高中VOA英语—美国习惯用语讲座（doc版） 第449 like clock work素材
<p> 标题：美国习惯用语-第449 <span word="like">like</span> <span word="clock">clock</span> <span word="work">work</span>...</p><p> 内容：</p><p> 今天我们来讲几个由<span word="clock">clock</span>这个词发展而来的习惯用语。</p><p> 大家一定熟悉<span word="clock">clock</span>这个词，它是钟。</p><p> 我们要学的第一个习惯用语已经流传了很久了。</p><p> 它是: <span word="like">like</span> <span word="clockwork">clockwork</span>。</p><p> <span word="Clockwork">Clockwork</span>是钟表的机件装置。</p><p> 钟表能精确无误地运转，分秒不差，靠的就是<span word="clockwork">clockwork</span>。</p><p> 人们用<span word="like">like</span> <span word="clockwork">clockwork</span>来比喻什么样的人呢？我们听个例子来体会。</p><p> 说话的人每天一早上班顺道去一家咖啡店吃早点。</p><p> 这时他就会看到每天都在同一时刻来咖啡店的一位老人。</p><p> 我们听听这老先生有什么特点。</p><p> 例句-1：<span word="He">He</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="at">at</span> 7:30 <span word="like">like</span> <span word="clockwork">clockwork</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="gets">gets</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="jelly">jelly</span> <span word="doughnut">doughnut</span>, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="sits">sits</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="reads">reads</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="paper">paper</span>. <span word="Right">Right</span> <span word="at">at</span> 8:30, <span word="he">he</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> - <span word="you">you</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="your">your</span> <span word="watch">watch</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="him">him</span>!他说：他七点三十分准时进来，老是买咖啡和一个果冻面饼圈吃，然后坐着看报，到准八点三十分一定离开。</p><p> 你可以根据他的行动来对表。</p><p> 这位老人的生活规律一板一眼，精确无误，所以说他<span word="like">like</span> <span word="clockwork">clockwork</span>，是形容他的生活有精确无误的规律。******<span word="Like">Like</span> <span word="clockwork">clockwork</span>说人生活一板一眼地有规律，含义还是好的，但是下一个习惯用语就不同了: <span word="clean">clean</span> <span word="someone">someone</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="clock">clock</span>。</p>
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