Unit 4 The next step,Grammar and usage,Lets enjoy the following pictures,Have you heard the story “Mengmu San Qian”?,矛 盾,Self-contradiction,Do you know what the expression self-contradiction means?,Do you think snakes have feet? What does the expression mean?,When you see the picture, what story or expression can you think of?,Answer the questions: What are the expressions above called in Chinese? 典故 2. Then do you know some allusions in English? Match the two parts. borrowed plumes 最大最好的部分 cats paw 受人愚弄的人 sour grape 靠別人得來(lái)的聲望 the lions share 把得不到的說(shuō)成不好,Allusions,kill the goose that lays 絞盡腦汁 the golden eggs rack ones brains 打破沉默 break the ice 害群之馬 black sheep 殺鵝取卵,1) Who is scrooge? When someone says that he is a bit of a Scrooge, what does he means? Scrooge is a character from the book A Christmas Carol who was known for his lack of generosity. He means that he does not like to spend a lot of money.,2) Have you heard the person, Mother Teresa? What do you know about her? She was a nun who helped poor people in India. When we say someone is a Mother Teresa, what kind of person are we describing? A kind person who always thinks of others before themselves.,When we refer to words or phrases like these to talk about another person or thing, we are using allusions. Now read the guidelines of this section on Page56 to know what an allusion is. An allusion is a way of making an indirect reference to stimulate ideas and associations with other things.,To make an allusion, you may refer to a person, an event, a place a character from literature or a thing. Please read Points1-5 to learn the meaning of each allusion and find the ways of making an allusion.,a. examples from literature. b. examples from religion. c. examples from works. d. examples from history. e. examples from real life.,According to the Points1-5, fill in the form.,Real life,A work of art,To describe a person who is kind and ready to help others,To describe a person with charming smile.,The novel Red Mansion,The Bible,History,To describe the young lady who is sentimental and sickish,To describe someone who betray their friends or beliefs,To describe a final defeat or failure,Read the instructions and the table. To make sure you understand the meaning of each allusion. Think over and decide which of them are from literature, religion, history, real life or other sources.,Read Zhang Hongs diary and fill in each of the blanks with a suitable one of the eight allusions in the table.,1) a Herculean task 2) dark horse 3) Mickey Mouse course 4) Daniel in the lions den 5) Achilles heel 6) a good Samaritan 7) catch-22 8) Jonah,Answers:,Discuss in groups and decide which situations the following allusions are used in. a sacred cow be over the moon Pandoras box dark horse AQ spirit sour grapes,Discussion,1. Do Part C1and Part C2 on Page119 in workbook. 2. Preview the text in the Project.,Homework,