(
课件网) 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 ... ...
