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American English, like all languages, has plenty of colorful expressions. Today, let's talk about some common expressions about “rain” and “cloud”. 1. Most of you have heard the expression “rain cats and dogs”. We use it when it is raining very, very hard. In other words, we use this expression when it is pouring. For example, it is raining cats and dogs, so we have to put off our picnic. The expression about rain but beyond “rain” itself 2. The expression about cloud 3. For example, if I'm living under a cloud, it means I'm under the deep sadness. However, if you add a few extra words to the expression, the meaning changes greatly. 4. Even for people living under a dark cloud, there is always something hopeful. And that brings us to our last expression—every cloud has a silver lining. 5.
A.The expression about heavy rain B.The expression about dark cloud C.Sometimes, a person is under a cloud. That means he or she meets something bad. D.We have another useful expression about hard rain—When it rains, it pours! This means that when something bad happens, other bad things happen soon after. We often say this after someone describes a lot of bad things which happen one after another. E.For example, Jim had cars accident. He wasn't badly hurt but his car was damaged so badly that it couldn't be fixed. He began to talk to the other driver. They found that they shared the love of old cars. So, they became good friends. Just as the saying goes, “Every cloud has a silver lining！”
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偶遇龙卷风 While vacationing last summer, my brother and I were out in the middle of the lake on our rowboat, having a great time. We were about one kilometre away from our campsite _____ the wind picked up and bad weather rolled in. “_____！” my brother called. “Let's get out of here before the storm hits.” We _____ to row back to the beach. But we soon found that the _____ was very strong, and we were moving slowly. Over the treetops where our camp was, we _____ clusters of clouds floating above. They were very dark. “It's going to be a terrible storm，” shouted my _____. The winds were strong now. There was a strange green color in the clouds as they raced _____ above us. Try as we might, we could make no headway against the powerful force. Just then, my brother came up _____a good idea. Since we obviously couldn't make it back to shore against the wind, we could simply go with the wind and let it push our _____ to the other shore. We turned the boat around and began to row as ______ as we could. The little rowboat had never travelled so fast! We ______ the beach and stood there, watching the sky. It was then that I saw the scariest thing ever. From the sky came a long stream of cloud, shaping like a funnel. We realized ______ we were seeing a tornado! We watched the tornado touch down and sweep across our campsite. If we had made it back to the camp, who knows what would have happened to ______！ Our site was ruined, but we weren't hurt. We were very ______. I learned about the incredible ______ of nature that day. It's something that I will never forget.
1.A.before B.if C.though D.when 2.A.Come on B.Go away C.Hurry up D.Keep off 3.A.learned B.started C.used D.finished 4.A.wind B.rain C.snow D.storm 5.A.felt B.touched C.sounded D.saw 6.A.father B.brother C.mother D.sister 7.A.shyly B.sadly C.happily D.angrily 8.A.with B.in C.on D.under 9.A.coat B.boat C.glasses D.books 10.A.strongly B.quietly C.slowly D.fast 11.A.reached B.found C.remembered D.looked 12.A.where B.that C.what D.who 13.A.us B.him C.her D.them 14.A.clever B.kind C.lucky D.helpful 15.A.story B.result C.power D.influence
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Joey was a boy. He was born with clubfeet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk normally—but would 1. run very well. In seventh grade, he decided 2. go out for the crosscountry team. Every day he trained with the team. He worked harder and ran more 3. any of the others. Perhaps he realized his weakness. He continued to run four to five miles 4. day, even when he had a bad fever. Two weeks later, the names of the team runners 5. called. Joey was number six on the list. He succeeded. He was in seventh grade and the other members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn't do it. But he just did it successfully.
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