Oct 252012
In this episode, The Teacher introduces you to three idiomatic phrases connected with the
colour white.
1. Black and white
2. As white as a sheet
3. A white-knuckle ride
Transcript
Hello, I’m a very interesting and intelligent man.
And today, the colour white and I will be teaching you some English idioms.
I bet you’ve never……
Aaah, the world. Such a beautiful place…
…urgh. How filthy.
The environment is … really important. And if we don’t take care of the environment then…
something really bad will happen.
For me, it’s black and white.
In English…… if we have situation in which it’s easy for someone to understand what’s wrong and what’s right, we say ‘it’s black and white’.
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