来自BBC英语听力
IELTS speaking and idioms
雅思口语习语张口说
通过习惯用语的结合，让表达更专业，分数更拔尖。
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大约一百五十年前，美国一些开荒的人逐步地到西部的荒野去开拓。这些拓荒者从当地印第安人那里学到了一个诀窍，那就是躺下身来把耳朵贴在地上，就可以听到几英里以外野兽奔跑的蹄声。这对于那些拓荒者来说是非常重要的，因为他们听到的蹄声也许是印第安人骑着马来攻打他们的马群奔跑声，也可能是几千头受惊的野牛正向他们奔驰而来。如果不及时躲避，他们会被这些野兽践踏成泥的。现在，印第安人和野牛群的威胁已经没有了。可是，把耳朵贴在地上这个诀窍已经成为一个俗语，在英文里也就是 to keep an ear to the ground。
To keep an ear to the ground，它的意思就是保持高度警觉，及早发现那些即将会发生的事情的预兆。比如说，一个精明的政客对选民的想法总是很警觉的，有时候，一些选民还没有想到的事，他们倒已经想到了。下面一位国会议员说的话正好说明了这一点：
例句-1:'Every two weeks while the Congress is in session, I try to get back home to California to talk to people. This doesn't give me much time to relax with my family, but I have to keep an ear to the ground and hear what voters are thinking about.'
这位议员说：'当国会举行会议的时候我每两个星期设法抽空回加州一次去和当地的人进行交谈。我没有多少时间可以和家人在一起，但是我得及时了解选民的想法。'
下面我们再听听另外一个议员说的话：
例句-2:'I try to keep an ear to the ground and what I hear these days is that most people think we spend too much money on building roads and not enough on our schools.'
这个议员说：'我总是设法注意人们的想法。最近我听说，大多数人认为我们在筑路方面花钱太多，而用在学校方面的钱却不足。'
1.Do you think Children should read newspaper?
你认为小朋友应该读报纸吗？
Honestly, Most of Children they are teenagers that don’t have a good understanding of the on-going status of the world, Since newspapers are media that include plenty of currently events that happen domestically and globally, that would be a nice way for kids to keep an ear to the ground to get more attached.
老实说，大部分孩子他们都对瞬息万变的世界没有很好的一个认识，因为报纸是包含了国内外事件的媒体，对孩子来说是一个不错的获取信息和资讯的一个号渠道。
2.why some language classes boring?
为什么有的语言课程那么闷？
From my experience, Language should be a skill that base on ideas exchanging, some lessons which missing a part of communication between learners, are not be able to provide a chance for neither the teacher nor students to keep an ear to the ground to others’ thoughts, would definitely easily causing the lost of attention in the process.
在我看来，语言应该是一门建立在思维交换的技巧，有一些课程的设计缺失了这部分的需要，根本没有让老师和学生倾听对方的意见的机会，当然是非常容易让人难以集中的。
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