用包含动物名称的英语表达描述人类生活场景
每年的 3 月 3 日是联合国大会(United Nations General Assembly)设立的“世界野生动植物日 World Wildlife Day”,它旨在提高人们对野生动植物的认识。你喜欢动物吗?英语里有不少包含动物名称的短语、习语。这些短语通常利用自然界里动物的习性来映射人类生活中的场景。比如:用“the lion's share 狮子的份额” 表示“最大的份额”。做下面六道题,考考自己对此类短语的理解。 1. If Jane gets 75% of the cake, and John gets 25%, you can say ______. a) Jane got the lion's share b) John got the lion's share c) Jane got the tiger's share d) John got the tiger's share 2. If there is a big problem which is very important but nobody wants to talk about it, we can say that there is: ______. a) an octopus around the light b) an elephant in the room c) a tiger under the bed d) a zebra in the kitchen 3. This idiom means you are going to pay very close attention to someone's behaviour. a) to watch like a tiger b) to watch like a lion c) to watch like a shark d) to watch like a hawk 4. Someone bad who is pretending to be good can be described as ______. a) a tiger in a clown's hat b) a wolf in sheep's clothing c) a scorpion in a jacket d) a wasp in a bee's coat 5. Without my glasses, I can't see anything. I'm ______. a) as blind as a mole b) as short-sighted as a zebra c) as blind as a bat d) as short-sighted as a snake 6. Someone who is very clumsy is like ______. a) a lion in kindergarten b) a fish in a barrel c) a rabbit in headlights d) a bull in a china shop 答案 1) a, 2) b, 3) d, 4) b, 5) c, 6) d. |