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Module4;Module4

WhichEnglish?;ReadingPractice

ColourfulEnglish;1.Lookatthetitleofthepassage.

Whatdoyouexpectthepassage

tobeabout?;a.Englishhasahugenumberofcolourfulandsplendidexpressionswhichmaybedifficulttounderstand.;b.Idiomsarepicturesqueorabsurd

expressionconveyingaconcept

whichisdifferentformtheliteral

meaningandhavebeencommonin

Englishformanyyears.;c.Butsomeidiomsareverynewand

you’llneedtoclaritywhattheymean.

d.Manyexpressionsareadvertisingslogans.;3.Decidewhichofthesewordsyou

expecttoexpressmainideas(M)

andsupportingideas(S)inthe

passage.;M:abuseambiguousbetrayclumsy

culturalmeaningexplicit

figurativelateraloppose

potentialsocialismmusical

S:creditcardfroglawnsplendid

tank;4.Decidewherethesesentencesgo

inthepassage.;(b)Wecanclassifytheseexpressions

intofourtypes.;1)Englishhasanumberofcolourfulexpressionswhicharehardtounderstandbecause__.

a.theydon’tmakesense

b.theyareold-fashioned

c.theymayrefertoideasbeyondthe

simplemeaningofthewords

d.they’remeanttobeamusingand

exaggerated;;3)Anadvertisingsloganisprobably___.

a.anamusingsayinginadvertising

b.areplytoacustomerinashop

c.likemanyotherexpressions,anidiomoraproverb

d.anexpressionwhichisassociatedwithaproductinanadvertisement;4)Metaphoricalsignificanceis______.

a.meaningwhichdescribessomethingbyreferringtosomethingelse,withsimilarqualities

b.exaggeratedlanguageusedtodescribesomethinginadramaticway

c.usedtodescribepolitics

d.meaningwhichislikelytocauseoffence;5)Aproverb______.

a.suggestssomeoneorsomethingwhichissuperiortosomeoneorsomethingelse

b.describebehaviourandcustoms

c.isawell-knownexpress