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发表于 2009-5-23 12:05
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homework
now,the voa special english program words and their story.
people use their mouth for many things.they eat,talk,shout,sing,smile and kiss.
in the english there are many expressions using the word "mouth" but some of them are not so nice.for example,if you say bad things about person,the person might protoast and say "do you not bad mouthly".people say something to a friend or family member,that's the later regret because it hurts that person feelings or they tell the person something they were not supposes to tell. the speaker might say "really put my full mind mouth this time",if this should happen,the speaker might feel down in the mouth, in other word,he might xxx he said xxxx the wrong thing.
another situation is when someone xxxx another person xxx something,the other person might protest "i didn't say that,do you not put worried words in my mouth".information is often spread through world now,this is general communication between in people,like friends talking to each other.
"how did you hear about that new movie? someone might ask."oh,by word of mouth," a more official way get information is through company or goverment mouth piece.this is an official spokes person,goverment run media could also be called a mouth piece.sometimes when one person is speaking,he says the same thing that his friend was going to say.when this happens,the friend might say "you talk the words right out of my mouth".sometimes a person has a bad or unpleasent experience with another person,he might say"that experience left bad taste in my mouth".or the person might have had a very frighting experience,like beening chased by a angry dog, he might say"i have my heart in my mouth".
some people have a lots of money because they were boring into a very rich family,there is an expession for this too,you might say "such a person was boring with a silver xxxx in his mouth".this rich person is the oppsite of the person who lives from hand to mouth,this person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in the life,like food.
parents might sometimes with hold sweet food for much child as for a publishment,for saying bad things. for example,if a child says things she should not say to his parents,she might be descriped as a xxx child. the parents migh even tell the child to stop xxx off,but enough off this talk,i have been running my mouth,long enough.
words and their stories in voa special english was written by jill moss |
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