“ Down-to-earth” means someone or something that is honest, practical and easy to deal with.It is
36 to find someone who is down-to-earth.A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to
37 accepts other people as equals.A down-to-earth is just the
38 of someone who acts importantly and proudly.
Down-to-earth persons may be
39 members of society, of course.But they do not let their importance “ go to their
40 ”.They do not
41 themselves to be better persons than others of less importance, someone who is filled with his own importance and
42 , often without cause, is said to have “his nose in the air”.There is no way a person with his nose in the
43 can be down-to-earth.Americans use another expression that means almost the same
44 “down-to-earth”.The expression is “both-feet-on-the-ground”.Someone with both-feet-on-the-ground is a person
45 a good understanding of reality.He has what is called “
46 sense”.He may have
47 , but he does not allow them to
48 his knowledge of what is real.The opposite kind of person is
49 who has his “head-in-the-clouds”.A man with his head in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the
50 world.
Sometimes
51 a dreamer can be brought back to earth.
52 words from a teacher can usually bring a day-dreaming student down-to-earth.
Usually, the person who is down-to-earth is very
53 to have both-feet-on-the-ground.
54 we have both our feet on-the-ground, when we are down-to-earth, we act
55 and openly toward others.Our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.
小题1: | A.common | B.sad | C.pleasant | D.surprising |
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小题3: | A.kind | B.like | C.example | D.opposite |
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小题4: | A.important | B.famous | C.successful | D.necessary |
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小题5: | A.nose | B.heads | C.minds | D.forehead |
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小题6: | A.wish | B.desire | C.expect | D.consider |
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小题7: | A.proud | B.pride | C.famous | D.fame |
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小题11: | A.usual | B.ordinary | C.common | D.daily |
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小题12: | A.dreams | B.fortunes | C.advantages | D.luck |
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小题13: | A.prevent | B.protect | C.block | D.gain |
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小题14: | A.one | B.those | C.that | D.the one |
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小题15: | A.reality | B.real | C.dreamful | D.true |
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小题18: | A.able | B.probable | C.likely | D.possible |
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小题19: | A.When | B.While | C.As | D.Since |
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小题20: | A.kindly | B.directly | C.friendly | D.honestly |
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