Passage 56
学霸导读 英语中也有一些有趣的习语，你能猜到它们的意思吗？
Do you enjoy hitting the books？ That doesn’t mean you enjoy pounding （ 捶击 ） on your books with your f ist （ 拳头 ）， although that may be tempting （ 有吸引力的 ） if you’re struggling to understand something inside your books！ “Hit the books” just means that you are studying hard. Some students take satisfaction in that. You can learn a lot when you hit the books. At exam time， most students s 1 a lot of time hitting the books.
This is just one example of a phrase that can’t be u 2 by taking it apart （ 拆开 ） word by word. Phrases like this are called idioms （ 惯用语 ）. Every language has them， and they are a fascinating part of a culture’s language. One example of an idiom in the Chinese language is “dui niu tan qin”， or “to play the lute to a cow”. It means someone speaks or writes w 3 considering his audience.
But back to idioms that begin with the word “hit”. There are many of them in English.
One c 4 idiom you may hear in English is “hit it off ”. To hit it off with someone means you get a 5 with someone right away, or you click with someone. For example, when you meet a classmate for the f irst time, and you really like each other. You can say you two “hit it off ”. You usually hit it off with someone you have a lot in common with. You share similar i 6 or opinions.
“Hit the road” is a 7 everyday idiom. It means to l 8 or depart （ 离开 ）. You can say， “Hey， I need to hit the road. Can we talk about this another time？” Or simply， “It’s time to hit the road.”
When you’re t 9 and you want to go to bed， you can say， “I need to hit the hay （ 干草 ）.” That means to go to sleep. That’s because in the past， a bed was often just a sack （ 大布袋，麻袋 ） with hay i 10 .
Idioms make your language more colorful. Learn a few and try to use them!
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高频词汇
fascinating /'fæsɪneɪtɪŋ/ adj. 极有吸引力的；迷人的
click with someone 一拍即合