Haveyouheardthestory“MengmuSanQian”?InancientChina,therelivedamotherwhowaslookingforthebesthomeforherchild,Mengzi.Atoneneighbourhood,shefoundthatthechildrenwereattractedtothegoing-onsatanearbycoffinmaker'sandpassedtheirtimeimitatingthesorrowexpressedbythefamiliesofthedeceased.Shedecideditwasnottheenvironmentshewantedforherchildandsoshemoved.Atanotherneighbourhood,shefoundthemenwerenotinterestedinhardwork.Notfindingitsuitableforherchild,shemovedagain.Inallshemovedthreetimes,untilshewasconvincedthatshehadfoundthebestenvironmentinwhichtobringupherchild.MengziorMenciusgrewuptobeoneofthegreatthinkersofChina,thankstothedisciplineinculcatedbyhismother,andofcourseherforesightandpersistence.矛盾Doyouknowwhattheexpressionself-contradictionmeans?Self-contradictionWhenyouseethepicture,whatstoryorexpressioncanyouthinkof?Doyouthinksnakeshavefeet?Whatdoestheexpressionmean?Answerthequestions:1.WhataretheexpressionsabovecalledinChinese?2.ThendoyouknowsomeallusionsinEnglish?Matchthetwoparts.borrowedplumes最大最好的部分cat’spaw受人愚弄的人sourgrape靠别人得来的声望thelion’sshare把得不到的说成不好Allusions典故killthegoosethatlays绞尽脑汁thegoldeneggsrackone’sbrains打破沉默breaktheice害群之马blacksheep杀鹅取卵1)WhenQinXiaoyongsaysthathefeltabitliketheprodigalsonreturning,whatdoyouthinkhemeans?IntheBible,theprodigalsonfeelsashamedwhenhereturnshomebecausehehasspentallthemoneyhisfathergavehim.QinXiaoyongalsofeltguiltywhenhereturnshome.Healsofeltlikehehadnotbeenagoodsonbecausehedidn’twritetohisparentsveryoften.2)WhoisScrooge?WhenQinXiaoyongsaysthatheisabitofaScrooge,whatdoeshemeans?ScroogeisacharacterfromDickens’AChristmasCarol,whowasknownforhislackofgenerosity.Hemeansthathedoesnotliketospendalotofmoney.3)HaveyouheardofMotherTeresa?Whatdoyouknowabouther?ShewasanunwhohelpedpoorpeopleinIndia.WhenwesaysomeoneisaMotherTeresa,whatkindofpersonarewedescribing?Akindofpersonwhoalwaysthinksofothersinsteadofthemselves.Whenwerefertowordsorphraseslikethesetotalkaboutanotherpersonorthing,wearemakinganallusion.Nowreadtheguidelinesofthissectiononpage56toknowwhatanallusionis.Anallusionisawayofmakinganindirectreferencetostimulateideasandassociationswithotherthings.ReadPoints1-5tolearnthemeaningofeachallusionandfindthewaysofmakinganallusion.a.examplesfromliteratureb.examplesfromreligionc.examplesfromworksd.examplesfromhistorye.examplesfromreallifeFillintheformaccordingtothefivepoints.AllusionsComefromThemeaningsLeiFengMonaLisaReallifeAworkofartTodescribeapersonwhoiskindandreadytohelpothersTodescribeapersonwithcharmingsmile.LinDaiyuJudasTodescribesomeonewhobetraystheirfriendsorbeliefsThebattleofWaterlooTodescribeafinaldefeatorfailureLiteratureTheBibleHistoryTodescribetheyoungladywhoissentimentalandsickishReadtheinstructionandthetabletounderstandthemeaningofeachallusionandtrytodecidewhichofthemarefromliterature,religion,history,reallifeorothersources.Afterthat,putthemintherightplacesinZhangHong’sdiary.1)aHerculeantask2)darkhorse3)MickeyMousecourse4)Danielinthelion’sden5)Achilles’heel6)goodSamaritan7)catch-228)JonahAnswersDiscussingroupsanddecidewhichsituationsthefollowingallusionsareusedin.theprodigalsonbeoverthemoonPandora’sboxdarkhorseAQspiritsourgrapes1.Trytounderstandthemeaningsofallusionslearntinthisclassandusethemcorrectly.2.DoPartC1andPartC2onpage120inWorkbook.3.PreviewthetextinProject.HomeworkHomework
