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阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。 Today we tell about the expression “down to earth”. “Down to ea...
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阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Today we tell about the expression “down to earth”. “Down to earth” means being open and honest. 1. is easy to deal with someone who is down to earth. Such people could be important members of society, 2. they do not consider themselves to be better than those who are 3. (important). They do not let their importance “go to their heads”. Someone 4. (let) something go to his head feels he is better than others. He has 5. “big head”.
A person who 6. (fill) with his own importance and pride is said to have “his nose in the air”. Often the person who has a big head and his nose in the air has no reason to fool better than others.
Americans use another expression that is similar in some ways 7. “down to earth” - “both feet on the ground.” Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of 8. (real). He acts honestly and openly to others. He has 9. is called “common sense” and he does not allow his dreams 10. (block) his understanding of what is real.
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