Unit 2 Growing pains Word powerAmerican vs British EnglishcolloquialismsPresentation Am.Br.vocabularyAm.Br.spellingfallautumnvacationholidaygaspetrolgarbagerubbishcollegeuniversitysubwayundergroundcolorfavorcentertravelingcolourfavourcentretravelling汽油垃圾大学地铁秋天假期颜色恩惠中心旅游pronunciation Am.Br.again[ә’gein] [ә’gen ]clerk[klә:k][klα:k ]dance[dæns ] [ dα:ns]grammarAm.Br.She has an interesting bookShe has got an interesting book.Vocabulary extensionAnswers for Part B:1.She is good at gardening.2. He is very clumsy.3. That is like criticizing someone else for a fault you have yourself.4. It is raining heavily.5. Don’t exaggerate something.Lead -in1.Though you are busy, could you just lend me an ear for a moment?2.If Huston rockets can win this basketball game by twenty points, I will eat my hat.3.I ‘ve never expected lily to act as cool as a cucumber in the traffic accident.4.All the family members come to persuade Jim to change his idea, but he is as stubborn as a mule( 骡子 ).5.As a green hand , Robert nearly drove into the grocery( 食品杂货店 ) on roadside.6.Because Tod failed in his maths exam, he was as quiet as a mouse when his father scolded him.It means: to listen and pay attention toIt means: You are 100 percent certain that something will happen.It means :very calm and controlled in difficult situations.It means : refusing to change one’s opinion It means: one who is new in a certain fieldIt means: making very little noiseExercisesFill in the blanks by using the following colloquialisms.lend me an ear eat my hat a no-brainer a wet blanket pull my leg green fingers rain cats and dogs green hand make a mountain out of a molehill as quiet as a mouse 1. Kate, don't be_______________ at the p...
