how to teach english idioms

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1、HowtoTeachEnglishIdioms　　【Abstract】Teachingthestudentstoknowthebasicconcept，therange，theclassificationandthesourceofEnglishidiomsandthetranslationmethodsothattheycanuseandtranslateEnglishidiomsfreely.　　【Keywords】Englishidioms，basicconcept，range，classification，so

2、urce，translationmethod　　【中图分类号】G633.4【文献标识码】A【文章编号】2095-3089（2014）03-0094-03　　WeoftenmeetEnglishidiomswhenwelistentotheradio，speaktotheforeigner，readEnglishbooksandwriteanarticleinEnglish.Englishidiomsarewellknowntous.Itisshownbyroughstatisticsthatthereisatleast

3、oneortwoEnglishidiomsineveryonehundredwords？蒺Englisharticles.Thequantityoftheidiomisnotsolarge，buttheyarethebestthingsandkeypointsinanarticle.TounderstandEnglishidiomsdeeplyisveryimportantforusinforeignlanguagestudyingandteaching.Soitisnecessaryforustoletthestud

4、entsmakeclearthebasicconcept，therange，theclassificationandthesourceofEnglishidioms.Ifwedothat，webelievethatthestudentscanuseandtranslateEnglishidioms12freely.　　Ⅰ.ThebasicconceptofEnglishidiom　　WhatisthebasicconceptofEnglishidiom？Wecanknowthatfromadictionary，that

5、is“Phraseorsentencewhosemeaningisnotobviousthroughknowledgeoftheindividualmeaningsoftheconstituentwordsbutmustbelearntasawhole”.Englishidiomisakindofspecialphenomenoninlinguistics.Theexplanationinadictionarycanhelpustosettledownmanyproblemsinforeignlanguagestudy

6、ingandteaching，butIthinkitisnotenoughorperfect.Westillneedtofindtheansweraccordingtothecontext.Forexample，inareportofEnglishsportsnews，ajournalistfromGermanymistooktheidiom“catchacrab”ascatchingaten？鄄leggedshellfish，notmakeafaultystrokewithone’soar（rowingwords）.

7、Theidiominadictionaryhasitsownplace，ifwedon’tknowhowtolookupinadictionary，itwillwasteourtimeorwecan’tfinditwithoutothershelp.Sounderstandingthebasicconceptofidiomsisveryimportant.　　Ⅱ.TherangeofEnglishidioms　　WhentheBritishandAmericanstalkabouttherangeofidioms，di

8、fferentpeoplehavedifferentopinions，butmostofthemthinktheyincludethreecircumstancesofthefollowingmostly：　　1.Allkindsofsetphrases，whichhavethelargenumberin12idioms.Thes