Literal meaning or Non-literal meaning

Multi-word verbs (phrasal verbs)

动词短语 ( 动词词组）

字面意思 or 非字面意思

Dialogue—In a mess

complain to sb. of/about sth.

向某人抱怨某事某物

feed—fed—fed (喂）

be fed up with: non-literal: eg. I am fed up with the food in the school canteen.

( meaning:dislike and can’t stand)讨厌，受不了

be fed up with= can’t put up with

天哪，我实在是受不了她那么长的讲话。 My God, I am really fed up with her long talk.

crow’s feet: lines round the corner of the eyes

鱼尾纹

eg: Miss Yu hates crow’s feet.

play gooseberry (充当电灯泡）

Hei!

“Silly boy, Don’t you think that you’re playing gooseberry?

We can’t only depend on the literal meaning

（字面意思 ).Instead, we may guess the true

meaning in the context.( 上下文）

weather

date

diarycloudy Nov.3

Although we’re required to wear school uniforms every day, I __________________ the boring color and style. So yesterday, I went to school in my own sporting-clothes instead of my uniform.Unluckily, I _____________ Ms Hong. You know what? She ______________________ me angrily. She said that I went against the school rule. I felt so sad and upset that I ________________. When she saw my tears, she let me go, but she warned me not to _____________________what she said.------Oh, my God!!

am fed up with

ran intopointed her finger at

broke down

turn a deaf ear to

be fed up with

can’t put up with

对 ----受不了啦

run into: to meet with somebody by chance or unexpectedly

I ran into Mr Lu at the cinema-

gate last Sunday, and he paid for my ticket .

point one’s finger at sb.:

After the match, the angry football fans pointed their fingers at the head coach.

criticize sb openly ( 指责某人）

break down:

break down: stop working 出现故障，坏了

Hearing the poor result of her exam, Xiangjie broke down.

His car broke down on the way to work.

If Mr Lu’s car ____________in the morning, he will be ________, but I will be __________, because I can have enough ___________to copy homework.How great!

breaks down

late/sad happy

time

lose control of one’s feelings and cry loud

turn a deaf ear to: refuse to listen to , forget sb’s advice on purpose

I always turn a deaf ear to my mother’s advice on my study.

置若罔闻，对 --- 置之不理

Stylish uniforms个性涂鸦，让乏味的校服时尚起来！

Put the whole passage into 4 parts and conclude each part

A) DIY—graffiti

B) A good idea by Shandong students

C) Sometimes ， boring school uniforms are hardly acceptable.

D) Advantages of graffiti on the uniform(Why do they use

graffiti?)

3

1

4

2

Summary of the passage 梗概

Perhaps you don’t like your school uniform as it is too

b__________. However, the DIY of various graffiti helps to

a_______ color and life to your uniform. As a result, graffiti

make the uniform f____________

oring

dd

ashionable

·DIY-It’s up to me!

Only me!

come up with

stand out

fade with time

turn to

Come up with

1. Mum came up with my school uniform and

let me put it on.

2. She came up with a good idea on how to make

the uniform cool.

(literal meaning)

(non-literal)想出来

拿着 --- 走上前来

Stand out

1. As I refused to wear school uniform, MrLu made me leave the classroom and I had to stand out.

2. No doubt, LiuNian’s English stands out in our class.

(literal meaning)

(non-literal) 出类拔萃

站在外面

fade with time

• Our blue uniforms fade with time, so please don’t wash them too often.

• Mr Lu has become my good friend, and our friendship will never fade with time.

(non-literal)

(literal meaning) lose color

disappear from memory

turn to

1. If you want to see this year’s coolest school uniform,please open this magazine and turn to page 8.

2. If you want to buy new school uniforms , turn to your class teacher, he may help

you. (non-literal)

(literal meaning)翻到

求助于

Multi-word verbs （ phrasal verbs ）

Work in pairs. In the following pairs of sentences, which multi-word verb has a literal meaning, and which has a non-literal meaning ? What is the non-literal meaning? Turn to your teacher if necessary.

动词词组

MaoYing saw a 100 note-money on the road, he picked it up and put it into his own pocket.

He picked up some Spanish quite quickly when he was living in Spain.

Put out your cigarette before you go into class.

In Britain, people always put out the milk bottles for the milkman

Shortly after the firemen came, the fire was put out.

In Britain, people usually put out the milk bottles for the milkman.

Wukong looked up the road but he couldn’t see TangSeng, which worried him vey much.

Please look up the word in the dictionary, where you may find its meaning.

Mike! Are you upstairs? Could you bring up my bag?

She brought up three children on her own.

Ms Hong is full of energy,and she is never worn out.

Remember, underwears and pajamas should not be worn out.

I ran into a friend of mine in the bookshop yesterday. We were classmates in the past. He was a top student in our class. His English stood out in our class. He was very helpful and I always turned to him when I was in trouble. Then he came up with a good idea and we chatted happily in a café for two hours. I think our friendship will never fade with time.

动词词组 play an important part in the English language, so, let’s love them, but before that, love your dictionary,and love reading and speaking.