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....
