أسم الكتاب المستخدم: Success with American Idioms
أسماء المؤلفين: Lin Lougheed and the staff of Kaplan Educational Centers
أسم الموضوع:
Waking Up
:Conversation One
.Victor: Turn off the alarm clock. It’s too early to get up
Fiona: Rise and shine! It’s time to get out of bed and get going! You have a full day
.ahead of you at the office
.Victor: I’m not up to a full day. I’m going to call in sick
:Conversation Two
? Ann-Marrie: Why don’t you shave your beard off
Steve: I don’t think that’s a good idea. I might cut off a few gray
. hairs, but I’m too lazy to shave every day
.Ann-Marie: Come on ! If you were clean shaven, you’d knock ten years off our age
?! Steve: Hey, wait a minute ! Are you trying to tell me I look old
:Short Talk
When the alarm clock goes off, most people just turn over , cover their heads with a
pillow to drown out the sound, and go back to sleep. Some, however, jump out of bed, do
a few exercises, take a shower, dress and run out of the house. They don’t even take time
.for breakfast
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الترجمة لبعض العبارات التى جاءت في النص:-
.Turn off: Stop--
Get up: leave one’s bed --
.Be up to: In the mood for --
.Get out: Exit --
.(Call in: Telephone (verb --
.Shave off: Remove hair with a blade--
.Cut off: Remove with scissors or a knife--
. Come on ! : An expression showing disbelief or sarcasm--
.Knock off: Take away--
.Go off: Be activated, make a sound--
.Drown out: Cause something not to be heard--
.Turn over: Rotate to opposite side--
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Chapter 2: Getting Ready