American Idioms （16）

eyes in the back of ones head Ability to know what happens when your back is turned.
Mother must have eyes in the back of her head, because she always knows when I do something wrong. （Even though Mother is not looking, she knows I have done something wrong.）     

Lazy-bones

“Get up,you lazy-bones!”Still rubbing his sleepy eyes,Mingminghad to rise.“I worked till far into the night,”he murmured,half to himself.“Daddy,I was dreaming a strange dream.I was an emperor…”“A pupil,who always can't finish his homework,wants to be an em-peror?”     

高考英语名词考点陷阱题精讲、精练

典型陷阱题分析 1. I found her sitting in the corner, reading newspaper, with __ in her eyes. A. a; tear B. a piece of; tears C. a; tears D. a piece of; tear 【陷阱】误选D,许多学生错误地认为,既然news（消息）和paper（纸）均为不可数名词,那么news paper（报纸）也应是不可数的;同时认为“眼泪”即“泪水”、“水”不可数,“泪水”和“眼泪”也应该不可数。     

流利美语脱口出

1．be all eyes且不转睛;十分关注 注解：此语意指“密切关注正在发生的事情”,如：At the circus the children were all eyes．（看马戏表演时孩子们都全神贯注。）     

THE DOG HERO

<正>Keeper was a lovely shaggy dog that lived at a big farmhouse where there were two boys and a little girl to admire and pet him. Although Keeper loved the children, the one he loved best of all was Mary, the youngest of the family. And how little Mary loved Keeper. Wherever Mary went Keeper would follow. That was why he was called Keeper as he was always keeping his eyes on Mary.     

句首动词形式填空练习

1._(sleep)late in the afternoon,Bob tumed off the alann.2.一Mum,why do you always make me eat an egg eve叮 day? 一_(get)enough protein and nutrition as yqu are growing uP·3._(go)to the palaee with just a flower 15 to say“I,m 卯or.1 haven,t即t any joelle巧·”4._(tell)you the truth,1 am not in favour of your Plan.5._(read)in good light helps prevent strain that might injure your eyes.(travel)far above the elouds in an aeroplane 15 a eheerful expe-TlenCe.(drill)holes under the sea has proved …     

Character Contrast in Arthur Miller''s Death of a Salesman

“I regard the theater as a serious business,one that makes or should make man more human,which is to say,less alone.“A great playwright of social philosophy,Arthur Miller advocares that the common man,and none of rank,is the tragic hero of modern times.His plays have always revealed before the public eyes the tragedy of the average American life,the psychology of the ordinary people,and their conflicts with the morality of society.……     

Character Contrast in Arthur Miller s Death of a Salesman

“I regard the theater as a serious business, one that makes or should make man more human, which is to say, less alone.“A great playwright of social philosophy, Arthur Miller advocates that the common man, and none of rank, is the tragic hero of modern times. His plays have always revealed before the public eyes the tragedy of the average American life, the psychology of the ordinary people, and their conflicts with the morality of society.     

小乳猫复仇记

Whenever you think you are having a bad day,remember,it can always get worse. Last Friday started like most weekdays.Being a schoolteacher I got up early and had coffee andbreakfast with my wife like I've done for the past threedecades.On the way to school I organized the day aheadin my mind and felt a bit more relaxed because it was     

“眼睛”的故事

There are many expressions using the word“eye”in English.So today,let’s start with the word“eye”.英语中有很多表达中使用了“眼睛”这个词。今天我们就从“眼睛”这个词说起吧。When it comes to relationships,people’s eyes can be a window into their hearts.This means that their eyes can tell a lot about how they feel.I will tell a story about a man and a woman who are teachers at the same school.The woman is interested in the man.She uses many methods to catch his eye,or get him to notice her.Once he sets eyes