1、Reading,Unit 4,Biblical idioms in English,Can you guess the meanings of the underlined words?,A: Oh, my God! What happened? Why are you black and blue?,B: I got beaten by Peters brother.,A: Thats a bad apple! Lets think up a way and teach him a lesson.,坏蛋,a bad apple:,2. A: Give the skates to me!,B:
2、 You shut up!,A: If you dont know how to skate, why dont you give the skates to me? Dont be a dog in the manger.,a dog in the manger:,占着茅坑不拉屎,3. A: Theres no point in losing temper on me. Its unfair!,B: What did you do to him?,A: If I did something bad, I wouldnt blame him for getting angry with me.
3、 The point is that I did nothing wrong.,B: Maybe he thought you reported him to the manager.,no point:,没理由,4. A: I think it was Jason who stole my document.,B: Fat chance!,A: Hes the only one who left here late.,B: I know him. Hell never do that sort of thing.,Fat chance:,微小的机会；极少的可能,5. A: Wheres An
4、nie?,B: In the house.,A: In the house? Where is she?,B: Search me, I dont know where she is now.,Search me:,(非正式)不知道,Objectives,To gain some knowledge about biblical idioms, understand their original meanings and learn about their practical usage in EnglishTo learn how to understand analogiesTo mast
5、er the new words and idioms in this article,汉语是我们的母语，我们从学英语开始，就是用汉语来解释和记忆英语的。变“用汉语解释和记忆英语”为“用英语解释和记忆英语”。避免了将英语转换为另一种语言汉语所带来的不便和时间耗费。不但提高了效率，而且久而久之，有可能在头脑中建立起两种思维系统，即在汉语思维之外，还可以逐步建立起独立的英语思维系统。,用英语解释和记忆英语，本身就是在学习和运用英语，对提高英语语感和英语的阅读理解能力以及综合运用能力很有好处，是一举多得的好方法。真正做到了用英语品味英语，越品越有味；用英语理解英语，理解更准确。鉴于本环节初次尝试此种
6、设置，可能有些学生对英语解释不能完全理解，为降低难度，英文解释后还配有中文解释，以方便学生回顾早读课中已预习过的单词，进一步加深记忆。,honest about your feelings or opinions; simple and easy to understand unclear because sb doesnt give enough details to draw a line under a word to show its important not covered by clothes; empty to hit or knock sth hard; to stop wo
7、rking deliberately the style of sbs writing,straightforward,vague,underline,bare,strike,handwriting,to arrange to work for sb connecting with agriculture to cut and gather a crop of gain to plant or scatter seeds on a piece of ground; to spread sth widely to become ripe or to make sth ripe complete,
8、 detailed and careful,hire oneself out,agricultural,reap,sow,ripen,thorough,Reading Tips,在阅读时，要注意综合运用略读(skimming)与扫读(scanning)这两种方法。,Reading strategy,skimming,scanning,a general idea,certain information,titles and headings,the first and last sentences of paragraphs,the first and last paragraphs,pict
9、ures and charts,Scan the text for key words and phrases, dates, etc.,Do not need to read the whole text.,Skimming to get general ideas,1. What is an idiom?An idiom is a group of words or an expression whose meaning is not straightforward, because it often cannot be understood by looking at the meani
10、ngs of its separate words. 2. What languages was the Bible first written in? 3. What idioms is often used to describe children?The apple of somebodys eye.,Skimming,Reading Comprehension I,Hebrew and Greek.,Careful reading to solve difficult points,Tips for teacher,本模块的careful reading主要是针对句型和部分短语的解释，
11、教师可以根据学生的预习情况来选择性讲解。 为了引导学生进行自主学习，自己查找相关资料学习新单词，这里不对词汇做解释。但为了方便，在每个单元的language points板块中会对本单元的词汇做一个重点讲解。,Idioms often use a number of words to represent a single object, person or concept, among other things, and unless you recognize an idiom when it is being used, it is easy to misunderstand what y
12、ou read or hear spoken. (P50) 习语常常用一些词代表某一物体、人物或者概念以及其他的一些事物。除非你能识别习语运用，否则你很容易误解所读到的或听到的内容。,1. 本句是一个由and连接的并列主从复合句，在第二个分句中，unless引导一个条件状语从句，it is easy to 是主句部分，what引导的从句作misunderstand的宾语。,在what引导的从句中，过去分词spoken作宾语补足语。如： There was an accident yesterday, but strangely I didnt hear it mentioned in the
13、company. 2. 句中among other things 的意思是“除了别的东西；此外”。如：We will discuss the plan for this project, among other things, at the meeting next month.,In the dream, a stone flew at the statue and struck it on the feet. (P50) 在梦里，一块石头飞向塑像，砸在了它的脚上。 句中strike的意思是“击（中），撞”，表示“击打（中）某人身体的某部位”时，常用结构为“strike somebody +
14、 介词 + the + 身体部位名称”。如： The thief struck her hard on the head. 小偷猛击她的头。,After spending every penny of his money and being reduced to hiring himself out to feed pigs, he realized that he had been a fool and went home. (P51) 在花光每一分钱之后，他沦落到为人打 工，替别人养猪。他意识到自己是多么愚 蠢，于是回家。句中be reduced to的意思是“沦为”。如：He was r
15、educed to begging for a living.他沦落到以乞讨为生。,2. 短语hire oneself out的意思是“打工，受雇于人”，如：Linda hired herself out as a waitress at weekends.琳达周末出去打工，当服务员。When he first came to the big city from the countryside, he earned his living by hiring himself out to clean the streets.当他初次从农村到城市时，他靠清扫街 道来养活自己。,Scanningto
16、 get detailed information,1. Why does the Bible have a lot of idioms?,Because the Bible was first written in Hebrew and Greek, and many idioms are used in both of them.,Scanning,Reading Comprehension II,2. What did by and by mean in the Bible?,Immediately.,3. What does feet of clay mean?There is a h
17、idden weakness in somebody whom we admire or respect.,4. What dose see the handwriting on the wall mean? 5. What animal is used in an idiom in the article? 6. Which idiom in the article is related to agricultural life? 7. What food is included in an idiom in the article? 8. How is studying idioms us
18、eful in language learning?,It means to see signs that disaster is coming.,Calf.,You reap what you sow.,Apple.,We can improve our comprehension and develop a high level of competence in communication skills.,Scanning,Reading Comprehension III,Choose the correct idiom from the article to complete each
19、 sentence below.Debbies father always warns her to be nice to people around her, because _. 2. Sarahs mother adores her; Sarah is _. 3. Wilson was disappointed when he learnt that the coach had _.,you reap what you sow,the apple of her mothers eye,feet of clay,4. She knew it might take a long time f
20、or her teammates to change their minds, but she believed that the new plan would work _. 5. When my brother came back home from his trip to Europe, we _ for him. 6. After his company suffered millions of dollars in losses, Joe _ and left the company.,by and by,killed the fatted calf,saw the handwrit
21、ing on the wall,Discussion,Do you know any other English idioms and their origins? What are they?,Do you think understanding idioms is an important part of language learning? Why or why not?,at the drop of a hat know the ropes childs play see eye to eye a feather in ones cap on a shoestring,知道内情 有相同
22、的看法，完全一致 立刻、马上 容易干的事 以极少的资金或不用资金 可引以自豪的行为,Guess what each idiom means.,Use the phrases of last page to fill in the blanks. My sister and I agree about everything form fashion to politics. We _ on almost everything. Alex had very little money when he started his first business. In fact he only had a
23、few hundred pounds. He started his business _, but he was very successful.,see eye to eye,on a shoestring,3. When her friends call, Megan will drop everything to go and meet them. She will leave _. 4. If you have any questions, ask Ian. He has worked here for 25 years, so he really _. No one knows m
24、ore about this company than Ian.,at the drop of a hat,knows the ropes,5. He is very experienced in this kind of problem. Helping you solve the problem will be _ to him. 6. Herbert won a scholarship to Duke University. Over 500 students applied for a scholarship. It was _ when he won.,childs play,a f
25、eather in his cap,Time for reflection,What is a biblical idiom?Can you tell the meaning of each idiom?you reap what you sowfeet of clay by and bykilled the fatted calfsaw the handwriting on the wallthe apple of ones eyeat the drop of a hat,Quiz I 单词拼写。While listening to the terrible story, I felt my
26、 facial _ (表情) beginning to change. 2. All the mistakes in my English composition had been _ (加下划线) in red ink by my teacher. 3. Dont worry. There are two _ (直截了当的) ways of achieving this result.,expression,underlined,straightforward,4. The instructions for this clever method are given _ (频繁地) and a
27、re easy to understand. 5. The president went abroad for a friendly visit, accompanied by his _ (翻译员). 6. Why you let her talk you into doing such a foolish thing is beyond my _ (理解力). 7. Increased speed of _ (通讯) means that people can act much more quickly and work more efficiently.,frequently,inter
28、preter,comprehension,communication,8. Now I find that the level of _ (能力) among hospital staff is not as high as expected. 9. He was rather _ (含糊的) about the reasons why he was so late for class this morning. 10. Building inspectors should have a _ (完全的) knowledge of construction materials, otherwis
29、e, quality problems will come up in some buildings.,competence,vague,thorough,Quiz II. 用所给短语填空。,by and by, be used to do, be related to, in honour of , strike sb/sth on the have a thorough understanding of, have a connection to, in other words, be proud of, waste time doing,Computers _ help us make
30、many things easy. 2. It will come all the easier to like him _ when we are all together.,are used to,by and by,3. The stadium was named _ the clubs first chairman. 4. Chinese people _ their motherland that has made such great achievement during the last ten years. 5. The football _ back suddenly. 6.
31、 The doctor said that his disease _ the bad working conditions.,in honor of,are proud of,struck me on the,had a connection to,7. Never draw a conclusion until you _ what I say. 8. He didnt do well in the College Entrance Examination. _, he may not go to any key university. 9. Nowadays many teenagers
32、 are _ computer games. 10. What we will discuss today _ the increasingly terrible traffic.,have a thorough understanding of,In other words,wasting time playing,is related to,Preview,To Preview Word power about religions & religious words on Pages 54-55To preview Grammar and usage about analysis of complicated sentences on Page 56,Homework1. To remember the idioms you learned today.2. Do exercises on Page 125.3. Find more idioms.,Bye-bye!,Thank you!,