Phải phân biệt ngay những dấu hiệu về thì, những câu phủ định, câu nghi dụ : Qua những câu đối đáp dưới đây bạn phải tập nhận ra ngay câu nào là phủ định và câu nào là câu nghi vấn | LESSON 16 Bob Brings the Cookies to the Village LESSON 17 Carol Tells Bob the Good LESSON 18 Everyone Bakes LESSON 19 Nicole s Close LESSON 20 Bob Gets an Angry Call from REVIEW LESSONS 16-20. .125 LESSON 21 Susan Gets a Surprise LESSON 22 Susan Shares the Good LESSON 23 Bob Has a Surprise LESSON 24 Amber Writes a LESSON 25 Ted Brings Home More Good REVIEW LESSONS CHALLENGE CROSSWORD ANSWER t Introduction If you already speak some English and now would like to speak more like a native you ve found the right book. One of the keys to speaking like a native is the ability to use and understand casual expressions or idioms. American English is full of idioms. You won t learn these expressions in a standard textbook. But you will hear them all the time in everyday conversations. You ll also meet them in books newspapers magazines and TV shows. This book will help you understand and use idioms better. It contains over 300 of today s most common idioms. Idioms add color to the language. Master idioms and your speech will be less awkward less foreign. You ll also understand more of what you read and hear. Often a student of English tries to translate idioms word-for-word or literally. If you do this you can end up asking What could this possibly mean This is why idioms are difficult they work as groups of words not as individual words. If you translate each word on its own you ll miss the meaning and in many cases end up with nonsense. As an example let s take one of the idioms presented in this book out of this world. This expression is often used to describe delicious food. If you have a party and you serve a delicious chicken dish your American friend might tell you This chicken is out of this world Start translating the expression word-for-word and you ll have to ask yourself What world is it in and Why is she even commenting on
