语言小贴士第1期:一个模子印出来的（在线收听）

1. If we call someone a chip off the old block, we mean they are:

a) good at making furniture

b) police officers

c) similar to their parents
 
2. What was the 'block' made of in the origin of this expression?
 
3. Which very well-known international figure is a chip off the old block?

A chip off the old block: (相貌或性格)酷似父亲或母亲的人, 一个模子印出来的

A: Guess who I saw the other day?
B: Go on, who?
A: Helen! And guess what? She's joined the police, just like her dad.
B: Really? She's a chip off the old block, isn't she?
A: Yes! She was always very similar to her dad though, wasn't she?

When we describe someone as a chip off the old block, we mean that they are similar to one or both of their parents. It could be about their appearance or their behaviour. The expression comes from carpentry and the idea is that the parent is a 'block' of wood, and the child is a small 'chip' of the same material. A famous example of a chip off the old block is George W.Bush, who, just like his father, went into politics and, of course, became the president of the Unites States.

1. c

2. wood

3. George W.Bush