Americans have used colors to create many expressions they use every day.

  We say you’re ‘in the pink’ when we are in good health. It is easy to understand how this expression was born. When my face has a nice fresh, pink color, it is a sign my health is good.

  The color green is natural for trees, it is an unnatural color for humans. When someone doesn’t feel well, someone who is sick, for example, we say he ‘looks green’. When someone is angry because he doesn’t have what someone else has, we say he is ‘green with envy’.

  Some people are ‘green with envy’ because someone else has more dollars, or ‘green backs’. Dollars are called ‘greenbacks’ because that’s the color of the backside of the money.

  Blue is a cool color. The traditional blue music of American blacks is the opposite of red hot music. It is slow, sad and soulful ( 深情的 ). To be blue, of course, is to be sad.

  The color black is often used in expressions. People describe a day in which everything goes wrong as a ‘black day’. A ‘black sheep’ is the member of a family or group who always seems to be in trouble. If someone meets a ‘black cat’, something unlucky might happen to him. Not all the ‘black’ expressions have bad meanings. A company ‘in the red’ is losing money. If someone tells you to put someone ‘in black and white’, they want you to write it down.

(    ) 36. After reading the passage, we can infer ( 推斷 ) if someone ‘looks green’, he _____.

A. looks well                            B. may need a doctor

C. is healthy                             D. is ‘in the pink’

(    ) 37. I was really _________ when I saw his nice new car.

A. red                  B. blue          C. green            D. black

(    ) 38. Which of the following is true?

A. A company surely likes to be ‘in the red’.

B. All the color expressions in the passage come from Britain English.

C. Not all the ‘black’ expressions have bad meanings.

D. Dollars are called ‘greenbacks’ because they have trees on the backside.

選擇正確答案

--What color ____ the trees?

-- ____ green.

A. are; They're B. is; It's C. are; It's

International students in Christine Rhodes’ English class in Australia share their impressions (印象) of places they have visited in Australia.
Canberra, the nicest city in Australia
I went for a short holiday to Canberra. My uncle lives there. It’s the nicest city in Australia, a little bit similar to Cairns. There’re lots of big rivers and trees around the city.
Siggi Siebold from Germany
The small city of Mount Isa
I went to Mount Isa six months ago. It’s a long way from Brisbane — about 2,000 km. It’s a small city, with a population of 21,000, but it has all the basic facilities such as a base hospital, six schools and supermarkets. Here the weather is hot and gets very little rain. There’re two big lakes to keep rainwater for people in the city to drink.
Indra Ekanayake
Lake Moondarra and a mine (礦)
In Mount Isa, there’s a dam (水壩) called Lake Moondarra. At weekends you can go there with your friends, and it is beautiful. On the lake, there is water skiing. Also, people can go fishing there.
There’s a big mine in Mount Isa. Many people go to work in the mine and earn a lot of money. Mount Isa isn’t a beautiful green place, but many people love it.
Ida Robb from Indonesia
【小題1】Siggi Siebold is from 　　　.