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101 American English Idioms: Understanding and Speaking English Like an American
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Product Description
This collection of whimsically illustrated cartoons, dialogues, and narrative is specially designed to develop "American" English comprehension and pronunciation skills. Includes book and 2 cassettes.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #97840 in Books
- Published on: 1987-02-09
- Format: Illustrated
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 104 pages
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Excellent appearance, the content is not that great
The appearance of the book is excellent: both the graphics and the audiotape are excellent ways to help you learn the expressions. However, during my stay in the US, I found that most of the idioms are rarely used.
If you are a foreigner, and want to learn how to speak American English, get 'Street Talk 1' instead.
Some did not work!
As soon as I read this book I used some phrases to my friend, who is an American lawyer obtained a degree from Duke grad. No doubt she is intelligent enough. But some of them did not work. For example, she did not understand "dressed to the teeth" at all. Because I used it at our friend's wedding party, the situation was perfect to use it. In addition, I wrote them down for fear that she had not catch them correctly because of my pronounciation. I found that some of others also didn't work. I wonder if some of idioms on this book are obsolete. But, generally, it seems to be useful.
Recording is for fun, not very
I am a Bostonian who heard the recording from one of my English students. Dressed to the teeth is an expression I readily recognize, but I am more likely to read it than to hear it in everyday, modern conversation. Some of the expressions are probably regional, perhaps most from Northeastern section of the country. Of course the term American is often misused, and foreign visitors should be careful buying books claiming to teach American words or phrases.
