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课件网) English in Mind 4 Second edition Unit 9 Language Lesson 2 02 Grammar & Vocabulary Complete the table with the words in the box. word drift catch lost pick understood got caught managed to pick out everything a lot / the gist (of it / of what they said) the 1 _____ some (of it / of what she said) couldn’t 2 _____ out didn’t 3 _____ didn’t get didn’t understand very much a 4 _____ (of it / of what they said) anything (at all) He / She 5 _____ me completely. It was totally incomprehensible. drift pick catch word lost 02 Grammar & Vocabulary 1 A: Did they enjoy your talk B: I don’t think so. I don’t think they _____ a word of what I said. 2 A: What’s he saying now B: I don’t know. It’s too noisy in here. I _____ anything at all. 3 A: Did you understand the lesson B: I think so. Well, I _____ she said. But not everything. understood can’t make out understood / got a lot of what Complete the dialogues. Use the correct form of the expressions from Exercise 6b. Sometimes there is more than one possibility. 02 Grammar & Vocabulary 4 A: I really didn’t understand that. My German isn’t good enough. B: Nor mine. I managed to _____ , but that’s all. 5 A: Wow! That talk was difficult to understand. B: It was. I _____– I mean, he was talking about science – but that’s all I understood! 6 A: Did you understand him B: No! He _____ from the very beginning! Complete the dialogues. Use the correct form of the expressions from Exercise 6b. Sometimes there is more than one possibility. get / catch / pick out a few words understood / got / caught the gist lost me / was totally incomprehensible 02 Grammar & Vocabulary 1 sign language = the system of hand and body movements that deaf people use to communicate There’s a deaf girl in our street – it’s amazing to watch her talking to her friends in sign language. 2 slang = very informal language, usually spoken rather than written ‘Lolly’ is slang for ‘money’ in some parts of England. 3 an idiom = a group of words in a fixed order that have a particular meaning, different from what the words on their own mean To ‘bite off more than you can chew’ is an idiom in English. It means to try to do something which is too difficult for you. Understanding language 02 Grammar & Vocabulary 4 a cliché = an expression that is very often used, so it’s not original or interesting My wedding day – and I know it’s a cliché – was just the happiest day of my life. 5 bad language = language that many people think is rude or unacceptable My father always says that there’s too much bad language on television. 6 to swear = to use rude or offensive words My mother was very angry when a man in the street swore at her. 7 a slogan = a short and easily remembered phrase, especially one used to advertise an idea or a product In his campaign to become president, Barack Obama used the slogan ‘Yes, we can’. 02 Grammar & Vocabulary 8 to speak the same language ... ...
