《英语文化中的圣经典故与希腊神话》

《英语文化中的圣经典故与希腊神话》浙江省乐清市三中校本选修课程乐清市三中张亮

选修课程开设初衷个人兴趣、专长；大多英语学习者的学习背景：文化意识淡薄基督教文化与希腊文明对西方文化的深远影响源于圣经故事与希腊神话的习语一瞥turntheothercheek

指“忍受暴力，忍受侮辱”

thewidow’scruse寡妇的坛子，比喻取之不尽的财源

Judas’skiss犹大之吻，比喻出卖朋友的行径“马太效应”：指“富者愈富，贫者愈贫”的经济现象Idon’twanttobetheonetocastthefirststone,butshesanghorribly.Pandora’sboxMidas’stouchAchilles’ankleTrojanhorse课程简介篇章阅读了解典故相关习语学习理解其引申义习语的迁移活用欣赏相关文艺作品相关主题的拓展阅读ContentsPart1第一部分一、ABriefIntroductiontothecourse圣经文化和希腊文化综述（1课时）二、TheStoryoftheCreation&TheStoryofAdamandEve创世故事，亚当与夏娃的故事（1课时）三、TheStoryoftheFlood&Noah’sArk大洪水，诺亚方舟的故事（1课时）四、AbrahamandHisOffspring以色列民族的起源

（1课时）五、TheStoryofJosephandHisBrothers约瑟的故事

（1课时）六、Exodus--TheStoryofMoses摩西与出埃及的故事

（2课时）七、TheKingdomofIsraelandKingSolomon以色列王国与智慧之王所罗门

（1课时）八、TheBirthofJesusChrist&TheVisitoftheMagi基督的出生与三博士来访（1课时）

九、Jesus’Parables耶稣的比喻和教导（1课时）

Part2第二部分十、AbriefintroductionoftheGreekmythsandtheGreekGodsandGoddesses希腊诸神简介

（1课时）十一、StoriesaboutApollo,Athena&Aphrodite阿波罗、雅典娜与阿芙罗狄蒂的故事

（1课时）十二、TheTrojanWar&Achilles’heel特洛伊之战与阿喀琉斯之踵

（2课时）十三、Pandora’sBox,Midas’Touch&Sphinx’sRiddle潘多拉之盒，点金术与斯芬克斯之谜

（1课时）十四、Abriefintroductiontoothergodsandgoddesses希腊其他神祗简介

（1课时）十五、Pygmalion皮革马利翁

（1课时）十六、课程考核（课内基础性知识检测）

选修课开设过程中的困惑阅读文本的难度控制与取舍延伸材料的选取课堂互动有限，学生自主学习不够个人水平有限，缺乏合作支持theStoryofNoah’sArk

Teachinggoals:Tobefamiliarwiththestoryandtryretellingitintheirownwords;Tounderstandtheoriginalmeaningsoftheitemsinthestory:Noah’sArk,oliveleaf/branchandtherainbow;Togettoknowtheextendedmeaningsoftheitemsaboveonotheroccasionsandthusgetabetterunderstandingoftheuse(inothertexts);Toappreciatesomeotherformsofartandliteraryworksaboutthestorybetter

Teachingprocess:Leadinthestorythroughapieceofnews(videoclip);Studythestoryfromanadaptedtext(discuss4questionsafterreading);Furtherreading,focusingontheunderstandingoftheidioms–Noah’sArk,oliveleaf&therainbow;ExtensionoftheuseoftheidiomsHomework中国义乌的“诺亚方舟”/system/2012/08/09/009797056.shtmlQuestionsto

theStoryofNoah'sArk:Whywastheresuchagreatflood?WhoweresparedbyGod?How?WhydidNoahsendoutaravenandthenadove?Whatdoestherainbowmean?TheStoryofNoah'sArk:Menincrease…evilspread…Noahfoundfavor…command…anark…Noahsentoutaraven,anditkeptflyingbackandforthuntilthewaterhaddriedupfromtheearth.…Whenthedovereturnedtohimintheevening,thereinitsbeakwasafreshlyplucked

oliveleaf!ThenNoahknewthatthewaterhadrecededfromtheearth.AndGodsaid,“Thisisthesignofthecovenant(盟约)Iammakingbetweenmeandyouandeverylivingcreaturewithyou,acovenantforallgenerationstocome:Ihavesetmyrainbowintheclouds,anditwillbethesignofthecovenantbetweenmeandtheearth:Neveragainwillalllifebecutoffbythewatersofaflood;neveragainwilltherebeafloodtodestroytheearth.”TherainbowEvanAlmightyRelatedvideoclipappreciationExtensionolivebranch____________,asymbolof________.

AquotefromKingHenryVIbyShakespeare:莎士比亚的戏剧《亨利六世》下篇第4幕中，当克莱伦斯听到华列克不愿单独管理国政而举荐他时，他推辞道：“不，华列克，你掌握政权可说是当之无愧。当你诞生的时候，上天已把橄榄枝和桂冠赋予你，使你在和平和战争中都有福气。因此，我对你是甘拜下风的。”Ametaphormeaning_____________新闻链接：中国义乌的“诺亚方舟”“诺亚舟”电子词典名称的寓意延伸阅读

Noah’sArk

高考链接Withonlyabout1,000pandasleftintheworld,Chinaisdesperatelytryingtoclone(克隆)theanimalandsavetheendangeredspecies(物种).That’samovesimilartowhataTexasA&MUniversityresearchershavebeenundertakingforthepastfiveyearsinaprojectcalled“Noah’sArk”.Noah’sArkisaimedatcollectingeggs,embryos(胚胎),semenandDNAofendangeredanimalsandstoringtheminliquidnitrogen(氢).Ifcertainspeciesshouldbecomeextinct,Dr.DuaneKraemer,aprofessorinTexasA&M’sCollegeofVeterinaryMedicine,saystherewouldbeenoughofthebasicbuildingblockstoreintroducethespeciesinthefuture...... Theaimof“Noah’sArk”projectisto_______.A.makeeffortstoclonetheendangeredpandasB.savee