时间:2018-12-07 作者:英语课 分类:语言小点心


英语课

1. If people get on like a house on fire, they:


a) argue and fight with each other all the time


b) have a very good, friendly relationship 1


c) are in danger


2) This expression 2 is:


a) positive


b) negative


Today on Language Snacks we take a look at the expression get on like a house on fire. Let’s listen to the dialogue.


A: Hi, how's it going with your new boyfriend 3?


B: Daniel? Oh, great. He met my parents for the first time yesterday actually.


A: Oh really? I bet 4 you were nervous about that. What happened?


B: Well, they all got on like a house on fire!


A: Really?


B: Yes! Daniel and dad were talking about football for hours! And my mum kept laughing at all of Daniel's jokes!


Although we can sometimes guess the meaning of a new English expression, other times we have to be a bit careful. The expression get on like a house on fire, for example, sounds like it might be negative as most of us associate 5 fire and burning with danger and destruction 6. However, some students are surprised to learn that if you get on like a house on fire, you actually have a very close and good relationship with someone.


And that's it for now – join us again for some more Language Snacks.


B A



1 relationship
n.关系,联系;家属关系,亲属关系
  • Is there any relationship between them?它们之间有联系吗?
  • Robert has a friendly relationship with his customers.罗伯特和他的客户之间关系处得很好。
2 expression
n.表达,表示,表现,表情,措辞,词句
  • He looked at me without expression.他毫无表情地看着我。
  • Her face was without expression.她的脸上没有表情。
3 boyfriend
n.男朋友
  • The girl was so angry that she hung up on her boyfriend.那姑娘一气之下挂断了男朋友的电话。
  • My boyfriend gathered some beautiful flowers for me. 我的男朋友为我采来一些美丽的花。
4 bet
v.打赌,以(与)...打赌;n.赌注,赌金;打赌
  • I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说,你解决不了这个难题。
  • I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。
5 associate
vt.使发生联系,使联合;把…联想起来;vi.交往,结交;n.合伙人,同事;adj.副的
  • I always associate that song with my visit to Hawaii.听到那支歌我就会联想到我的夏威夷之行。
  • I don't associate the two ideas.这两个概念我联系不起来。
6 destruction
n.破坏,毁灭,消灭
  • The enemy bombs caused widespread destruction.敌人的炸弹造成大面积的破坏。
  • Overconfidence was his destruction.自负是他垮台的原因。
学英语单词
ability to focus
adenoy
alnico V magnet
anisotropic field
apophysis lenticularis
Argun River
auscultative
ban phot
bananery
baroduric bacteria
basic speed
Batéké, Plat.
bottom-up reasoning
bowders
buh-bye
Cambulo
cfsp
chalbaud
clear finishing varnish
cleartext-ciphertext expansion
coefficient of viscosity of steam
collision risk
D-Arabinonolactonase
Dawbarn
demonial
double-walled bell jar
duct void examination by vacuum pressure test
edge-to-edge
fat content
fetissero
film badge
Finestrat
fluorellestadite
fragrant weed
frozen shoulder
gingerly
high-lows
hobby bobby
HOQ
in the end
interior drainage(inland drainage)
internal boring
investor confidence
iron link chain
Jerico Springs
Kalidium schrenkianum
knobel
land line teletype writer
Les Rousses
Lombard houses
macro paused
magnetic record file
mastoid sinus
medium capacity memory
meter-candle-second
military drafe law
miniature cuckoo clock pendulum rod
northmost
obtenebration
open-minded
overtitled
palladious
partial draining
portable cold store
power cables
prickled
pses
quenched blast furnace slag
re-sel
real-time on-site monitoring
refrigerating fluid
repeated bending tester
reserve for exchange loss
ricinoleyl alcohol
right of sanctuary
rotation coefficients
routine test jack
Rub/vac(live)
Scyllaridea
smale
solid dielectric variable capacitor
solid skirt piston
spilonota lechriaspis meyrick
stand security for
strut-type
synchronizing switch
T and G connection
talavera
tanenblatt
Tegiano
tendon of heel
thick-beded
three-state gate
traffic actuation detector
tragacanth synthetic
transducer evaluation facility
two-way loading transport
vertical seismic profile log
vestibular bulbar artery
virtual direct access
waterproof hose assembly
woodilin