for 期望，企盼模块四67.add to 使增强，使增加，使扩大68.appeal to 吸引，引起兴趣；呼吁69.as to 至于，关于70.be meant to 旨在，目的是71.deal with 涉及，关于；处理，应付72.die from 死于……73.even if/though 虽然，即使74.fall for 上……的当，受……的骗75.figure out 弄清楚，弄懂；计算出76.get something across 把……表达清楚77.hang on （在逆境中）坚持78.in honour of 为向……表示敬意st but not least 最后但同样重要的80.lead the way 领先81.make way for 给……让路，让位于……82.pass something on to sb. 转交，传给，递给83.put forward 提出，提议84.play tricks on 欺骗；捉弄模块五85.amusement park 游乐场86.be based on 以……为基础，以……为根据87.be/get burnt out 耗尽体力，累垮88.before long 不久，很快89.clean up 打扫（或清除）干净90.take…into consideration 认真考虑91.do one’s part 尽自己的职责92.in favor of 赞同，支持93.follow in one’s footsteps 效仿某人94.for sale 供出售，待销售95.genetically modified 转基因的96.get through （用）接通97.in/ with regard to 关于，至于98.let off 排放99.on the one hand… on the other hand 一方面……另一方面……100.open the floor 自由发言101.keep pace with （与……）步调一致，（与……）同步102.in particular 尤其，特别103.pick out 找出，挑选104.point of view 观点105.push ahead with 义无返顾的进行，努力推进106.queue up 排队等候107.raw material 原材料108.regardless of 不管，不顾109.public relations 公共关系110.rely on 依靠，依赖111.run out (of) 用完，耗尽112.spy on 暗中监视，窥探113.thanks to 幸亏，由于114.toy with 戏弄，摆弄；把……当做儿戏115.under way 进行中e up 用尽模块六117.in addition 除……以外（还），此外118.have affection for 喜爱，钟爱119.apart from 远离，和……不在一起；除了120.at that point 在那时；在那个阶段121.break down 出故障；抛锚122.burst in 闯进；突然闯入123.in chaos 处于混乱状态e up with 想出；拿出125.draw sb’s attention to 使（某人）察觉到126.drive away 赶走；驱赶127.get hold of 得到；抓住128.glare at 对……怒目而视129.go after 追求；谋求130.have power over 控制，支配131.head for 朝……方向（地方）行进，前往132.hold out 递出；拿出；伸出133.if only 但愿134.in good spirits 心情好135.let alone 更不用说136.make a difference 有作用（关系、影响）137.make fun of 拿……开玩笑；取笑，嘲弄138.make room for 为…….腾出地方139.on one’s own 独自，单独；独立地140.pass away 去世，亡故141.remind sb of 使某人想起……,提醒某人142.running water 自来水143.in a rush 匆忙地，急切地144.show sb around 带某人参观、游览145.stand up for 支持，维护146.take on 接纳147.take up 占据（时间、空间）148.think back to 回想149.trip over 绊倒150.under the umbrella of 在……的保护下，在……的管理下模块七151.arise from 起因于，由……引起152.a bunch of 一串，一束；大量，大批b (through) sth 仔细搜寻154.at someone’s command 受某人支配155.decide on/upon 决定，选定156.drop off 中途下客或卸货157.drop out 退学，辍学；退出，脱离158.fill in 填写（表格）；消磨（时间）159.for good measure 额外160.a handful of 少数的，少量的161.heart attack 心脏病发作162.at (…) intervals 每隔……距离或时间163.keep in touch with 与……保持练习164.let out 放出，发出165.link up 联合，连接166.mass production 批量生产167.operating theatre 手术室168.put off 推迟，推延；使反感169.put through 给某人接通（）；使经历170.speed up （使）加速171.split up 分组，分解；分离172.subscribe to 同意，赞成173.swell up 肿胀，膨胀174.text message （手机）短信175.traffic jam 堵车，交通堵塞176.try out 测试，试验；参加选拔177.turn to sb/sth 向……求助178.turn up 出现，到来；调高（音量等）179.up to date 最新的；现代的；时髦的180.wear sb out 使筋疲力尽；使厌烦181.what is more 更有甚者，更为重要的是182.wind up 上发条模块八183.acute angle 锐角184.ask for sb’s hand in marriage （向女方）求婚185.at first sight 初次见面；乍一看186.be off to 动身去……187.bent on (doing ) sth 决心做某事（通常指坏事）188.brand new 全新的，崭新的189.break up 破裂，解散；破碎190.broken heart 破碎的心，哀恸191.be condemned to sth 被处以某种刑罚192.cut sth out (of sth) 剪出，剪下193.cut up 切碎194.fall in love 相爱，醉如爱河195.give thought to 认真考虑，思考196.have a go(at) 试一试197.in defence of 为……辩护；防卫198.be intended to be/ do sth 目的是作为某物，目的是做某事y out 布置，设计；铺开，展开200.live up to 达到，符合（期望）201.on the run 躲避；忙碌，不停地奔波e to one’s rescue 救援某人，帮助某人203.show off 炫耀，卖弄204.spring up 突然兴起，迅速出现205.touch on 谈及，涉及206.in tune 音调准确；演奏和调207.upwards of 在……以上，大于，超过208.worn out 破烂不堪的，破旧的；精疲力尽的模块九209.be charged with 被控犯有……罪210.by and by 不久，过一会儿211.catch on 受欢迎，流行212.be centred around /centre around 围绕，以……为中心213.count on 依靠，依赖214.date back to 追溯到，始于215.get one’s way 随心所欲216.hire sb out 打工，受雇于人217.in terms of 在……方面，从……方面来说218.little more than 只是……而已，仅仅219.on behalf of 代表某人，代替某人220.at random 随机，随意221.seek one’s fortune 外出寻找（成功或发财）机会222.sentence sb to death 判处某人死刑223.split off from 脱离，分离模块十224.at a crossroads 处于关键时刻225.at best 充其量，至多226.bank account 银行账户227.be on the move 迁移中，行进中228.beyond doubt 毫无疑问229.burst on the scene 突然出现230.case study 案例研究231.catch up on 补上，补做232.cater to sb/sth 迎合，满足需要233.a guilty conscience 疚，问心有愧234.make the headlines 成为重要新闻235.intellectual property 知识财产236.join forces （与……）合作，联合237.make sense 是明智的；是有道理的238.on top of 除……之外；在……上面（方）239.one’s (own) flesh and blood 亲骨肉，亲人240.prescription medicine/drug 处方药241.push for sth 迫切要求，反复争取242.put into effect 使生效，实施243.put pressure on sb (to do sth) 促使，迫使，244.put sth into practice 把……付诸实施245.turn into 变成246.wipe away 消除，去除247.word of mouth 口口相传，口碑248.work of art 艺术品模块十一249.make allowance(s) for 考虑到250.as easy as pie 十分容易，轻而易举251.as for 至于，关于252.capital punishment 死刑253.catch-22 第二十二条军规（指让人左右为难的规定或处境）254.correctional facility 监狱255.covering letter 附信（与某物一起寄出）256.dive (right )in 热切地开始做某事257.be economical with the truth 有所隐瞒258.fold up 折叠，对折259.follow sth up 采取后续行动，跟进260.for the taking 供自由取用261.gap year 生活实践年262.give sb the edge 使某人略占优势263.go about 忙于某事；继续做某事264.have butterflies in one’s stomach 心慌，紧nd on one’s feet 安然脱困，化险为夷266.look sb in the eye(s) 直视某人，正视某人267.off the top of one’s head 为多加思考地，脱口而出地268.death penalty 死刑269.pull out 退出，脱离270.put out 公布，广播，出版271.put sth away 积蓄，攒钱；把……放回原处272.put together 组装；汇集273.in response to 作为对……的回应，答复274.scratch the surface 隔靴搔痒，只触及问题的表面或一小部分275.shrink from (doing ) sth 回避（困难等）276.take off 快速成功，突然流行277.take pleasure in 从……中获得乐趣278.the last minute/moment 最后一刻279.throw sb into 投身于，积极从事280.tire of 对……感到厌倦友情提醒：建议同学们好好背诵这些短语，该得到的分数一定不要失去。
英语典故加习语大全
1. [典故+习语]--读典故学英语，够有趣--开张大吉篇PIE IN THE SKY中国人常说“天上不会掉馅饼”，美国也有类似的说法--pie in the sky，形容不可能实现的事情。
下次如果有人跟你说“如果我有500万的话......”，你就可以说，“forget it, it's a pie in the sky”。
此短语直译为『天国（上）的馅饼』，源自美国流行作曲家、世界产业工人联盟的组织者Joe Hill 于1911年所作的一首着名歌曲《传教士与奴隶》。
他在歌中写道：You will eat, bye and bye,In the glorious land above the sky!Work and pray, live on hay,You'll get PIE IN THE SKY when you die!这几句歌词是Joe Hill 从美国救世军军歌中引用过来的，意在讽刺这个宗教组织，揭露其欺骗性和虚伪性，唤醒广大被压迫的奴隶。
后来人们就用pie in the sky 比喻『渺茫的希望』和『不能保证实现的允诺』等意思。
好，这次大家就翻译一下上面那两句歌词吧-------------------------------------------------------------------------------不久你将在天上的圣地就餐。
劳动吧！祈祷吧！靠干草过活吧！死后你就会得到天国的馅饼！2. [典故+习语]--读典故学英语，够有趣--（2）今天我们学习的是个很常见的习语RAIN CATS AND DOGS可能你已经知道了rain cats and dogs 的含意为『下倾盆大雨』，但你知道这个短语是怎样衍生而来的吗？下雨就下雨，怎可能从天上掉下来猫和狗呢？下雨同猫及狗又是怎样扯上关系的呢？原来，据说这个短语最早出现于17世纪，不过关于它的起源已经无从考证。
牛津教材中的习语典故和委婉语
123106shop around货比三家再买107sleep like a log熟睡108so what?那又怎样? 那又如何?109start from the scratch从头做起110the apple of one’s eye掌上明珠111the man in the street普通工薪阶层，老百姓112the salt of the earth普通但诚实的好人113the top dog居于高位的人，优胜者114to laugh one’s head off笑得前仰后合115to smile on someone对…微笑; 好运降临116visually challenged视力不好的，视觉障碍的117wash one’s hands上洗手间118Waterloo惨败，致命的打击119white elephant无用而累赘的东西120white war没有硝烟的战争，常指“经济竞争”。
121why bother？.没必要122 A rising tide lifts all boats.水涨众船高。
123 A bird in hand is worth two in the bush. 一鸟在手胜过二鸟在林。
124Actions speak louder than words.行动比言语更有说服力。
（事实胜于雄辩。
）125All that glitters is not gold. / All is not gold that glitters.闪光的并非都是金子。
126Black is white and white is black.黑白颠倒127Don’t count your chickens until they are hatched.别过早打如意算盘，别高兴过早128Great minds think alive, but fools seldom differ.英雄所见略同，傻瓜岂有差异。
牛津英语教材中的习语和短语
16.tickled pink—delighted; very pleased
17.in the red--- in debt
18.in the black—having money in the bank account
148.think back to
149.trip over
150.under the umbrella of
135.let alone
136.make a difference
137.make fun of观点
义无返顾的进行，努力推进排队等候
原材料
不管，不顾
公共关系
依靠，依赖
用完，耗尽
暗中监视，窥探
幸亏，由于
戏弄，摆弄；把……当做儿戏进行中
用尽
除……以外（还），此外喜爱，xx
远离，和……不在一起；除了在那时；在那个阶段
125.draw sb’s attention to
126.drive away
127.get hold of
128.glare at
129.go after
130.have power over
131.head for
132.hold out
133.if only
134.in good spirits
37.set sail启航
38.show up
39.tourist spot
40.step up
进
41.take charge of
42.up close
模块三
43.as a whole
上
44.aside from
【典故】常用英语习语及典故
【关键字】典故A1. a back number 退休的人；过时的人或刊物。
一个后面的数字(相关语) a crock of gold (年老时使用的)大笔存款；a golden handshake (一次付清的)退休金(指给退休的懂事，经理或被裁减的人员)；go to grass 年老退休；hang up one’s boots 退休(不干了)；hang up one’s fiddle 退休或退职；hang up one’s axe 金盆洗手；洗手不干；放弃无益的计划；退休(clear one’s shirts(美))2. a bad egg (口)坏蛋；没出息的家伙。
一只坏鸡蛋(同义语) a bad hat (口)坏人；卑鄙的人；没用的人；懒人；失败的计划；a bad half penny(口) 坏蛋；没出息的家伙；失败的计划；a bad lot(口) 坏蛋；没出息的家伙；rotten apple(许多好人当中的)一个坏人；败类3. a bag of bones (因病或营养不良)皮包骨。
一袋骨头(同义语) a stack of bones (因病或营养不良)皮包骨4. a baker’s dozen 十三。
面包师的一打(典故) 15世纪，英格兰出售的面包师论“打”（十二个）。
那时面包师的名声很坏，面包常不够分量。
因此，官方立下法规：凡是出售不够分量面包的面包师要受重罚。
手工做的面包很难每个重量一样都和标准，面包师为了避免受罚，每打面包再增加一个，故有此说法。
(同义语) a devil’s/printer’s/ dozen/a gr eat/long dozen5. a bear for 喜欢；有兴趣(做某事)；经得起(紧张工作)；有精力；有能力；有特殊才能。
为了。
的一只熊(典故) 熊体壮力大，有耐力(相关习语) a bear garden 喧嚣的场所；嘈杂的集会(典故):源语都铎王朝时代斗熊游戏场，这是以前的一种娱乐活动，让狗“攻击”熊而供观众取乐。
牛津英语故事(2014)给学生的
英语口语狂背篇目1:Mrs. Brown‟s old grandfather lived with her and her husband. Every morning he went for a walk in the park and came home at half past twelve for his lunch.But one morning a police car stopped outside Mrs. Brown‟s house at twelve o‟clock, and two policemen helped Mr. Brown to get out. One of them said to Mrs. Brown, “The poor gentleman lost his way in the park and telephoned us for help, so we sent a car to bring him home.” Mrs. Brown was very surprised, but she thanked the policemen and they l eft.“But grandfather,” she said, “ you have been to that park nearly every day for twenty years. How did you lose your way there?”The old man smiled, closed one eye and said, “ I didn‟t quite lose my way. I just got tired and I did not want to walk home!”2: An artist (画家) went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday and stayed with a farmer. Every day he went out with his paints and brushes(颜料和画笔)and painted till evening. When it got dark he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said," No, I don` t want money. But give me one of your pictures. What` s money? In a week it will all be finished, but your picture will still be here."The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his pictures. The farmer smiled and answered," It‟s not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes home next month, I`ll show him your picture, and he will not want to be an artist any more, I think."3:Mr Jones was very angry with his wife, and she was very angry with her husband. For several days they did not speak to each other at a11. One evening Mr Jones was very tired when he came back from work, so he went to bed soon after dinner. Of course, he did not say anything to Mrs Jones before he went upstairs. Mrs Jones washed the dinner things and then did some sewing. When she went up to bed much later than her husband, she found a piece of paper on the small table near her bed. On it were the words," Mother. - Wake me up at 7 a. m. -Father"When Mr Jones woke up the next morning, it was nearly 8 a. m. -and on the small table near his bed he saw another piece of paper. He took it and read these words: "Father. - Wake up. It is 7 a.m.-Mother. "4: Mrs. Williams loved flowers and had a small but beautiful garden. In the summer, her roses were always the best in her street. One summer afternoon her bell rang, and when she went to the front door, she saw a small boy outside. He was about seven years old, and was holding a big bunch of beautiful roses in his hand.“I am selling roses,” he said. “Do you want any? They are quite cheap. One shilling for a big bunch. They are fresh I picked them this after noon.”“My boy,” Mrs Williams answered, “I pick roses whenever I want, and don‟t pay anything for them, because I have lots in my garden.”“Oh, no, you haven‟t,” said the small boy. “There aren‟t any roses in your garden——because they are here in my ha nd!”5: One day Mrs. Jones went shopping. When her husband came home in the evening, she began to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress."I saw it in a shop this morning,"she said,"and…"And you want to buy it."said her husband,"How much does it cost?""Fifteen pounds.""Fifteen pounds for a cotton dress? That's too much."But every evening, when Mr. Jones came back from work, his wife continued to speak only aboutthe dress, and at last, after a week, he said,"Oh, buy the dress. Here's the money."But the next evening, when Mr. Jones came home and asked,"Have you bought the famous dress?""No,"she said."Why no?"he asked."Well," Mrs. Jones said, "it was still in the window of the shop after a week, so I thought, 'Nobodyelse wants this dress', so I don't want it either."6:Mrs. Andrews had a young cat, and it was the cat's first winter. One evening it was outside when it began to snow heavily (下大雪). Mrs. Andrews looked everywhere (到处) and called its name, but she did not find it, so she called the police and said, "I lost a small black cat. Did anybody find one?""No, Madam, " said the policeman. "But the cats are really very strong animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melt (融化) or somebody finds them, they are all right." Mrs. Andrews felt happier when she heard this. "And," she said. "Our cat is very clever (聪明). She almost (几乎) ---"The policeman was getting tired. "Well, then, " he said, "Why don't you put your telephone down?Maybe she is trying to telephone you now. "7: One day Mr. Robinson saw a lady in the street with ten children. He was very surprised because all the children were wearing the same clothes-white hats, blue coats and white pants."Are all those children yours? " he asked the woman."Yes, they are," she answered."Do you always dress them in the same clothes?" asked Mr. Robinson."Yes," answered the mother," When we had only four children, we dressed them in the same clothes because we didn't want to lose any of them. It was easy to see our children when they were among (在……中间) others because they were all wearing the same clothes. And now, when we have ten, we dress them like this because we do not want to take other children home by mistake(错误). When there are other children among ours, it is easy to see them because their clothes are different."8:An artist had a small daughter. Sometimes he painted women without any clothes on, and he and his wife always tried to keep the small girl out when he was doing this. "She is too young to understand," they said.But one day, when the artist was painting a woman with no clothes on, he forgot to lock the door, and the little girl suddenly ran into the room. Her mother ran up the stairs after her, but when she got to the top, the little girl was already in the room and looking at the woman. Both her parents waited for her to speak.For a few seconds the little girl said nothing, but then she ran to her mother and said angrily, "Why do you let her go about without shoes and socks on when you don't let me?"9:Mrs Brown had a small garden behind her house, and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it .She looked after them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice.One evening Mrs Brown looked at her vegetables and said, "Tomorrow I am going to pick them, and then we can eat them."But early the next morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, 'Mother, Mother! Come quickly! Our neighbour's ducks are in the garden and they are eating our vegetables!'Mrs Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables ware finished! Mrs Brown cried, and her neighbour was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables.Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs Brown a parcel. In it was a beautiful, fat duck, and on it was a piece of peperwith the words, 'Enjoy your vegetables!'10: Mr Andrews had a new telephone nunber. Before he got it, it wasthe number of a shop. The shop now had a new number, but a lot of women did not know this, so they still telephoned thd old one.At first, Mr and Mrs Andres always said, 'We are sorry, You have the wrong number. the shop has a nes one now. But women still continued to telephone them to ask for things, So after some time, Mr and Mrs Andrews began to answer them like this:“Good morning, madam. What do you want us to send you today?' They thought, 'perhaps they will stop telephoning to us when they don't get their things.' But this did not help Mr and Mrs Andrews, Because now women began to telephone them more and more, and to say angrily, 'where are my things? They have not come yet! why haven't you sent them yet?'11：Mrs Black was having a lot of trouble with her skin, so she went to her doctor about it. He could not find anything wrong with her, however. So he sent her to the local hospital for some tests. The hospital, of course, sent the results of the tests direc t to Mrs Black‟s doctor, and the next morning he telephoned her to give her a list of the things that he thought she could not eat, as any of them might be the cause of her skin trouble.Mrs Black carefully wrote all the things down on a piece of paper, which she then left beside the telephone while she went out to a ladies‟ meeting.When she got back home two hours later, she found her husband waiting for her. He had a big basket full of packages beside him, and when he saw her, he said, “Hello, dear. I have done all your shopping for you. ” “Done all my shopping? ”she asked in surprise. “But how did you know what I wanted?” “Well, when I got home, I found your shopping list beside the telephone, ”answered her husband. “So I went down to the shops a nd bought everything you had written down. ” Of course, Mrs Black had to tell him that what he had thought were all the things the doctor did not allow her to eat.12: Mrs Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact that she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished for a driving offence. Then one day she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without stopping.When Mrs Jones came before the judge, he looked at her severely and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason why she had not stopped the red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age, so that she had simply not seen it. When the judge had finished what he was saying, Mrs Jones opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she chose a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed both the needle and thread to the judge, saying," Now it is your turn. I suppose you drive a car, and that you have no doubts about your own eyesight." The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen attempts, he had still not succeeded. The case against Mrs Jones was dismissed, and her record remained unbroken.13:Mrs. Jones was very fond of singing. She had a very good voice, except that some of her high notes tended to sound like a gate which someone had forgotten to oil. Mrs. Jones was very conscious of this weakness, and took every opportunity she could find to practice these high notes. As she lived in a small house, where she could not practice without disturbing the rest of the family, she usually went for long walks along the country roads whenever she had time, and practiced her high notes there. Whenever she heard a car or a person coming along the road, she stopped and waited until she could no longer be heard before she started practicing again, because she was a shy person, and because she was sensitive about those high notes.One afternoon, however, a fast open car came behind her so silently that she did not hear it until it was only a few yards away from her. She was singing some of her highest and most difficult notes at the time. As the car passed her, she saw an anxious expression suddenly come over the driver‟s face. He put his brakes on violently, and as soon as the ca r stopped, jumped out and began to examine all his tires carefully.Mrs. Jones dared not tell him what the noise he had heard had really been, so he went back into his car, and drove off, as puzzled as he had been when he stopped.14:The manager of a small building company was very surprised to get a bill for two white mice which one of his workmen had bought. He sent for the workman and asked him why he had had the bill sent to the company. …Well',the workman answered, …you remember the house we were repairing in Newbridge last week, don't you? One of the things we had to do there was to put in some new electric wiring. Well,in one place we had to pass some wires through a pipe thirty feet long and about an inch across, which was built into solid stone and had four big bends in it. None of us could think how to do this until I had a good idea. I went to a shop and bought two white mice, one of them male and and the other female. Then I tied a thread to the body of the male mouse and put him into the pipe at one end, while Bill held the female mouse at the other end and pressed her gently to make her squeak. When the male mouse heard the female mouse's squeaks, he rushed along the pipe to help her. I suppose he was a gentleman even though he was only a mouse. Anyway, as he ran through the pipe, he pulled the thread behind him. It was then quite easy for us to tie one end of the thread to the electric wires and pull them through the pipe.' The manager paid the bill for the white mice.15: It was Saturday，so Mr．Smith did not have to go to work．It had snowed heavily the night before，and Mr．Smith's son Bobby had a new sledge(雪橇)，which he had been very eager to try out for a long while．There was a good slope(斜坡)in a park not far away from the Smiths' house-a slope which children often used for their sledges，so Mr. Smith agreed to take Bobby there in the car．They put the sledge in and went off．When they reached the park，they found that there were already a lot of boys there，each boy with a sledge of his own．They were sliding(滑)down the slope at great speed，and then pulling their sledges up again for another go．Mr．Smith stood by，watching them with a smile．It was obvious that each and every one of them had much fun. After a few moments，Mr. Smith suddenly saw among the boys a kid who was small and poorly-dressed，and did not have a sledge．This boy had flattened out one old cardboard box，and was sliding down the slope on that．Mr. Smith felt very sorry for this poor boy，and determined to tell his son Bobby to share his new sledge with the boy．But before he could catch Bobby to speak to him, he was somewhat surprised-and much more delighted-to notice that several of the older boys in the park were already offering the poor boy their nice sledges．Mr. Smith watched them with greater interest-and suddenly realized that the bigger boys were not doing this because they felt sorry for the poor boy，but because they enjoyed riding on his cardboard box more than on their own sledges．They were actually waiting eagerly and impatiently for a turn on the flattened cardboard box!16: George and his friend Peter were fond of deer-hunting, and whenever they had a free day during the deer-hunting season, they took their guns and went off into the forest.One Saturday they were sitting on a stone eating their sandwiches (三明治) and drinking their coffee when they saw a man walking through the snow towards them. He was dressed in deer-hunting clothes, but he had no gun with him. When he got nearer, the two friends saw that he was following a deer's foot prints. They were both very surprised to see a man following a deer without a gun. So when he reached them, they stopped him and asked him whether any thing was wrong and whether they could help him. The man sat down beside them, accepted a cup of coffee and told them his story.Like them, he had gone out deer-hunting that morning with a friend. They had seen a deer with very big horns (角), and had followed it for some time. Then he had fired at it, and it had fallen just where it stood. He and his friend had run over to examine it, and he had said to his friend "This deer's horns will make a wonderful rack (架子) for my guns when I get it home." He had then put his gun in the deer's horns and stepped back to see exactly how they would look as a gun rack on the wall of his study. He had been admiring the effect when the deer had suddenly jumped up, shaken itself and ran away, carrying his gun firmly stuck in its horns.。
【英语绘本学习资源分享】牛津树经典故事锦集,一套学会自然拼读!
牛津树经典故事锦集，一套学会自然拼读！孩子喜欢看绘本，可是很多单词都不认识？上课太枯燥孩子不愿意学怎么办？今天为大家介绍的牛津阅读树中外经典故事系列，在中外经典绘本故事之中掌握自然拼读，一套满足上述所有需求！牛津树经典故事是什么ORT, Oxford Reading Tree, 牛津阅读树是英国家喻户晓的英语母语学习材料，有超过八成学校选用，被誉为“英国最受欢迎的阅读教材”。
同时，全球有133个国家用牛津阅读树作为外语学习教材，也是国内很多国际学校的指定教材之一。
而Traditional Tales 经典故事，正是牛津阅读树的一个分支。
这个系列的创作理念是，将孩子喜欢的的经典故事重新编排，并融入自然拼读（Phonics）以及孩子熟悉的用语，旨在让孩子喜欢阅读并可以独立阅读。
推荐理由1、难度渐进，不同阶段自然拼读需求全满足Traditional Tales童话系列从无字的小红鸡到小长篇的故事侏儒怪，文字难度从易到难，篇幅从短到长，循序渐进，完美满足2-10岁小朋友的阅读需求。
2、在故事中学拼读，生动有趣孩子自然愿意学内容覆盖了10个中外故事，本本经典，包括大家耳熟能详的青蛙王子，父子与驴，还有中国的传统故事神笔马良。
把自然拼读融入故事当中，脱离枯燥的教学，让孩子在故事中不知不觉学会自然拼读。
全书设计精美，画风简洁大气，更能给孩子带来美的享受与熏陶。
3、用词全部可解码，让孩子迈出自主阅读第一步故事中用到的单词都是“decodable”（可解码）的，也就是说，孩子自己可以根据自然拼读规则读出来。
因此，在阅读故事的过程中，自然拼读的规则会不断得到强化，渐渐的，孩子就能灵活、综合使用拼读规则，并且尝试自主阅读和复述一本书。
适合多大的孩子学习本套适用于从启蒙到中小学阶段，其中1-5级适合于2-6岁宝贝，6-9级适合5-12岁宝贝。
1-5级的《The Big Carrot》《Chicken Licken》《Tom Dad and Colin》等，适合初学英语的宝贝们学习；5级以上的《The Frog Prince》和《Rumpelstiltskin(侏儒怪)》等，则适合有一点英语基础的宝贝。
牛津高中英语教材中的习语,谚语,隐喻,委婉语和典故
牛津高中英语教材中的习语，谚语，隐喻，委婉语和典故1. a piece of cake小菜一碟2. a wet blanket扫兴的人或物3.all ears洗耳恭听4.pull one’s leg开某人的玩笑5.have green fingers—be good at gardening 园艺能手6.the top dog头儿（口语）；领袖人物（口语）；老大（口语）7.give sb the cold shoulder冷淡地对待某人8.rain dogs and rats 倾盆大雨9.not my cup of tea非我所爱10.as strong as a horse力大如牛；健壮如牛；非常健康11.as busy as a bee忙忙碌碌的12.as poor as a church mouse一贫如洗13.as cool as a cucumber镇定自若14.sleep like a log熟睡;睡得很沉15.to laugh one’s head off哈哈大笑16.to smile on someone好运降临17.over the moon 欣喜若狂18.hot under the collar 愤怒的19.on cloud nine 狂喜20.down in the dumps 气馁，沮丧，垂头丧气21.fly off the handle 勃然大怒22.feel blue 心情不好23.white as a sheet面如死灰;面色惨白24.tickled pink高兴极了25.in the red负债，亏损；赤字26.in the black赢利；有盈余27.feel blue闷闷不乐，心情沮丧；感到无精打采28.green with envy非常嫉妒的29.feet of clay (=feet of glass) 致命的弱点30.see the handwriting on the wall (=see the words on the computer screen)觉察到不祥之兆31.kill the fatted calf (=order out for pizza)热情款待，设宴欢迎32.you reap what you sow（=Garbage in, garbage out.）一分耕耘，一分收获33.the apple of somebody’s eye掌上明珠34.the salt of the earth 诚实高尚的人，社会中坚35.be a weed软弱，不勇敢36.as hungry as a lion非常渴望得到某物37.as sharp as a spear非常聪明38.black is white and white is black黑白颠倒39.cast-iron nerves 非常坚强的意志40.as sly as a fox像狐狸一样狡猾41.eat like a bird吃得极少42.as tall as a tree很高43. A child’s play易如反掌44.Off the top of your head 不假思索脱口而出，45.On paper 在理论上46.Have butterflies in your stomach （= ant in one’s pant）忐忑不安，紧张;坐立不安47.Do your homework about 为……做好准备48.As easy as pie （=as easy as ABC）易如反掌49.As plain as day 显而易见50.An arm and a leg 昂贵的代价51.Hold firm 坚信52. A white lie 善意的谎言53.The Heel of Achilles 亦作Achilles’ heel 致命要害唯一弱点；薄弱环节54.An Apple of Discord争斗之源；不和之因；祸根55.Helen of Troy特洛伊的海伦（斯巴达王墨涅拉俄斯之妻，引起特洛伊战争的绝世美女）56.on one’s last legs 奄奄一息，过时57.Scrooge 吝啬鬼）58. a sacred cow神圣之物;圣牛;不许批评的人或事物;神圣不可侵犯的人或物59.be over the moon兴高采烈；欣喜若狂60.Pandora’s box潘多拉盒子；灾难之源61.Waterloo滑铁卢（比利时城镇）；比喻惨败，致命的打击62.Mother Teresa特蕾莎修女，代指为他人无私奉献的人63.Judas犹大，出卖朋友的人；叛徒64.Mickey Mouse course非常容易；很简单的课程65. a dark horse 黑马66.Daniel in the lion’s den 艰巨的任务67.catch-22 令人左右为难的规定68.leading light 导航灯，重要人物69.Jonah 带来不幸的人70. a Herculean task 极为艰巨的工作71. a good Samaritan 心地善良，乐于助人的人72.David and Goliath 以弱胜强73.Jekyll and Hyde 双重人格者，两面派74. a tough nut 难对付的人，胆大果断的人75.men in the street 普通人76.mend one’s way 改过自新77.around the clock 夜以继日78.between jobs 失业79.in the air 悬而未决80.every point of compass四面八方81.the last minute 最后一刻；紧要关头82.scratch the surface隔靴搔痒；只触及问题表面或一小部分83.be economical with the truth有所隐瞒84.correctional facility 监狱85.the man in street 普通人，一般人86.wash one’s hands洗手；解手87.body count死亡人数88.Not all there.不太正常；神志不清；不在状态89.sanitary workers环卫工人90.pass away死去91.senior citizen老人92.physically challenged残疾人93.visual challenged 视力差的人nd a job 找到工作nd on one’s feet.安然脱困；化险为夷96.start from the scratch 从头做起97.在英语中green常表嫉妒、眼红；yellow以表胆小、卑怯、卑鄙，blue表忧郁98.face the music面对失败；接受批评、处罚；承担后果99.call white black/call black white 混淆是非100.a black sheep 害群之马101.a white lie 善意的谎言102.white war 没有硝烟的战争，常指“经济竞争”103.White elephant 无用而累赘的东西；；104.why bother?没必要105.in a blue mood /having the blues 情绪低落106.white coffee 不加牛奶的咖啡107.black and blue 遍体鳞伤的；青一块紫一块108.green hand新手109.Once bitten, twice shy一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳110.Make hay while the sun shines 趁热打铁111.You can say that again. 你说的完全真确112.It counts for nothing这一点也不重要。
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英语典故1）Mind your P's and Q's: 谨慎你知道Mind your P's and Q's的来历吗？它的意思是be careful, behave yourself，也就是"⼩⼼、谨慎"。
从17世纪晚期开始，Mind your P's and Q's被⼴泛使⽤，关于它的故事有很多。
其中⼀种说法和酒店有关。
当时，在英国的⼀些酒吧⾥有两种盛酒器具：品脱和夸脱。
品脱⼤，夸脱⼩；为了在客⼈们结账的时候不出差错，酒店侍者必须在酒店的⼩⿊板上记下客⼈们⽤的到底是哪种容器，P代表pints，Q代表qauts。
因此，酒店⽼板也不断的提醒他们：注意你们的品脱和夸脱。
另⼀种说法从课堂上来。
⼩学⽣在拼写p和q时总是容易将它们混淆。
P反着写就成了q，⽽q反过来写⼜变成了p。
这两个字母不但顺序相邻，⽽且拼写相似，难怪⽼师要说Mind your P's and Q's。
再来听听下⾯这个故事。
这种说法中P指的是pea cloth，⼀种粗呢布料；Q代表queue，指的是"（朝⾂或⽔⼿们的）辫⼦"。
年轻的贵族们总被提醒不要将假发上的粉末弄到粗呢夹克上；另⼀种解释是：⽔⼿们刚上船时，有⼀个惯例，就是将他们的辫⼦放在焦油⾥蘸⼀蘸，不过要⼩⼼把油弄到粗呢夹克上。
It originated in British pubs as an abbreviation for "mind your pints and quarts." Supposedly this warned the barkeep to serve full measure, mark the customer's tab accurately, etc.It meant "mind your pea (jacket) and queue." Queues (pigtails) were often powdered, and wifeypoo was telling hubby to keep the cruddy kid stuff off his collar. An even dumber variation of this involves "pieds," French for "feet," and says minding your p's and q's means combing your hair and polishing your shoes, or something like that.P and q stands for "prime quality." According to the Oxford English Dictionary, to be P and Q was a regional expression meaning top quality.听完了这些故事，你也明⽩mind your P's and Q's的意思了吧？造个句⼦：She told her son to mind his P's and Q's at the banquet。
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牛津高中英语教材中的习语，典故，谚语集锦模块一（1-9）模块六（10-22）模块九（23-24）模块十一（35-80）1.a piece of cake.—something easy to do2.a wet blanket –boring/afraid to have fun3.all ears—listening carefully4.pull one’s leg –-joke with sb5.have green fingers—be good at gardening 园艺能手6.the top dog—an important person in an organization7.give sb the cold shoulder –be not friendly to sb8.rain dogs and rats –rain heavily9.not my cap of tea—not really to one’s taste10.as strong as a horse—very strong11.as busy as a bee –very busy12.as poor as a church mouse –very poor13.as cool as a cucumber –very calm14.sleep like a log –sleep very deeply15.to laugh one’s head off –to laugh very hard16.to smile on someone – you are lucky(好运降临17.over the moon 欣喜若狂18.hot under the collar 愤怒的19.on cloud nine 狂喜20.down in the dumps 气馁，沮丧，垂头丧气21.fly off the handle 勃然大怒22.feel blue 心情不好23.white as a sheet –pale because of pale24.tickled pink—delighted; very pleased25.in the red--- in debt26.in the black—having money in the bank account27.feel blue –unhappy; sad28.green with envy—jealous29.feet of clay—a hidden weakness in somebody whom we admire or respect30.see the handwriting on the wall –see signs that disaster is coming31.kill the fatted calf –have a large celebration（宴请，）32.you reap what you sow –our small kindnesses often bring us rich rewards, while our small offence can bring disasters.33.the apple of somebody’s eye—a child who is loved very much by his or her parents.34.the salt of the earth 诚实高尚的人，社会中坚35.be a weed—weak and not brave36.as hungry as a lion—wanting something very much37.as sharp as a spear—very clever38.black is white and white is black—things appear different39.cast-iron nerves – a very strong will40.as sly as a fox—clever at tricking others41.eat like a bird – eat very little42.as tall as a tree—very tall43.A child’s play –an easy job 易如反掌44.Off the top of your head 不假思索脱口而出，45.On paper 在理论上46.Have butterflies in your stomach 忐忑不安，紧张/ ant in one’s pant 坐立不安47.Do your homework about 为……做好准备48.As easy as pie 易如反掌49.As plain as day 显而易见50.An arm and a leg 昂贵的代价51.Hold firm 坚信52.A white lie 善意的谎言53.The Heel of Achilles 亦作Achilles’ heel 致命要害唯一弱点；薄弱环节54.An Apple of Discord争斗之源；不和之因；祸根55.Helen of Troy这个成语，除了表示a beautiful girl or woman; a beauty who ruins her country等意义外，还可以用来表示a terrible disaster brought by sb. or sth. you like best的意思。
56.on one’s last legs 奄奄一息，过时57.Scrooge--- a character who is extremely mean .（吝啬鬼）58.a sacred cow—This policy, which used to be very successful, remains a sacred cow, though it no longer meets the needs of the current situation.. (Someone or something that is held in high regard and can not be harmed. It is from religion).59.be over the moon—Terry was over the moon because his favourite team had just won the championship match. (Someone who is very happy. It is from works).60.Pandora’s box—How could we have known that by applying for a credit card we were opening Pandora’s box. (One action has caused a lot of bad things to happen. It comes from works).引来祸害61.Waterloo—After spending all his money and failing to raise funds for his project, he is facing his Waterloo. (A final defeat or failure. It comes from history).62.Mother Teresa—She has done a lot of charity work this year and is a real Mother Teresa.(A person who works selflessly for others. It comes from real life).63.Judas犹大To describe someone who betray their friends or beliefs64.Mickey Mouse course （a course that is very easy ）非常容易65.a dark horse 黑马66.Daniel in the lion’s den 艰巨的任务67.catch-22 令人左右为难的规定68.leading light 导航灯，重要人物69.Jonah 带来不幸的人70.a Herculean task 极为艰巨的工作71.a good Samaritan 心地善良，乐于助人的人72.David and Goliath 以弱胜强73.Jekyll and Hyde 双重人格者，两面派74.a tough nut 难对付的人，胆大果断的人75.men in the street 普通人76.mend one’s way 改过自新77.around the clock 夜以继日78.between jobs = unemployed79.in the air 悬而未决80.start from the scratch 从头做起81.在英语中green常表嫉妒、眼红；yellow以表胆小、卑怯、卑鄙，blue表忧郁82.face the music表示“面对失败；接受批评/处罚；承担后果83.call white black/call black white 混淆是非84.a black sheep 害群之马；85.a white lie 善意的谎言86.white war 没有硝烟的战争，常指“经济竞争”。
87.White elephant 无用而累赘的东西；；88.why bother？. 没必要89.in a blue mood /having the blues表示“情绪低落;90.white coffee 不加牛奶的coffee91.black and blue 遍体鳞伤的；青一块紫一块92.green hand新手93.Once bitten, twice shy一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳94.Make hay while the sun shines 趁热打铁95.You can say that again. 你说的完全真确96.It counts for nothing这一点也不重要。
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97.so what : 那又怎样?? 那又如何??98.Actions speak louder than words.行动比言语更有说服力。