All-around American idioms: Intermediate version: Intermediate version

Author: Bai Anzhu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is personally written by Bai Anzhu, a Master of Education from Harvard University in the United States, ensuring you learn authentic American idioms and gain a better, all-around understanding of the cultural connotations of English! The book selects a wide range of American idioms, including everyday expressions and situational idioms, allowing you to communicate seamlessly and comprehensively with foreign friends. Various practical scenarios are used, such as winning the lottery, attending parties, and more, making it absolutely practical! The book pairs 150 basic English idioms and expressions with engaging dialogues and exercises, bringing idioms and expressions to life. This book is specially designed to help readers learn 150 English idioms quickly and enjoyably. Each chapter introduces 5 new idioms through an interesting dialogue. The dialogues use natural spoken English, and by presenting how Americans respond in different situations, they enhance readers' understanding of cultural nuances. Next, each idiom is accompanied by a meaning explanation. 3 sentence patterns are provided to improve fluency in spoken English. The following 2 idiomatic exercises are designed to test learners' comprehension and application of idioms. Every 5 chapters include a reading unit, featuring an interesting story that uses all the idioms introduced in the previous 5 chapters, followed by 5 reading comprehension questions.