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American English has its own idioms. Let’s say you buy something in a shop. And you pay for it, you say: this cost
an arm and a leg! What do you really mean by
(say) so? Do you have to give them an arm and a leg? I hope not. Let’s listen to an American English conversation
(see) if we can find out what this means.
A: Did you buy that new computer?
B: Yeah, I did. But I (buy) it.
A: Why do you say so? Is there anything wrong with it?
B: Not exactly, but , as a matter of fact, it cost the way more than I (expect) it to be.
A: did you pay for it?
B: Let me just tell you it cost an arm and a leg.
When you say in American English that something costs an arm and a leg, it actually means that price is very, very high, much
(high)than we can expect. If you use this idiom in the United States, everyone will understand you. But this is a(n)
phrase, so don’t use it in a formal business setting.
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When I was in elementary school, I always argued with a boy in my class. I have forgotten what the ______ (argue) was about, but I have never forgotten the lesson I learnt that day.
I was convinced that “I” was right and “he” was wrong but he argued that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided to teach us ____ very important lesson. She__
__ (bring) us up to the front of the class and placed the boy on the side of her desk and me on the other. In the middle of her desk, there was a large ___
___ round object. She asked the boy what color the object was. “White”, he answered. I couldn’t believe ___
___he said, because it was ___
__(obvious) black! Another conflict started __
__ him and me, but this time it was about color of the object. The teacher told me to stand in the place ___
__the boy had been standing. We changed the place and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, “White”. It was an object with two differently colored sides. From __
__viewpoint it was white, but from my side it was black. Sometimes__
__ (look) at a problem from the other person’s view, we will come to a totally different conclusion.
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A few years ago, SARS ________ out in the mainland of China, ____
___(cause) some people to be killed. And some nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe __
____there was no time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the causes of this ___
___(dead) disease. They invited all the most _____
_____ （experience） experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. Some of the top experts then tested them to see _
______ they were available or not. Doctor Zhong Nan shan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope of picking up and had the new medicine ___
__(test) on him. ___
___ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official ,telling him this exciting news. For
__(convenient), he moved to live in his office. His method _
__（work）. Not soon after that, the other hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.
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Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, and (thousand) of kinds of animals have disappeared from the world forever. About 170 kinds in the US alone
(consider) in danger.
Why should people care? we need animals, and if they are gone, there will never be any more. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature.
(destroy) one kind of animal can create many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks (老鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed
rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied (繁殖)
(quick).
Luckily, some people are working (help) save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about
problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger. Quite a few
(country) have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animals on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger
(be) growing.
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Great progress (achieve) recently and the new robot guides at a Tokyo museum look so
(strange) human and speak so smoothly that they almost outdo people.
(Japan) robotics expert Ishiguro says they will be
(use) for research on how people interact with robots and on how humans are different from machines. “
(make) robots is about exploring
it means to be human,” he says, “and examining the question of what is emotion, what is awareness, and what is thinking.”
In a demonstration，the remote-controlled machines moved their pink lips time to a voice-over, twitched their eyebrows，blinked and swayed their heads from side to side. They stayed
(seat) but could move their hands.
In a clear presentation, a robot read the news without stumbling（结巴）once and recited complex tongue-twisters. The robot, designed with a girlish appearance，can use a variety of voices，such as a deep male voice one minute and a soft girly voice the next. The speech can be input by text, giving them perfect (pronounce)，according to the designers.
There were some faults-such as the lips not moving at all while the robot spoke or the Otonaroid announcer robot staying silent twice when asked to introduce itself. faults are common with robots because they are delicate and sensitive to their environment.
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From Monday to Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy __(they). Some watch TV__
go to the cinemas. Others take part in sports. There are many different ways_
(spend) their spare time.
Almost everyone has some kind of hobbies. It may be anything from collecting stamps to making model airplanes. Some hobbies are expensive, __ others don’t cost anything at all. Some _
(collect) are worth a lot of money. Others are valuable only to the owners.
I know a man who has a coin collection worth $250. He was very happy about his purchase and _ (think) the price was reasonable. _
the other hand, my youngest brother collects matchboxes. He has almost 600 of them but I doubt__
they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are __
(extreme) valuable. Nothing makes him __
(happy) than to find a new matchbox for his collection.
This is what a hobby means, I guess. It is something we like to do in our spare time simply for fun. The value in dollars is not important. We do it for the pleasure it gives.