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Our world is full of different colors: 

Our world is full of different colors

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1.What is your favourite colour? Why do you like it? 2.Why do different people have different ideas about the same colour? 3.Why do Chinese people like using the colour red on many important traditional occasions? 4.What are the colours of the five rings on the Olympic flag? What do the colours represent?

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1. What does the colour red mean in China, the USA and South Africa? 2. Why did women wear yellow ribbons on blouse collars or sleeves in the USA and the UK decades ago? 3. What is green always associated with? 4. What does “in the black” mean? 5. What kind of people is white usually associated with?

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What does the colour red mean in China, the USA and South Africa? It is the colour of happiness, excitement and good luck in China. Red also represents bad things, such as violence and dangerous warnings, like ‘caution’ signs in the USA. Red indicates sadness in South Africa, where it is the colour of mourning.

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2. Why did women wear yellow ribbons on blouse collars or sleeves in the USA and the UK decades ago? Because they were waiting for their husbands or boyfriends to come home safely from war. 3. What is green always associated with? Green is usually associated with positive meanings, strongly connected to life.

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4. What does ‘ in the black’ mean? 5. What kind of people is white usually associated with? The idiom conveys the positive meaning of having money or that a business is making a profit. White is usually associated with people like surgeons, nurses and dentists.

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Read the article again and divide the paragraphs into the three sections: 1. Introduction:______________ 2. Body:________________ 3. Conclusion:______________ Para 1 Paras 2-6 Para 7

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Part 1.(1) Part 2.(2-6) Part 3.(7) Colour can express different feelings Explanation of different colours and what they symbolize in different areas Don’t be arbitrary when choosing an outfit.

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red yellow green black white heat and emotions sunshine and warmth growth, health and environment Cool and elegant Cleanliness, purity, virtue and innocence

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joy celebration China happiness excitement good luck China bravery violence warning of danger sadness many countries the USA South Africa wear a red wedding dress the national flags ‘caution’ signs the colour of mourning

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couplet lantern paper-cut

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In China, red is used to celebrate marriages. Why? sedan chair

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happiness joy hope courage peace lost hope loss being not brave the USA the UK Japan India Egypt In the western cultures to wait for husbands boyfriends to come back safely from war In the past, Japanese soliders wore a yellow flower to show their courage colour of mourning actors wore yellow to show the character was dead in the Middle Ages

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威严, 庄严

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growth,health and the environment Ireland the national flower hope and spring ancient Egypt refers to the time of year when things in nature start to grow after a long winter envy and jealousy inexperience western countries, such as the USA and the UK

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The national flower of Northern Ireland is the shamrock(三叶草), a three-leaved plant similar to clover. An Irish tale tells of how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity(三位一体). He used it in his sermons(说教, 布道)to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity(实体). His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.

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green with envy 十分妒忌 Do you see any green in my eye? 你以为我可欺吗? in the green 血气旺盛[方刚] a green hand 新手 a boy green to his job 工作无经验的小伙子 a green old age 老当益壮 at the green age of 18 正值年轻的十八岁

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cool elegant western countries Black is often worn by people wealth The idiom ‘in the black’ means having money or a business that is making a profit evil In Hollywood films, the bad fellows, such as burglars, often wear black mouring western countries Black is worn by most Europeans and Americans when they are in mourning

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cleanliness purity virtue innocence western countries associated with people like surgeons, nurses and dentists; women get married in a white dress holiness In Christian countries In Christian religion, God and angels are often seen wearing white clothes and spiritual leaders working in the church often wear white mourning China the traditional colour for mourning and funerals

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In the west, the bride often wears white. Why?

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1. While it is generally true to say humans like colour, our choices are not necessarily random. While I understand what you say, I can't agree with you. 虽然我理解你的意思，但我还是不同意。 While he loves his students, he is very strict with them. 虽然他爱他的学生, 可是他对他们很严格。 虽然; 尽管 Some people like coffee, while others like tea. While I read, she sang. 而(表示对比) 当…的时候

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任意的, 随便的, 胡乱的 adj. 随意运动 随意的选择 随意乱猜 a random collection of books 毫无目的收集的书籍 at random无目标地 choose a card at random from the deck(一副牌). random movements a random choice 从一副牌中任意选出一张 a random guess

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媒介,方法,手段,媒体 中等的 【复数】 media Water is the medium in which fish can live. 水是鱼能生存的环境。 Television can be an excellent medium for education. 电视会是一种绝好的教育手段。 Commercial television is a medium for advertising. 商业电视是一种广告媒介。 He is of medium height. 他是中等身材。

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n.情绪, 情感, 感情 His voice shook with emotion. 他的声音因激动而颤抖。 Love, hatred, and grief are emotions. 爱、恨、悲伤都是感情。 vt.用符号表示, 是...的符号; 象征, 代表 在许多人看来,红色象征着幸福和喜悦,而黑色象征着邪恶. In the opinion of many people, red symbolizes happiness and joy, while black symbolizes evilness.

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n.&vt.羡慕, 嫉妒 How I envy you! 我真羡慕你! I don't envy you your journey in this bad weather. 我并不羡慕你在这种坏天气去旅行。 Their new swimming pool became the envy of their neighbors. 他们的新游泳池受到邻居的羡慕. be in envy of sb.'s success/ feel envy of /at sth. 羡慕某人的成功 out of envy 出于忌妒[羡慕]

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be envious of sb.for his success [good fortune] =be envious of sb.'s success [good fortune] 忌妒[羡慕]某人的成功[好运] envious looks 忌妒的神情, 羡慕的眼光 in the black adv. 赢利

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1.传送,将…从一个地方运送或输送到另一个地方；输送 这辆卡车在全国各地运送机器。 2.传播作为…的传送或传播媒介；传播： wires that convey electricity 3.交流或使知道；告知：通知；通报；传达 我将把这消息通知他。 The truck conveyed machines across the country. 传电的金属线 I will convey the information to him. conveyed; conveying; conveys;

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n.利润 small profits and quick returns 这项新发明会像一座金矿一样给你们带来利润 2.利益；得益 薄利多销 This new invention will bring you great profits like a goldmine. What profit is there in worrying? 忧虑有什么益处?

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vt, 1.有利于…，对…有利 我以为那样做对你不会有什么好处。 我们希望我们的批评和建议将对你有所裨益。 2. vi 获利；得益 你可以从错误中得到教益。 The students do hope to profit from the teacher's comments on their compositions. I don't think it will profit you anything to do that. We hope our criticisms and suggestions will profit you. You can profit by making mistakes. 学生们真心希望从老师对他们的作文的评语中获得益处。

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1.负载,担负,抱 把孩子抱在我怀里 背着沉重的包裹 2. 运送,运输 a train carrying goods a courier carrying messages carry the baby in my arms carry a heavy backpack 运货火车 递送消息的信使 3. 传递,传播 The news was carried by word of mouth to every settlement. 这条新闻被口头传播到每一个部落

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4. 表达，包含： harsh words that carried a threat of violence. 含有暴力威胁的严厉言词 5. 容纳或能容纳： The tank carries 16 gallons when full. 这个油箱可以装满十六加仑 6. 持有，怀有： stopped carrying credit cards. 不带信用卡

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1.The Red Army___________the mission 使命successfully. 2.They are __________ a thriving 繁荣的 business. 3. Don’t be __________ by desire. 4.The little girl was brave enough to __________ in the face of disaster. 5.The officials decided to _________ a new policy made by the central government. 6. I admired their faith that ________them ________ the ordeal. 严酷的考验 carried out carrying on carried away carry on carry out carried through carry away; carry on; carry out; carry through

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a.1.专横的；武断的 an arbitrary explanation an arbitrary decision 2. 任性的；随心所欲的 My choice was quite arbitrary. 武断的解释 专横的决定 我的选择相当随意。