大學(xué)英語學(xué)習(xí)課件U5-1 Proverbs in starting point

Unit5Aplaceinsociety12I,we,theyDinneratJoanne’sStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.Whenthecat’saway,themicewillplay.Themicewillnotplaywhenthecatistherebecausetheyareafraidofit.Thisshowsfearofauthority,oralackoftrustbecausethemicewillonlybehavewhenthecatisthere.[諺]貓兒不在,鼠兒成精/貓兒不在，老鼠造反。山中無老虎,猴子稱大王MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.2)Letsleepingdogslie.Dogscanbedangeroussodonotwakethemupwhentheyaresleeping.Thismeansdonotstiruptroubleunnecessarily.Itshowsavalueofstability.不要惹是生非。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.3)Don’tputallyoureggsinonebasket.Ifthereisaproblem,alloftheeggswillbeaffectedbecausetheyhavebeenkeptinoneplace.Thisshowsthevalueofprudence(慎重)orthevirtueoftakingprecautions–someoftheeggsshouldbekeptinanothersafeplace.不要孤注一擲。雞飛蛋打。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.4)Oneswallowdoesn’tmakeasummer.TheswallowisamigrantbirdthatcomestoEuropeinsummertime,butifyouseeonlyonethatdoesnotnecessarilymeanthatsummerhasarrived.Asinglecasedoesnotconfirmaphenomenon;weneedmoreevidence.孤燕不成夏/一燕不成夏。（一葉不成秋。）MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.5)There’snosmokewithoutfire.Smokeisasignoffire,soifyouseesmoketheremustbeafiresomewherenearby.Thisshowsthevalueofbeingawareofcausesandconnections.無風(fēng)不起浪。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.6)Don’tcountyourchickensbeforethey’rehatched.Ifyoucounttheeggs,thatdoesnotnecessarilymeaneveryeggwillhatchouttobecomeachicken.Somethingmayhappentosomeofthem.Thisshowsthevalueofbeingcautiousandhavingpatienceuntilwecanbejustifiablyconfidentaboutanoutcome.直譯:蛋未孵化,莫數(shù)小雞。意譯:不要過早樂觀。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.7)Toomanycoolsspoilthebroth.Toomanypeopleworkingonasingletask,likemakingthicksoup,maymeantheyhavedifferentwaystodoitorinterferewitheachother,sotheresultmayberuined.Thisshowsthevalueofhavinganappropriatenumberofpeopleforatask,nottoomany.廚師多了煮壞湯,人多手雜反壞事。人多誤事。StatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.8)Manyhandsmakelightwork.Whenmanypeoplehelp,theworkwillbeeasy.Thisshowsthevalueofcooperationandmutualhelp.人多好辦事。眾人拾柴火焰高。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.9)Achainisonlyasstrongasitsweakestlink.Eachlinkinachainisimportant,becausethechainwillbreakatitsweakestpoint.Thisshowsthateachindividualmatters,andthatallindividualsshouldbestrongandcompetent,ortheirweaknesswillaffecteverybodyelse.牽一發(fā)而動全身。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.10)Ahousedividedagainstitselfcannotstand.Ifafamilyorgroupisdivided,itwillfallbecauseconflictwillmakeitweak.Thisshowsthevalueofunity,solidarityandcooperation.家庭不睦,萬事不興MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.11)Bettertoremainsilentandbethoughtafoolthantospeakandremovealldoubt.Peoplemaythinkyouarefoolishifyousaynothing.Butifyouspeak,itwillconfirmthatyouarefoolish.Thisshowsthevalueofhavingfewwordsandbeingcautiousinspeech.寧愿閉嘴當(dāng)傻瓜,也別學(xué)烏鴉亂呱呱。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.12)Don’tupsettheapple-cart.Ifacartfullofapplesisupset,theappleswillgoeverywhereanditwillbechaotic.Thisshowsthevalueofcautionandavoidingfoolishactionswhichmayhavedramaticeffects.不要打亂計劃。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.13)Goodfencesmakegoodneighbours.Fencesarepartitionsbetweenhousesandgardens.Youwillhavegoodneighboursifyourespecttheboundariesbetweenhousesandproperty,whichshowsthevalueofrespectingotherpeople’sprivacyandoftheirrespectforyours.好籬笆造就好鄰居。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.14)Thebestdefenceisagoodoffence.Inaconflict,agooddefenceistoattackyouropponent,whowillhavetodefendhimselfandwillfinditdifficulttoattackyou.Thisshowsthevalueofaggressionundercertaincircumstances.進(jìn)攻是最好的防御。MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.15)Thosewhosleepwithdogswillrisewithfleas.Dogssometimeshavefleasonthemandyoucancatchthefleasifyousleepwiththedogs.Thisshowsthevalueofavoidingbadcompanyorthewrongfriendsbecausesomethingbadwillruboffonyou.MoreStatingPointWorkinpairs.Readtheproverbsfromdifferentlanguagesanddiscussthekindofindividualorsocialvaluestheysuggest.16)Speaksoftlybutcarryabigstick.Thebigstickwouldonlybeusedifnecessary.Thisshowsthevalueofusingpowe