牛津高中英語(yǔ)M9U 4 reading

ReadingUnit4TheWufamilyportrait,introducingRaven(吳斐然)

—LisaS’microblogYouaretheappleofmyeye!TheBibleisoftendescribedas"thegreatestbookeverwritten"becauseofitsunendingsignificanceandinfluenceonpeoplethroughouttheages.

ManybasicconceptsandprinciplesofWesternculturehavecomedownfromtheBible.ManycommonEnglishphrasesandexpressionshavetheiroriginintheBibleaswell.BiblicalidiomsinEnglish1.Whatisanidiom?2.WhatlanguagewastheBiblefirstwrittenin?3.Howmanyidiomsarementionedinthepassage?FastreadingWhatisanidiom?Anidiomisagroupofwordsoranexpressionwhosemeaningisnotstraightforward,becauseitoftencannotbeunderstoodbylookingatthemeaningsofitsseparatewords.(line1)2.

WhatlanguagewastheBiblefirstwrittenin?TheBiblewasfirstwritteninHebrewandGreek3.Whichidiomisoftenusedtodescribechildren?‘theappleofsomebody’seye’.(line9)(line44)Discusswithyourpartnersandtrytodividethetextinto4partsPart1(1)The_________________ofanidiomPart2(2)

The________ofmostoftheEnglishidioms(why)Part3(3-6)Part4(7)__________and____________ofsomebiblicalidiomsThe_____________oflearningidiomsCarefulreading·1.Structureanalysis2.

Match1.byandby2.feetofclay3.seethehandwritingonthewall4.killthefattedcalf5.youreapwhatyousow6.theappleofsomebody’seyeA.signsthatdisasteriscomingB.‘beforelong”,and“immediately”C.achildlovedverymuchbyhisorherparentsD.smallkindnessesoftenbringusrichrewardsE.ahiddenweaknessinsomebodywhomweadmireorrespectF.tohavealargecelebration

improvingyour_______________Developingahighlevelofcompetenceinyour________________________Better_____________and____________the_________and_____________ofEnglish-speakingcountries3.Readparagraph7againcarefullyandtrytolistthebenefitsoflearningidioms.

Discusswithyourpartnersandtrytodividethetextinto4partsPart1(1)The_________________ofanidiomPart2(2)

The________ofmostoftheEnglishidioms(why)Part3(3-6)Part4(7)__________and____________ofsomebiblicalidiomsThe_____________oflearningidiomsdefinitionoriginOriginsmeaningsimportanceCarefulreading·1.Structureanalysis2.

Match1.byandby2.feetofclay3.seethehandwritingonthewall4.killthefattedcalf5.youreapwhatyousow6.theappleofsomebody’seyeA.signsthatdisasteriscomingB.‘beforelong”,and“immediately”C.achildlovedverymuchbyhisorherparentsD.smallkindnessesoftenbringusrichrewardsE.ahiddenweaknessinsomebodywhomweadmireorrespectF.tohavealargecelebrationTranslationoftheseidioms1.byandby2.feetofclay3.seethehandwritingonthewall4.killthefattedcalf5.youreapwhatyousow6.theappleofsomebody’seye1.不久以后2.致命弱點(diǎn)3.不祥之兆4.設(shè)宴慶祝5.種瓜得瓜，種豆得豆6.掌上明珠Achillesheel

improvingyour_______________Developingahighlevelofcompetenceinyour________________________Better_____________and____________the_________and_____________ofEnglish-speakingcountriescomprehensioncommunicationskillsunderstandingappreciatinghistoryculture3.Readparagraph7againcarefullyandtrytolistthebenefitsoflearningidioms.

Anidiomisagroupofwordsoran1._______(express)whosemeaningisnotstraightforward.Unlessyourecognizeanidiom,itiseasytomisunderstand2._______youreadorhearspoken.TherearemanyidiomsinEnglish,mostof3._______comefromtheBible.Abiblicalidiomoften4.________(underline)themoralofastoryandgivestheaudienceapicturetounderstand5._____better.Somebiblicalidiomsuseanimals,and6._______mayfocusonagriculturallifeorfood,amongotherthings.Idiomsare7._____importantpartoflanguage.By8._______(learn)them,youcandevelopahighlevelofcompetenceinyourcommunicationskills.Besides,youcan9._______(well)understandthehistoryandculturesofEnglish-10.________(speak)countriesthaneverbefore.expressionwhatwhichunderlinesitothersanlearningbetterspeaking.Summary

byandby

seethehandwritingonthewallseesignsthatdisasteriscomingkillthefattedcalfyoureapwhatyousowtheappleofone’seyefeetofclay

…ahiddenweaknessofastrongpersonbeforelong;immediatelyhavealargecelebrationthepersonyouloveverymuchOursmallkindnessoftenbring…Analogy(比喻)Image(本體,意象)ReadingstrategyReadingstrategyHowtoknowthemeaningofananalogy?Bylookingatthecontext.Rules:Youaredividedinto2groups.Anyoneofyourgroupcanstandupvoluntarily(自愿地)tochooseonepictureandguessthemeaningoftheidiomaccordingtothecontext.Ifyoucananswercorrectly,youwillwinasmileforyourgroup.Competition(比賽)TextinhereTextinhereTextinhere1352463points5points10pointsCompetition—thebestchallengerNumber1

TranslatetheidiomsunderlinedintoChineseHeisthemasterofEnglish,sodon’tteachfishtoswim.不要班門弄斧。Becalm.很鎮(zhèn)靜。Althoughhecommittedmanycrimes,hewasascoolasacucumberinthecourtwhenquestionedbythejudge.不可能。It’simpossible.Man:Iwillloveyoutodeath.Woman:Whenpigsfly.Youarealreadybusynow.So,don’twakeasleepingdog.不要自找麻煩。TranslatetheidiomsintoChineseNumber2

Don’tcountyourchickensbeforetheyarehatched(孵).Youstillhavealongwaytogo.不要高興得太早。-YouthinklearningidiomsisofgreatbenefittoEnglishstudy,andsodoI.-Greatmindsthinkalike.英雄所見(jiàn)略同。

A：IthinkitwasJasonwhostolemydocument.

B：Fatchance!A：He’stheonlyonewholeftherelate.

B：Iknowhim.He’llneverdothatsortofthing.微小的機(jī)會(huì)；極少的可能

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TranslatetheIdiomsintoChineseWhenmybrothercamebackhomefromhistriptoEurope,we____forhimandenjoyedourselves.DA.appleoftheirparents’eyeB.feetofclay

C.byandbyD.killthefattedcalf

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TranslatethesentencesintoChinese“Isn’titapleasuretostudyandpracticewhatyouhavelearned?Isn’titalsogreatwhenfriendsvisitfromdistantplaces?”"Tostudyandnotthinkisawaste.Tothinkandnotstudyisdangerous."學(xué)而時(shí)習(xí)之，不亦說(shuō)乎？有朋自遠(yuǎn)方來(lái)，不亦樂(lè)乎。學(xué)而不思則罔，思而不學(xué)則殆。-----《論語(yǔ)》Number6

TranslatetheidiomsintoChineseWhenHeavenisabouttoplaceagreatresponsibilityonagreatman,italwaysfirstfrustrateshisspiritandwill,exhaustshismusclesandbones,exposeshimtostarvationandpoverty,harasseshimbytroublesandsetbackssoastostimulatehisspirit,toughenhisnatureandenhancehisabilities.天將降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為，

所以動(dòng)心忍性，增益其所不能。-----《論語(yǔ)》

天將降大任于斯人也，必先苦其心志，勞其筋骨，餓其體膚，空乏其身，行拂亂其所為，

所以動(dòng)心忍性，增益其所不能。

Studyhardandfightforthe2016NationalEntranceExamination!Fighting!!!ReadtogetherPractice：Discusswithyourpartnersandmakeacompletestoryordialogueusingthesesixidioms.byandbyfeetofclay3.killthefatte