Unit4BehindbeliefsReadingBiblicalidiomsinEnglishStep1:Lead-inAsweallknow,therearemanyidiomsinEnglish,andmostofthemcomefromtheBible.Firstlet’slookatthefollowingdialogues.Canyouguessthemeaningsoftheunderlinedwords?1.A:Oh,myGod!Whathappened?Whyareyoublackandblue?B:IgotbeatenbyPeter’sbrotherA:That’sabadapple!Let’sthinkupawayandteachhimalesson2.A:Givetheskatestome!B:Youshutup!A:Ifyoudon’tknowhowtoskate,whydon’tyougivetheskatestome?Don’tbeadoginthemanger.1.甲:噢,天哪!怎么啦?你身上怎么青一块紫一块的?乙:彼得的弟弟把我给打了。甲:这坏蛋,咱们来想个法来教训教训他。2.甲:把冰鞋给我!乙:你闭嘴!甲:你若不知道怎么滑冰,干吗不把冰鞋给我?别占着茅坑不拉屎了!Boysandgirls,fromtheaboveexamples,weknowthatidiomsplayanimportantpartinlearningalanguageandcanenrichthelanguageweuse.Nowreadthefollowingsentencesandguesswhateachidiommeans.1.A:There’snopointinlosingtemperonme.It’sunfair!(没理由)B:Whatdidyoudotohim?A:IfIdidsomethingbad,Iwouldn’tblamehimforgettingangrywithme.ThepointisthatIdidnothingwrong.B:Maybehethoughtyoureportedhimtothemanager.2.A:IthinkitwasJasonwhostolemydocument.B:Fatchance!(微小的机会;极少的可能)A:He’stheonlyonewholeftherelate.B:Iknowhim.He’llneverdothatsortofthing.3.A:Where’sAnnie?B:Inthehouse.A:Inthehouse?Whereisshe?B:Searchme,Idon’tknowwheresheisnow.[(非正式)不知道]Step2:Fastreadingforgeneralideas用心爱心专心GothroughthepassageasquicklyaspossibleandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestionsinpartAonPage50.Payattentiontothemostimportantinformation.Answers:1.Anidiomisagroupofwordsoranexpressionwhosemeaningoftencannotbeunderstoodbylookingatthemeaningsoftheseparatewordsinit.2.InHebrew.3.‘Appleoftheirparents’eye’.Step3:Detailedreadingforimportantinformation1.ReadthepassageasecondtimeandcompletePartC1.Answers:C11.BecausetheBiblewasfirstwritteninHebrewandthentranslatedintoGreek,andmanyidiomsareusedinbothofthem.BecausetheBiblewastranslatedintoEnglishhundredsofyearsago,manyHebreworGreekidiomshavebecomepartoftheEnglishlanguage.2.Immediately.3.Beforelong.4.Hundredsofyearsago.5.Thereisahiddenweaknessinsomebodywhomweadmireorrespect.6.Birdandcalf.7.Appleandsalt.8.Youcanimproveyourcomprehensionanddevelopahighlevelofcompetenceincommunicationskills.2.ReadthearticleagainandcompletePartC2.Answers:C21.theappleofhergrandmother’seye2.feetofclay3.byandby4.thesaltoftheearth5.killedandfattedcalf6.AlittlebirdtoldmeStep4:Practice:1.CompletePartD.Youmayrefertothereadingpassageonpages50and51forsomehelp.用心爱心专心Answers:D1j2b3a4c5e6d7f8h9g10i2.PartEisashortpassageaboutidiomsfromthebible.Readandfillintheblanks.Answers:E(1)group(2)idioms(3)translated(4)Greek(5)beforelong(6)underline(7)concept(8)weakness(9)bird(10)hidden3.Trytoinferthemeaningsofthefollowingidiomsbyanalyzingthehiddencluesandthenusethemincertainsituations.atthetopofahat(immediately)knowtheropes(toknowhowtodosth.---thisidiomreferstothefactthatasailorknowshowtomakeropesforsailing)child’splay(aneasyjob)seeeyetoeye(tohavethesameopinionassomeoneelse)afeatherin(my)cap(somethingthatyoucanbeproudof---thisidiomcamefromthenativeAmericanIndianswhousuallygaveafeathertosomeonewhowasbraveinabattle)onashoestring(havingverylittlemoney)(1)MysisterandIagreeabouteverythingfromfashiontopolitics.We______onalmostanything.(seeeyetoeye)(2)Alexhadverylittlemoneywhenhestartedhisfirstbusiness.Infactheonlyhadafewhundredpounds....