了解今日课堂：

sweet idioms

dialogue 1:

Jingjing: Enchanté, Mark.　Are you ready to talk about_____ that use the word _____or refer to _____?

Mark: You _____ that?　Yeah, I guess I could _____ a few.

Jingjing: I know a _____ refers to something very _____.　But I've also heard people _____ was a _____.　So, I'm _____ what the _____is between those _____.

Mark: They have the _____ meaning, and can be used_____ for the _____.　More often, a cakewalk _____something people _____ do, like a _____, while _____ might be something a person_____.

Jingjing: OK, let me take these two for a_____ then: I thought it would be _____ _____; but the whole _____ was a _____ for me. I thought it would be hard to _____; but it _____ a piece of cake.

Mark: Right-o!　Do you know about the _____?

Jingjing: _____.　That refers to an _____thing that makes a _____situation _____.

Mark: That sounds about _____.　_____ it _____.

Jingjing: _____

Mark: Good _____, Jingjing.　I think you _____ it.

Jingjing: Is that the _____ as a _____?

Mark: _____ again?

Jingjing: I mean, does a _____ refer to an _____ in the same way as the _____ on the cake?

Mark: Yes, it does.　_____ would say their _____ office was_____.

Jingjing: How would you _____ it, then?

Mark: Well, _____someone _____ you at your _____.　After they noticed _____ nice it was, you might say, this is just the _____.　I've got an _____ _____ and _____my _____ salary.

Jingjing: That sounds like the _____ thing as the _____ then.　And I can't _____ but _____ that you said a _____ couldn't be called a _____ on top.

Mark: No, no.　You just wouldn't say “_____ in the same _____.　But if someone's seeing something _____; and there are more _____ than _____, that's when you'd say the _____ thing is a cherry.　About _____, like your _____ with a _____, cake and icing make _____.

Jingjing: OK.　I think I _____.　Thanks, Mark!

dialogue 2:

Jingjing: Mark, is there anything _____ to say about_____?

Mark: _____, Jingjing.　I can think of _____: _____.

Jingjing: I think we _____ that one _____.　It means you can't have _____of two _____.

Mark: What about another _____: _____—have you_____ that one?

Jingjing: Yes, I have.　I've also heard,_____.　Are those the _____?

Mark: They_____ are.　Both of them are _____ when _____something very _____, more than you_____ was possible.

Jingjing: I knew that.　I'm not _____ about the _____, though.　Why use _____ to talk about _____?

Mark: Well, it's like there's a _____ _____ for the_____ thing someone _____.

Jingjing: That's easy to_____.　How about_____.　I know sweet just means _____.　What about _____?

Mark: _____?　Yeah, that one's about a _____

Jingjing: Hmm, that's one way to _____.

Mark: Well, I can think of another _____ that_____: _____.

Jingjing: Those both mean _____, don't they?

Mark: You know those two, Jingjing?　Well, I feel like I haven't _____ you anything today.

Jingjing: I learned a bit _____, Mark.　I won't_____talk you by _____ everything was new.

new words and phrases

enchanté:

a piece of cake:

a cakewalk:

icing on the cake:

cherry on top:

You can't have your cake and eat it too.　

That takes the cake/biscuit.　

sugar and spice and everything nice:

nutty:

going bananas: