Don’t Dump that Garbage
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An American friend who frequently visits our country, once remarked that he is perplexed with the Filipinos. He said we show a lot of contradictions in our lifestyle, and the more he knows us the more puzzled he becomes.
One piece of the jigzaw puzzle he tries to fit is our tidiness in our homes and our seeming careless way of dumping our garbage. Indeed, there is something wrong with us. We never accept the fact that we are selfish and concerned individuals. We always put the blame on our government or to whoever we think is responsible, but never blame ourselves. We don’t want to mess our rooms; we like everything spic and span at home but we throw all our garbage indiscriminately anywhere we please.
Groups claiming, they are environment- friendly, attend conferences and chant slogans showing their superficial concern about saving our environment. Let me say to these people- let us clean our first and learn how to dispose our garbage properly. Maybe, we can help clean our environment and save this earth.
1. Take a closer look at the underlined words. What are they
2. How do we learn the meaning of each idiom?
3. What help us understand it?
An Adaptation
An American friend who frequently visits our country, once remarked that he is perplexed with the Filipinos. He said we show a lot of contradictions in our lifestyle, and the more he knows us the more puzzled he becomes.
One piece of the jigzaw puzzle he tries to fit is our tidiness in our homes and our seeming careless way of dumping our garbage. Indeed, there is something wrong with us. We never accept the fact that we are selfish and concerned individuals. We always put the blame on our government or to whoever we think is responsible, but never blame ourselves. We don’t want to mess our rooms; we like everything spic and span at home but we throw all our garbage indiscriminately anywhere we please.
Groups claiming, they are environment- friendly, attend conferences and chant slogans showing their superficial concern about saving our environment. Let me say to these people- let us clean our first and learn how to dispose our garbage properly. Maybe, we can help clean our environment and save this earth.
1. Take a closer look at the underlined words. What are they
2. How do we learn the meaning of each idiom?
3. What help us understand it?
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Answer:
1.There is no underlined word here on what youve posted.
2.The key to understanding English idioms is never to look at them or read them in a literal sense—the words just won't make sense together. Instead, you need to learn them in context so you can understand their true meaning
3.By understanding the context.