《英語文化中的圣經(jīng)典故與希臘神話》

《英語文化中的圣經(jīng)典故與希臘神話》浙江省樂清市三中校本選修課程樂清市三中張亮

選修課程開設(shè)初衷個(gè)人興趣、專長(zhǎng)；大多英語學(xué)習(xí)者的學(xué)習(xí)背景：文化意識(shí)淡薄基督教文化與希臘文明對(duì)西方文化的深遠(yuǎn)影響源于圣經(jīng)故事與希臘神話的習(xí)語一瞥turntheothercheek

指“忍受暴力，忍受侮辱”

thewidow’scruse寡婦的壇子，比喻取之不盡的財(cái)源

Judas’skiss猶大之吻，比喻出賣朋友的行徑“馬太效應(yīng)”：指“富者愈富，貧者愈貧”的經(jīng)濟(jì)現(xiàn)象Idon’twanttobetheonetocastthefirststone,butshesanghorribly.Pandora’sboxMidas’stouchAchilles’ankleTrojanhorse課程簡(jiǎn)介篇章閱讀了解典故相關(guān)習(xí)語學(xué)習(xí)理解其引申義習(xí)語的遷移活用欣賞相關(guān)文藝作品相關(guān)主題的拓展閱讀ContentsPart1第一部分一、ABriefIntroductiontothecourse圣經(jīng)文化和希臘文化綜述（1課時(shí)）二、TheStoryoftheCreation&TheStoryofAdamandEve創(chuàng)世故事，亞當(dāng)與夏娃的故事（1課時(shí)）三、TheStoryoftheFlood&Noah’sArk大洪水，諾亞方舟的故事（1課時(shí)）四、AbrahamandHisOffspring以色列民族的起源

（1課時(shí)）五、TheStoryofJosephandHisBrothers約瑟的故事

（1課時(shí)）六、Exodus--TheStoryofMoses摩西與出埃及的故事

（2課時(shí)）七、TheKingdomofIsraelandKingSolomon以色列王國(guó)與智慧之王所羅門

（1課時(shí)）八、TheBirthofJesusChrist&TheVisitoftheMagi基督的出生與三博士來訪（1課時(shí)）

九、Jesus’Parables耶穌的比喻和教導(dǎo)（1課時(shí)）

Part2第二部分十、AbriefintroductionoftheGreekmythsandtheGreekGodsandGoddesses希臘諸神簡(jiǎn)介

（1課時(shí)）十一、StoriesaboutApollo,Athena&Aphrodite阿波羅、雅典娜與阿芙羅狄蒂的故事

（1課時(shí)）十二、TheTrojanWar&Achilles’heel特洛伊之戰(zhàn)與阿喀琉斯之踵

（2課時(shí)）十三、Pandora’sBox,Midas’Touch&Sphinx’sRiddle潘多拉之盒，點(diǎn)金術(shù)與斯芬克斯之謎

（1課時(shí)）十四、Abriefintroductiontoothergodsandgoddesses希臘其他神祗簡(jiǎn)介

（1課時(shí)）十五、Pygmalion皮革馬利翁

（1課時(shí)）十六、課程考核（課內(nèi)基礎(chǔ)性知識(shí)檢測(cè)）

選修課開設(shè)過程中的困惑閱讀文本的難度控制與取舍延伸材料的選取課堂互動(dòng)有限，學(xué)生自主學(xué)習(xí)不夠個(gè)人水平有限，缺乏合作支持theStoryofNoah’sArk

Teachinggoals:Tobefamiliarwiththestoryandtryretellingitintheirownwords;Tounderstandtheoriginalmeaningsoftheitemsinthestory:Noah’sArk,oliveleaf/branchandtherainbow;Togettoknowtheextendedmeaningsoftheitemsaboveonotheroccasionsandthusgetabetterunderstandingoftheuse(inothertexts);Toappreciatesomeotherformsofartandliteraryworksaboutthestorybetter

Teachingprocess:Leadinthestorythroughapieceofnews(videoclip);Studythestoryfromanadaptedtext(discuss4questionsafterreading);Furtherreading,focusingontheunderstandingoftheidioms–Noah’sArk,oliveleaf&therainbow;ExtensionoftheuseoftheidiomsHomework中國(guó)義烏的“諾亞方舟”/system/2012/08/09/009797056.shtmlQuestionsto

theStoryofNoah'sArk:Whywastheresuchagreatflood?WhoweresparedbyGod?How?WhydidNoahsendoutaravenandthenadove?Whatdoestherainbowmean?TheStoryofNoah'sArk:Menincrease…evilspread…Noahfoundfavor…command…anark…Noahsentoutaraven,anditkeptflyingbackandforthuntilthewaterhaddriedupfromtheearth.…Whenthedovereturnedtohimintheevening,thereinitsbeakwasafreshlyplucked

oliveleaf!ThenNoahknewthatthewaterhadrecededfromtheearth.AndGodsaid,“Thisisthesignofthecovenant(盟約)Iammakingbetweenmeandyouandeverylivingcreaturewithyou,acovenantforallgenerationstocome:Ihavesetmyrainbowintheclouds,anditwillbethesignofthecovenantbetweenmeandtheearth:Neveragainwillalllifebecutoffbythewatersofaflood;neveragainwilltherebeafloodtodestroytheearth.”TherainbowEvanAlmightyRelatedvideoclipappreciationExtensionolivebranch____________,asymbolof________.

AquotefromKingHenryVIbyShakespeare:莎士比亞的戲劇《亨利六世》下篇第4幕中，當(dāng)克萊倫斯聽到華列克不愿單獨(dú)管理國(guó)政而舉薦他時(shí)，他推辭道：“不，華列克，你掌握政權(quán)可說是當(dāng)之無愧。當(dāng)你誕生的時(shí)候，上天已把橄欖枝和桂冠賦予你，使你在和平和戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中都有福氣。因此，我對(duì)你是甘拜下風(fēng)的?！盇metaphormeaning_____________新聞鏈接：中國(guó)義烏的“諾亞方舟”“諾亞舟”電子詞典名稱的寓意延伸閱讀

Noah’sArk

高考鏈接Withonlyabout1,000pandasleftintheworld,Chinaisdesperatelytryingtoclone(克隆)theanimalandsavetheendangeredspecies(物種).That’samovesimilartowhataTexasA&MUniversityresearchershavebeenundertakingforthepastfiveyearsinaprojectcalled“Noah’sArk”.Noah’sArkisaimedatcollectingeggs,embryos(胚胎),semenandDNAofendangeredanimalsandstoringtheminliquidnitrogen(氫).Ifcertainspeciesshouldbecomeextinct,Dr.DuaneKraemer,aprofessorinTexasA&M’sCollegeofVeterinaryMedicine,saystherewouldbeenoughofthebasicbuildingblockstoreintroducethespeciesinthefuture...... Theaimof“Noah’sArk”projectisto_______.A.makeeffortstoclonetheendangeredpandasB.savee