7. “Yellow” in names and acronyms – match with the explanations:

1. “The Yellow Book”	1. the jocular nickname given to the residents of the marshy parts of Lincolnshire, Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Norfolk (Great Britain)
2. The Yellow River	2. a large national park mostly in Wyoming (USA), known for its hot springs and geysers, especially one called Old Faithful which is a big tourist attraction.
3. The Yellow Sea	3. a British magazine dealing with litera­ture and art that appeared in 1894—1897. Its contributors in­cluded Max Beerbohm and Henry James. It became famous for the controversial writings it published
4. The Yellowstone National Park	4. a most popular song by the Beatles
5. Yellow Pages	5. a sea that joins with the Pacific Ocean, be­tween the east coast of China and Korea
6. Yellow Peril	6. a long river in North China, known for the terrible floods which have caused many deaths and much dam­age, and the yellow silt (loose sand and soil) that it carries
7. “Yellow Submarine”	7. a classical commercial telephone directory that lists subscribers according to their trade or business with telephone numbers and addresses, divided according to the kind of activity or business that they do (the telephone direc­tory is printed on yellow paper): Can you find a plumber in the Yellow Pages?
8. Yellow-bellies	8. a supposed threat to the United States posed by Japan and China. The phrase arose in the late 19th century at a time when Japanese and Chinese immigration to America was meeting resistance and when Japan was growing as a military power

8. Make up little dialogues, using different word combinations with “yellow”.

9. Remember other colour idioms with “yellow” in your language.

10. What do you know about:

a) the Yellow Kid (1875-1976)?

11. Read the following text.

GREEN

Green: said of many things which have green in them. People speak of an evergreen oak because it is green all the time. And certain cabbages are called green cabbages because their leaves do not whiten like those of white cabbages. (Antoine Furetière (1619-1688) From his Dictionnaire universel (Universal Dictionary) the publication of which caused his expulsion from the Académie Française)

One day vegetation appeared and for millennia helped blue-green algae improve the quality of oxygen in the planet’s primitive atmosphere. This vegetation contained a green pigment – chlorophyll – that, stimulated by solar radiation, allowed plants to absorb carbon gas and emit oxygen. This chemical process is known as photosynthesis.

The delicate gaseous equilibrium that allows us to breathe on earth today all depends, therefore, on a green pigment. Ironically, although the plant world soon colonized the planet’s submerged surfaces, no plant could provide a dye to make a green as beautiful as any nature offered in profusion.

Life and Renewal: Green is life. Abundant in nature, green signifies growth, renewal, health, and environment. On the flip side, green is jealousy or envy (green-eyed monster) and inexperience.

Nature of Green: Green is a restful color with some of the same calming attributes of blue. Like blue, time moves faster in a green room.

Culture of Green: Green is the national color of Ireland and is strongly associated with that country. Green also has close associations with Islam. Because of all the green in nature the color is reminiscent of Spring. Coupled with red it's a Christmas color.

Good green

• Green light - go, permission to proceed (with a task)

• The green room - in theater or televisions it is the room where performers and guests go to relax

• Green thumb - good with plants

• Greenback - US dollar bill, money

• Greener pastures - something newer or better (or perceived to be better), such as a new job

Bad green

• Green-eyed monster - jealosy

• Green with envy - jealous or envious

• Green - inexperienced, untested, untrained

• Greenhorn - novice, trainee, beginner

• Green around the gills - pale, sickly

12. Find the following synonyms of “blue”: Emerald, olive, pea green, apple, mint, forest, lime, aquamarine, chartreuse, fir, pine, moss, jade, sage, viridian

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