I can't imagine she would try

He never once tried

3.Jack's wife came down with the flu. a bad cold.

malaria.

a sore throat. bronchitis. pneumonia. hepatitis.

4.He bent over backwards to correct his mistake. teach us English.

find us a better copy. send his child to school. do the best job he could. arrive at seven o'clock. get to class on time.

5.How's he going to make ends meet?

How are they How are you How is Mary How is Jim

How are the Whites How is Alex

6. He's ready to try his hand at anything. teaching English.

waiting tables. bookkeeping. selling door-to-door. writing advertising. picking fruit.

Homework exercise

Answer the following questions:

1.Did you ever bend over backwards to do something?

2.Have you ever had trouble making ends meet?

3.When was the last time you came down with something?

4.Tell about one time when you tried your hand at something new.

5.Did you ever try to get away with something? Were you successful?

Drill 25

Dialogue

A:Fred is remarkable! There isn't much he doesn't know.

B:I think it's his natural curiosity. He wants to know everything. He doesn't just scratch the surface, either. He really gets to the bottom of things.

A:Do you know what he explained to me today? The ins and outs of the stock market. He knows all

about Wall Street.

B: I have to confess something. I didn't think much of Fred at first.

A:I understand. He's very quiet. He doesn't make a good first impression. But he grows on you after a while.

B:He's a far cry from his brother. Pete talks all the time and doesn't say anything, either.

A:There are too many Petes in the world.

B:And not enough Freds.

Definitions

scratch the surface — study something superficially

I don't know much about international politics I've only scratched the surface. get to the bottom of something — learn all the facts about something

I've made a mistake in my calculations, but I can't find it. Perhaps if I begin again and study each detail carefully, I'll get to the bottom of it.

the ins and outs — all the facts about something

In order to learn the ins and mils of the family business, Hill look a job as messenger boy in one of the offices.

(not) think much of something, someone (used in the negative) — have a good opinion of (affirmative: think a lot of)

I liked the book very much, although I didn't think much of the ending. a far cry from something — very different almost the opposite

The movie was good, but it was a far cry from the book it was based on. grow on someone — increase in favor with someone gradually

I hated Kansas City at first, but I have to admit it's grown on me.

Substitution drill

Repeat the following sentences, using the substitutions listed.

1.Fred learns all the facts he doesn't just scratch the surface. Bob gets all the facts,

John examines everything closely, Paul studies everything carefully, Robert investigates all the details,

Alex finds out all he can about something, George looks into everything minutely

2.He really gets to the bottom of things.

problems.

difficulties.

what is causing an illness. why a child can't learn to read. how a machine functions.

where his students have trouble learning.

3. He explained the ins and outs of the stock market to me. the United Nations,

U.S. foreign policy, the missile program, atomic energy, international relations,