Question

 When you learn a foreign language, one of the most difficult parts of learning it is being able to understand and use a lot of idioms(成语).3and native speakers often use them without realizing(意识到)it themselves. This may bring much trouble when making communications with native speakers.

4            An idiom is a group of words. When it is used together, it has a different meaning from the one which the single word has. For example：

—How do you know that Sid and Nancy fall in love?

―I heard it on the grapevine (葡萄藤).

  Of course, the second speaker does not mean he heard the news by putting his ear to a grapevine！He wants to express the information spreading around a widespread Internet, like a grapevine.

  5            One of the best ways to learn an idiom is by looking at the context in which it is used. This can be done by setting your mind on the rest of the sentence and try to guess the meaning. Many idioms are not difficult to understand when thinking about them in their context.

根据短文内容，完成下列任务。任务一：

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

1. What's the Chinese meaning of the sentence "I heard it on the grapevine"？

2. What's the best way to understand an English idiom?

任务二：

将下面三句话填入文中空白处，使短文内容完整、通顺。

A.   What is an idiom?

B.   But how can we understand an idiom exactly?

C.   The English language has over 15 ，000 idioms，

3._______ 4.________ 5.________

Answer 1

1.我是从小道消息听到的。

2. We should think about it in the context.

3. C 4. A 5. B