您现在的位置是:首页 > 英语口语 > 常用英语口语练习 正文 英语口语练习 Unit80:Skating on thin ice铤而走险 2007-08-26来源: 音频下载[保存到本地收听] 本单元是关于铤而走险的对话Alice: Are you enjoying yourself, Helen? Helen: Do you know what? I'm having a really good time. Thanks for dragging me out, guys.Tim: It's just nice to see you smiling, Helen.Helen: Hey, is that Paul over there?Tim: Hey yeah, it is him, isn't it?Helen: It is, you know, but who's that with him? Are they his kids? Alice? Has Paul got children?Alice: Yes, he's got two children actually.Tim: So that means he's got a wife.Alice: They're not together any more, and they're getting a divorce.Tim: Are you sure about that?Alice: Well, that's what he told me, and I believe him. He's a good man.Helen: Ooh, Alice, you're skating on very thin ice.Alice: Maybe I am Helen, but I can't let him go.Helen: You really love him, don't you?Alice: Helen, I really do.Vocabulary 字汇 dragging me out 勉强带出去making me go out with you even though I didn't really want todivorce (n) 离婚a fomp3al, legal separation of husband and wifeskating on very thin ice (idiom) 冒险taking a big risk本单元的语言点是关于 ice 的习语,请看下面的解释和例句Idioms with 'ice' Idioms 习惯用语Idioms use language metaphorically. This means that the meaning of an idiom is not the same as the meanings of the individual words in the idiom. For example, if you 'go down memory lane' it means you think about the past (the metaphorical meaning), not that you walk down a street called 'memory Lane' (the literal meaning).Idioms are fixed groups of words. This means that the wording of an idiom can not be changed. For example, you can say 'go down memory lane', but you can't say 'go down memory street'. Idioms are often verb phrases, for example: 'go down memory lane' but they can also be nouns: 'memory lane' is an idiomatic noun which refers to the idea of memories and nostalgia.Idioms with 'ice' 和'冰'有关的习惯用语to skate on thin ice:To take a big risk. This verb is often used in the continuous fomp3.He's having a secret relationship with a married woman: I've told him that he's skating on thin ice, but he won't listen to me.to be on thin ice:This has the same meaning as to skate on thin ice - to take a big risk.They knew that publishing the article meant that they were on thin ice.to break the ice:To make people who have not met before feel more relaxed and comfortable with each other.Experienced teachers usually start a new class with a game to break the ice.an ice-breaker:An activity which helps people who have not met before to feel more relaxed and comfortable with each other.As an ice-breaker, we wrote an interesting fact about ourselves on a piece of paper. The teacher read out all the facts, and we had to guess which person had written which fact.to cut no ice with someone:To fail to have an influence on someone's beliefs or actions.She made a lot of excuses for her bad behaviour, but they cut no ice with me.to put something on ice:to ice something:to be on ice:These idioms have the same meaning: to stop doing something temporarily, with a plan to finish or complete it later.The plans for the new building have been put on ice until next year.The plans for the new building have been iced until next year.The plans for the new building are on ice until next year. 本栏目更多同类内容 扫码关注和谐英语微信公众号,第一时间获取最新学习资料 或公众号搜索myhxen 上一篇 英语口语练习 Unit81:Hello stranger和陌生人攀谈 下一篇 英语口语练习 Unit79:Stop moping不要愁眉苦脸 相关文章 英语口语学习练习 Unit1:At the airport英语口语练习 Unit68:Is the cat ill? 那只猫病了吗?英语口语练习 Unit70:Heartbreak for Alice?心烦意乱的Alice英语口语练习 Unit69:The art gallery 画廊英语口语练习 Unit72:Christmas Shopping圣诞节购物英语口语练习 Unit71:Paul confesses 保罗坦露真相英语口语练习 Unit74:Alone at New Year独自过新年英语口语练习 Unit73:Holiday plans 度假打算英语口语练习 Unit76:A new flatmate新房客伙伴英语口语练习 Unit75:Paul's explanation Paul 的解释