Idiom Attack Vol. 1 - Everyday Living (Sim. Chinese Edition): 战胜词组攻击 1 - 日常生活: Idiom Attack, #1

By Peter Liptak

*** Idiom Attack 1 - Everyday Living (Simplified Chinese Edition) ***
战胜词组攻击 1 - 日常生活

The Simple Three-Step System to Mastering Essential English Idioms in minutes a day
...so you can ace exams, get a promotion, or understand American culture!

English Idioms for ESL Learners: With 300+ Idioms in 25 Themed Chapters

Are you confused by common sayings in the English language? 
Discover the hidden meanings of English idioms with **300+ Idioms in 25 themed chapters** to help you communicate with confidence.

Are you worried that you're missing out on the conversation? Do you want to strengthen your English language skills? 
As ESL educators, Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma have decades of teaching experience across the world. After helping classrooms full of students navigate the treacherous waters of the English language, they've created a series of books to help you too!

Idiom Attack: Everyday Living (Simplified Chinese Edition)
is a densely-packed resource that contains 300+ of the most common and relevant idioms for living, loving and doing business in North America in both English and Simplified Chinese. Through Idiom Attack, you'll discover definitions, contextualized examples, and practice questions. Before you know it, you'll be using English language idioms in your own everyday conversations like a native English speaker and impressing people with your business English.

In Idiom Attack, you'll discover:

• The three-step training process to help you quickly learn new concepts in English with translations in Simplified Chinese
• Easy-to-follow sections separated by topic to help you find exactly what you're looking for
• Clear meme-like illustrations to help boost your memorization of idioms and their usage
• Convenient stories at the end of each chapter to improve your English retention and conversational abilities
• A collection of idioms commonly found in the workplace, and much, much more!

Idiom Attack is a must-have tool for ESL learners at intermediate and advanced levels. If you like easy-to-use guides, multi-format approaches to learning, and expert advice, then you'll love Peter Liptak, Matthew Douma, and Jay Douma's in-depth look at American idioms.

用每日会话需要的关键俗语，通过三阶段的训练，升级你的英语技巧。让你有效地每天使用关键词组

• 为你的英语弹药库增加300个核心关键俗语
• 25个主题及每天必备的词组一次到位
• 3阶段训练让你学得又快又轻松

Buy Idiom Attack to finally take part in the discussion today!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Peter Liptak
• Release date: Jun 26, 2019
• ISBN: 9781936342020

Peter Liptak

A born-and-bred mid-western boy, Peter is a poet, world traveler, cyclist and lover of language. He taught English to kids and adults in Korea for 20 years as a tutor, preschool teacher, and adjunct professor at Incheon University, and created Exile Press with its imprints Little Bear Books and Hungry Dictator Press. Exploring interests at the University of Minnesota, from Astronomy and Anthropology to Philosophy and Poetics, Peter learned new skills as a preschool teacher, waiter, dance instructor and massage therapist in school and has worked as an actor, teacher, copywriter and author since. While working and living in Seoul, he completed an MA in Korean History and using Korea as a source of linguistic inspiration, penned several books including the controversial book of Korean Slang: As much as a Rat's Tail, translated the scathing graphic novel The Great Successor - Kim Jong Un: a Political Cartoon, created the Idiom Attack series of ESL textbooks and passion projects including an Art/Poetry book Letters: Building an Alphabet with Art and Attitude and a series of children's early readers, including Teddy's Day and Teddy's Camp. Now living in Minneapolis with his wife and three little ones, Peter continues publishing, while copywriting at The Writer’s Ink. Awards 2018     SILVER Winner Multicultural - Baek Seok: Poems of the North 2016     International Book Awards Gold Medal - Letters  2016     Illustration Award and Bronze Medal - The Great Successor 2016     Benjamin Franklin Awards: Silver Medal - Korean Slang: As much as a Rat’s Tail 2014     Korea Literature Translation Institute Grant: - translation of North Korea poet Baek Seok 2013     Benjamin Franklin Digital Awards: Silver - Teddy's Day HD 2012     Mom's Choice Awards: Gold Medals in Young Adult Poetry and Interactive eBooks for Letters and Teddy’s Day HD 2012     Mom's Choice Awards: Silver Medals - Teddy’s Day and Teddy’s Camp 2011     Midwest Book Awards: First Place in Children's Illustrated - Teddy's Day

Book preview

01 From Beginning to End 自始至终

这家连锁店以派对的气氛 kick off了新的销售。

The chain of stores kicked off its new sale with a party atmosphere.

kick off

to start something; to officially commence something.

展开；开始；正式地启用

* Informal, as with the first kick to start a football game.

非正式用语, 指的是足球赛的开球

裁员之后, 这名经理得 from scratch 开始。

Following the layoffs, the manager had to start over from scratch.

from scratch

from the very beginning; with no help.

从头(开始)；没有外界的援助.

共产集团的瓦解 usher in了出乎意料的新纪元。

The fall of the communist bloc ushered in an unexpected new era.

usher in

to cause something new to start.

引进；使展开新纪元

* Often with a new period, era or age.

通常后接新的时期, 纪元或时代

他一finish off这本书, 就着手开始读另

一本。

As soon as he finished one book off, he’d start another.

finish off

to complete something in order to bring it to an end.

完成；总结以便大功告成

很多人不相信「千禧虫」会come to pass。

Many people didn’t believe the Millennium Bug would come to pass.

come to pass

to eventually take place or occur; to happen.

发生；终究发生或出现了

* Synonym come about.

* Usually something unplanned.

通常指得是非计划中的事物

我已决定 turn over a new leaf并且 戒烟。

I’ve decided to turn over a new leaf and quit smoking.

turn over a new leaf

to make a fresh start; to change course.

改过自新, 重新做人；重新开始；改变路径

随着漫长的夏天 draw to a close, 我们回顾了往昔的欢乐时光。

As the long summer drew to a close, we thought back on the fun we had.

draw to a close

come to an end; to finish.

接近尾声；结束。

* Synonym come to an end.

* Usually something that happens slowly or ‘drawn out’.

通常指的是慢慢发生的事情或变长久‘drawn out’

请留步。不到 until the fat lady sings 就没结束。

Hey, don’t leave yet. It’s not over until the fat lady sings.

(not over) until the fat lady sings

something is not over until it’s completely over; there’s still a chance to win or there is still time remaining.

不到最后关头不知胜负

* the fat lady sings

源自元西方歌剧表演。通常表演结束前, 女高音会在台上高歌(事实并非全为大胖子), 作为整个歌剧的结尾。

凯丽将会带领各位唱一首歌来start the ball rolling。

Kelly will lead you all in a song to start the ball rolling.

start the ball rolling

to get something underway; to start something and keep the momentum from dying or dwindling down; to begin.

开始进行；并且保持动力持续下去；开始

* Synonym get the ball rolling.