All-around American idioms - Beginner's Edition

Author: [USA] Bai Anzhu
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is personally written by Bai Anzhu, a graduate of the Harvard University Education Master's program, ensuring you learn authentic American idioms and gain a better, comprehensive understanding of the cultural connotations of English! The idioms selected in this book cover a wide range of topics, including everyday expressions and situational idioms, allowing you to communicate seamlessly and comprehensively with foreign friends through this shortcut. Various practical scenarios are used, such as winning, parties, and more, making it absolutely practical! 150 basic English idioms and phrases are paired with engaging dialogues and exercises, bringing idioms and phrases 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 connotations. 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' understanding 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. Five reading comprehension questions are provided after the story.