Animal Imagery in Language

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Unit 1 Animal
Imagery in Language
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• Paragraph 1
• ? . . . certain animals seem to have . . .
• ? . . . it seems that certain animals have
  specific characteristics.

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• ? As . . . , and cranes are said to symbolize . .
  .
• ? as conj. ????
• ? Do in Rome as the Romans do.
• ( ???? )
• ? . . . cranes are said to symbolize . . .
• ? . . . it is said that cranes symbolize
  long life.
• N is (are) said to V
• It is said that N Vs

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• is/are
• It is said/believed (that) S (that) S V .
  . .
• 
  was/were/V-ed . . .
• ?S be said/believed to be/V/have Ven . . .

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• Paragraph 2
• ? as quiet as a mouse ?????
• ? My brother has been as quiet as a
• mouse since he came home last night.

as poor as a church mouse ?????
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• N be used to V
• ( ??? )
• ? However, if . . . , an elephant would be . . .
• ? however adv. ??,??
• ? It was raining. However, we still went
• shopping.
• ? ??if??????,would????
• ??????,?????????

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• ? As a result, a teacher may say, The students
  are . . . like a herd of elephants . . .
• ? as a result ??
• therefore
• consequently
• as a consequence
• hence
• ? a herd of??????,?????
• ?

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• ? Whats more, if a person . . . , it means . . .
  ????,if???????,???? ????,????????,??????????????
  ?? If you throw a stone into the lake, it
  sinks.

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• Paragraph 3
• ?another elephant-related expression
• another expression which is related to
  elephants
• N -related????????,
• ??animal-related?
• family-related?
• culture-related?
• pollutionrelated?

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• ?Originally, jumbo was the word for elephant
  in an African language.
• ? A is the word for B
• ? A is taken as B (???)
• ? since conj. ??,??
• ? more and more ????

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• ? . . . has come to share the meaning . . .
• come to do something ??(???) ? After having
  lived in Taiwan for 15 years, the
• foreigner came to think of himself as a
  Taiwanese.

?cat????????? let the cat out of the bag
???? fight like cat and dog ????????? rain cats
and dogs ????? A cat has nine lives.
??????(?????)
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• ?dog?????????
• not have a dogs chance ????
• lead/live a dogs life ?????
• dog eat dog ????
• a dog in the manger ?????????
• Love me, love my dog. ?????
• ?sheep?lion?lamb?????????
• a wolf in sheeps clothing ??????(????)
• like sheep ???
• a lamb to the slaughter ????
• the lions share ????????

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• Paragraph 4
• ? . . . gives others the impression that . . .
• give sb an impression ?????
• ? make an impression on sb
• ? that??????,???????
• ???????impression?

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• ? When you call . . . , you mean that the person
  . . .
• ? call A B
• ? that?????????????
• mean????

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• ? . . . is always working or busy with something
  . . . ? be always V-ing ??????????
• ?????,???????????
• ? Sam is always boasting about how
• smart he is.? be busy with N/(in
  ) V-ing ??(???)
• ? Jason is busy with/(in) doing his
  homework.

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• Paragraph 5
• aside from besides (???? )
• except ( ????? )
• many sayings that . . . make English an
  interesting language . . .
• make O OC (N/adj.)
• ? Ms. Lees patience makes her a
• good teacher.
• ? The good news made us happy.

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• . . . plays a part in different languages. play
  a part/role in sth ??????? ?? To many people,
  religion plays a part in
• helping them find peace of mind.

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• ? It not only . . . , but also . . .
• not only A but also B??????????
• ?not only . . . but also . . .
  ??????,?A?B????????????A?B????,?????B????
• ? Not only you but also James likes to go
• hiking.