Unit 4 the next step Grammar and usage：Allusion 课件（41张PPT）

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牛津高中英语

(模块十一 · 高三下学期)
Advance with English
Grammar and usage
Unit
4
Allusion [?'l???n]
（典故）
Let’s enjoy the following pictures.

Lead in
画蛇添足
The allusion describes a person
who has done something unneccessary.
悬梁刺股
The allusion describes a person
who ____________________________.
is hard-working / diligent
对牛弹琴
To talk to you is to talk to brick wall.
扶不起来的阿斗
阿斗
The allusion describes a person
who ____________________________
__________________________ .
is expected too much
but disappointing or hopeless
Answer the questions:

1. What are the expressions above called in Chinese?


Allusions
2. Do you know some English allusions?
Can you give us some examples?
典故
Scrooge / [skru:d?]

a character who is extremely mean.
It comes from the novel A Christmas Carol.
allusions in reading part:
Living on my own, I also learnt to control
the amount of money I spend each week.
In fact, some of my friends say I am a bit
of a Scrooge.
You are a Scrooge!
a sacred cow [ seikrid ]

someone or something that is held
in high regard and can not be harmed.

The board member was a sacred cow to
the company.
be over the moon
Terry was over the moon because his
favourite team had just won the
championship match.

someone who is very happy.
Pandora’s box ?['p?r?d?ks]
How could we have known that by work
applying for a credit card we were opening Pandora’s box(灾难之盒).


one action has caused a lot of bad
things to happen.
Some others:
Waterloo [,w?:t?'lu:]
After failing to get funding for his research,
he is facing his Waterloo.
a final defeat or failure.

She has done a lot of charity work this year
and is a real Mother Teresa.
Mother Teresa [ t?'ri:z? ]

a person who works selflessly for
others.
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910年8月27日—1997年9月5日)又称做德兰修女、特里莎修女、泰瑞莎修女），是世界著名的天主教慈善工作者，主要替印度加尔各答的穷人服务。因其一生奉献给解除贫困，而于1979年得到诺贝尔和平奖。并被教皇约翰·保罗二世在2003年10月列入了天主教宣福名单Beatification。目前德蕾莎修女的名称也变为真福德雷莎修女(Blessed Teresa）。
More allusions:
Mickey Mouse course
dark horse
Daniel in the lion’s den
catch-22

非常容易

黑马

艰巨的任务

令人左右为难的规定
More allusions:
5. Achilles’ heel
6. Jonah
7. a Herculean task
8. good Samaritan

致命要害

带来不幸的人
极为艰巨的工作


心地善良，乐于助人的人
The sword of Damocles
11. The Sphinx’s riddle
9. The Midas touch
[?ma?d?s t?t?]
10. The sword of Damocles

点金术，
事事都能赚大钱的本领

达摩克利斯之剑
指悬在头顶的剑，将临的危险

斯芬克斯（埃及狮身人面像）之谜
[?? s??d ?v ?d?m?kli?z]
[?? sf??ks]
Group competition
Try to guess as many allusions as possible and the group which guesses the most allusions will win.
1. a difficult task
2. someone who is mean
3. a final defeat or failure.

4. a dilema situation
5. someone or something that is held
in high regard and can not be harmed.
a Herculean task
Scrooge
Waterloo
catch-22
a sacred cow
6. someone who is very happy.

7. a person who works selflessly for
others
8. one action has caused a lot of bad
things to happen
9. a person who will bring bad lack
10. a course that is really easy
be over the moon
Mother Teresa
Pandora’s box
Jonah
Mickey Mouse course


11. someone's weakness
12. a person who helps someone in trouble
13. someone facing a difficult task
14. someone who is not well known
but turns out to do surprisingly well
Achilles’ heel
good Samaritan
Daniel in the lion’s den

dark horse
Read Zhang Hong’s diary entry and fill in each of the blanks with a suitable one of the eight allusions in the table.
Practice:
Answers:
1) a Herculean
2) dark horse
3) Mickey Mouse course
4) Daniel in the lion’s den
5)Achilles’ heel
6) good Samaritan
7) catch-22
8) Jonah
In modern society, unemployment, like __________, is always accompanying the workers.
an Achilles’ heel
B. the sword of Damocles
C. the Midas touch
D. the Sphinx’s riddle

Practice:
2. ----- Mrs White is kind and always willing to help those who are in need.
----- Yes, definitely. She is ____ and welcomed by everyone.
A. a black sheep
B. the salt of the earth
C. a dark horse
D. the apple of our eyes

Practice:
3. I’ll soon have to throw away the printer, for it’s beyond repair and it’s
_________.
A. a Herculean task
B. on its last legs
C. a sacred cow
D. over the moon

Practice:
4. He ______ when his friends, who he hadn’t seen for 10 years, visited him last Thursday.
A. saw the handwriting on the wall
B. flew off the handle
C. faced the music
D. killed the calf

Practice:
5. I thought he was a perfect manager but his actions showed that he had _________.
A. two left feet
B. the better hand
C. head over heels
D. feet of clay

Practice:
6. ----Why are you upset, Maria?
---- My father didn’t even buy me a Christmas present! What a ______!
A. Judas
B. Samaritan
C. Jonah
D. Scrooge

Practice:
['d??un?]
n. 约拿（圣经人物）；约拿书；带来厄运的人
[‘d?u?d?s]在圣经中背叛耶稣的人， 现在指背叛朋友，国家的叛徒
7. ------To apply for a short-term study visa in the UK, I have to be able to speak some English, but I want to go there just to learn English.
------ Oh, it’s really ___________.
A. a confidential source
B. a catch-22 situation
C. a Pandora’s box
D. a Herculean task

B. the better hand
C. head over heels
D. feet of clay

Practice:
8. (2016.江苏卷)
----Jack still can’t help being anxious about his job interview.
---- Lack of self-confidence is his ______, I am afraid.
A. Achilles’ heel
B. child’s play
C. green fingers
D. last straw

压死骆驼的最后一根稻草
让人崩溃或毁灭的最后的力量
9. (2017.江苏卷)
----What does the stuff on your T-shirt mean?
---- It’s nothing. Just something ______.
A. as clear as day
B. off the top of my head
C. under my nose
D. beyond my wildest dream.

10. (2018.江苏卷)
----What happened? Your boss seemed to __________?
---- Don’t you know his secretary leaked the secret report to the press?
A. be over the moon
B. laugh his head off
C. be all ears
D. fly off the handle

1. Try to understand the meanings of allusions learnt this class and use them correctly.
2. Do PartC1and PartC2 on Page120 in workbook.
3. Preview the text in the task.

Homework
?
Thank you!
井底之蛙
The allusion is used to describe those
who are satisfied with their narrow horizon and
consider themselves to be the most knowledgeable people.
拔苗助长
The allusion describes a process during which people spoil things by undue haste
Unit 4

课件描述：
这一部分提供了关于英语典故的一些知识，围绕典故知识设计了一些教学活动，让学生在活动中了解一些常见的英语典故的含义，了解不同文化的表达差异，领略英语典故的魅力。通过活动培养学生的理解能力和合作精神，为提高英语交际能力和阅读理解能力打下扎实的基础。