牛津英语高三模块9 unit4 reading

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1、Unit4Unit4BehindbeliefsReadingBiblicalidiomsinEnglishLead-inReadingDiscussionHomeworkContentsDoyouunderstandthefollowingquotes?Lead-in“敏而好学，不耻下问。”“见义不为，无勇也。”—《论语·公治长》—《论语·为政》“不耻下问”“见义勇为”ConfucianAnalects“Thepunishmentistobealifeforalife,aneyeforaneye,

2、atoothforatooth,ahandforahandandafootforafoot.”–“OLDTESTAMENT”<<圣经·旧约>>TheBibleisoftendescribedas“thegreatestbookeverwritten.”Thisisbecauseofitsunendingsignificanceandinfluenceonpeoplethroughouttheages.Nootherbookinhistoryhasimpactedpeoplesandcultures

3、liketheBible.ManybasicconceptsandprinciplesofWesternculturehavecomedownfromtheBible.ManycommonEnglishphrasesandexpressionshavetheiroriginintheBiblewell.Eventhoughitwaswrittenmorethan2,000yearsago,theBiblecontinuestoinfluencepeopletoday.Let’senjoyastor

4、yinit.Inancienttimes,akinghadaboulderplacedonaroadway.Thenhehidhimselfandwatchedtoseeifanyonewouldremovethehugerock.Someoftheking'swealthiestmerchantsandcourtierscamebyandsimplywalkedaroundit.TheObstacleInOurPathManyloudlyblamedthekingfornotkeepingthe

5、roadsclear,butnonedidanythingaboutgettingthebigstoneoutoftheway.Thenapeasantcamealongcarryingaloadofvegetables.Onapproachingtheboulder,thepeasantlaiddownhisburdenandtriedtomovethestonetothesideoftheroad.Aftermuchpushingandstraining,hefinallysucceeded.

6、Asthepeasantpickeduphisloadofvegetables,henoticedapurselyingintheroadwheretheboulderhadbeen.Thepursecontainedmanygoldcoinsandanotefromthekingindicatingthatthegoldwasforthepersonwhoremovedtheboulderfromtheroadway.Thepeasantlearnedwhatmanyothersneverund

7、erstand.Everyobstaclepresentsanopportunitytoimproveone’scondition.返回首页Readthearticlequicklyandanswerthefollowingquestions.Fastreading1.Whatisanidiom?Anidiomisagroupofwordsoranexpressionwhosemeaningisnotstraightforward,becauseitoftencannotbeunderstoodb

8、ylookingatthemeaningsofitsseparatewords.2.WhatlanguageswastheBiblefirstwrittenin?HebrewandGreek.3.Whatidiomisoftenusedtodescribechildren?‘Theappleofsomebody’seye’.Howwelldoyouunderstandthearticle?Readthearticleagainandanswerthefollowingquestio