Question

    How do you feel just when you are going to make a speech in front of people? Usually, your heart beats very fast and you have an unusual feeling in your stomach, don’t you? It’s almost like butterflies（蝴蝶）flying in your stomach. This feeling is expressed in the idiom(习语) “have butterflies in your stomach”. It means being so nervous that you feel like there are butterflies dancing in your stomach.

Americans often use this idiom to describe how they are feeling when they walk onto a stage （舞台）and make an important speech or perform in front of people. Actors also say they have butterflies in their stomachs before they see their movies on the theater screen. They are so nervous and excited at the same time that their hearts are beating very fast and there seem to be many butterflies in their stomachs. Before students take a big test, they describe their feelings with this idiom.

When you are saying, “I have butterflies in my stomach”, your friends may tell you, “Pay no attention to those butterflies”.

1.When you are going to make a speech in front of people, your heart usually beats very

________________.

2.“Have butterflies in your stomach. ” means that you are very ___________.

3.Actors also say they ________________ in their stomachs before they see their movies.

4.You can use this idiom to describe your __________________ when you take a big test.

5.Translate “pay no attention to those butterflies” into Chinese. ________________________.

Answer

1.fast

2.nervous/excited

3.have butterflies

4.feeling(s)

5.不要紧张/没关系/放松些

【解析】

本文讲述了人们在紧张的时候会心跳加速，就像是蝴蝶在胃里飞来飞去，美国人经常用这个习语来表达自己很紧张或很激动。

1.

根据第一段中“Usually, your heart beats very fast…”可知，当你要去给人们做演讲的时候，你的心跳会很快。故填fast。

2.

根据第二段中“They are so nervous and excited at the same time…”可知，这句话的意思是“你特别的紧张或激动”。故填nervous/excited。

3.

根据第二段中“Actors also say they have butterflies in their stomachs before they see their movies on the theater screen.”可知，演员们在看他们的电影之前，也会说他们的胃里会有蝴蝶。故填have butterflies。

4.

根据第二段中“Before students take a big test, they describe their feelings with this idiom.”可知，在学生参加大考之前，他们用这个成语来描述自己的感受，your表示“你的，你们的”，所以此处可以使用feeling或feelings。故填feeling(s)

5.

根据第第一段中“It means being so nervous that you feel like there are butterflies dancing in your stomach.”可知，当你感觉太紧张，你会觉得肚子里有蝴蝶在跳舞，所以此处those butterflies代指“紧张的感觉”，pay no attention to表示“不注意，置之不理”，所以Pay no attention to those butterflies可以翻译为“不要紧张/没关系/放松些”。故填不要紧张/没关系/放松些。