Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is also the color of most growing
小题1:
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For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the 15
th century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed.
小题2:
. By the 18
th century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.
About 100 years ago. Greenhorn was a popular expression in the west of America.
小题3:
The greenhorn lacked the skills he would need to live in the hard, rough country.
Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb.
小题4:
A person with a green thumb seems to have a magic touch that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.
Green is also the color used to describe the powerful feeling, jealousy(嫉妒). The green-eyed monster is not a frightening creature from outer space. It is an expression used about four hundred years ago by British writer William Shakespeare in his play “Othello”.
小题5:
A young man may suffer from the green-eyed monster if his girlfriend begins going out with someone else. Or, that green-eyed monster may affect your friend if you get a pay rise and she does not.
| A．The plants produced much larger crops． |
| B．The expression comes from the early 1900s |
| C．Sometimes, it describes something that is nit yet ripe or finished |
| D．Later, it meant a soldier who had not yet had any experience in battle. |
E．It was used to describe a man who adjust arrived from one of the big cities．
F．It was the result of hard work by agricultural scientists who had green thumbs．
G．It describes the unpleasant feeling a person has when someone has something he wants.
