eg: You can bring up your own opinion in the meeting 2.助记】brng$bψp养育某人; bring sb/ sth up to sth使达到(认可的水平) save from: preserve a person or thing from harm or loss eg: I saved the animals from the flood 【助记】 save up攒钱; save sth for sb/sth给……,留着; save on sth节省 Section b The Trashman I Background Information This passage, a diary was written by a trashman. He kept a habit of saying hello to people he met on his job but got, if any, some very bad replies. For example, one lady just turned away and locked the door when she heard the greeting. Many people have negative opinions about trashmen such as"they are dirty".The writer thought that trashman's job is very important and he was very proud of it. He went on to say that people should show their respect for trashmen II Reading Skills: Guessing the Meanings of Idiomatic Expressions Introduction: The meaning of idiomatic expressions can be very hard even impossible- to guess. Word formations in dictionaries don't always help, and can even fool us entirely! Idioms grow out of events and usage within the specific culture, important in some instances-as( than )learning the words if we are to achieve truly effective communication. To help us to understand idiomatic expressions in a reading assage, one must be good at 1) searching for context clues 2) king at examples if ther 3) locating opposite or similar phrase Exercises. see P123 III Language points 1. wicked: adj. evil; serious or very severe eg: a wicked witch, a wicked lie, wicked winter weather, wicked prices(离谱的价格 2. trash: n rubbish, bad guy, valueless artistic work eg: Hes a trash 3. continuous: a. going on without stopping or being interrupted eg: The patient should be given continuous care 辨析 Continuous continual Continual表示中间有间断的连续 4. tremble: Vi shake involuntarily: shake slightly be very anxious n feeling, movement or sound of trembling eg: The leaves are trembling in the wind 5. dump: vt put( sth unwanted)in a place and leave as rubbish; sell abroad at a very low priceeg: You can bring up your own opinion in the meeting. 【助记】bring sb up 养育某人； bring sb／sth up to sth 使达到（认可的水平） 21. save from: preserve a person or thing from harm or loss eg: I saved the animals from the flood. 【助记】 save up 攒钱；save sth for sb ／sth 给……留着；save on sth 节省 Section B The Trashman I. Background Information This passage, a diary was written by a trashman. He kept a habit of saying hello to people he met on his job but got, if any, some very bad replies. For example, one lady just turned away and locked the door when she heard the greeting. Many people have negative opinions about trashmen such as “they are dirty”. The writer thought that trashman’s job is very important and he was very proud of it. He went on to say that people should show their respect for trashmen. II Reading Skills: Guessing the Meanings of Idiomatic Expressions Introduction: The meaning of idiomatic expressions can be very hard — even impossible — to guess. Word formations in dictionaries don’t always help, and can even fool us entirely! Idioms grow out of events and usage within the specific culture, which is why learning the cultural behavior is as important— and maybe more important in some instances —as ( than ) learning the words if we are to achieve truly effective communication. To help us to understand idiomatic expressions in a reading passage, one must be good at: 1) searching for context clues 2) looking at examples if there are any 3) finding explanations if there are any 4) locating opposite or similar phrase Exercises: see P123 III Language Points 1. wicked: adj. evil; serious or very severe eg：a wicked witch, a wicked lie, wicked winter weather, wicked prices(离谱的价格) 2. trash: n. rubbish, bad guy, valueless artistic work eg: He’s a trash. 3. continuous: a. going on without stopping or being interrupted eg: The patient should be given continuous care. [辨析]continuous continual Continual 表示中间有间断的连续 4. tremble：vi. shake involuntarily；shake slightly ;be very anxious n. feeling, movement or sound of trembling. eg: The leaves are trembling in the wind. 5. dump: vt. put( sth unwanted) in a place and leave as rubbish; sell abroad at a very low price