浙江省乐清市三中校本选修课程 《英语文化中的圣经典故与希腊神话》 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 turn the other cheek 指“忍受暴力，忍受侮辱” the widow’s cruse 寡妇的坛子，比喻取之不尽的财源 Judas’s kiss 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 I don’t want to be the one to cast the first stone, but she sang horribly. Pandora’s box Midas’s touch Achilles’ ankle Trojan horse

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

Contents Part 1 第一部分 一、 A Brief Introduction to the course 圣经文化和希腊文化综述（1课时） 二、 The Story of the Creation & The Story of Adam and Eve 创世故事，亚当与夏娃的故事（1课时） 三、The Story of the Flood & Noah’s Ark 大洪水，诺亚方舟的故事（1课时） 四、Abraham and His Offspring 以色列民族的起源 （1课时） 五、The Story of Joseph and His Brothers 约瑟的故事 （1课时） 六、 Exodus --The Story of Moses 摩西与出埃及的故事 （2课时） 七、The Kingdom of Israel and King Solomon 以色列王国与智慧之王所罗门 （1课时） 八、The Birth of Jesus Christ &The Visit of the Magi 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）

Part 2 第二部分 十、A brief introduction of the Greek myths and the Greek Gods and Goddesses希腊诸神简介 （1课时） 十一、Stories about Apollo, Athena & Aphrodite 阿波罗、雅典娜与阿芙罗狄蒂的故事 （1课时） 十二、The Trojan War & Achilles’ heel 特洛伊之战与阿喀琉斯之踵 （2课时） 十三、Pandora’s Box, Midas’ Touch & Sphinx’s Riddle潘多拉之盒，点金术与斯芬克斯之谜 （1课时） 十四、 A brief introduction to other gods and goddesses 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

the Story of Noah’s Ark Teaching goals: To be familiar with the story and try retelling it in their own words; To understand the original meanings of the items in the story: Noah’s Ark, olive leaf/branch and the rainbow; To get to know the extended meanings of the items above on other occasions and thus get a better understanding of the use (in other texts); To appreciate some other forms of art and literary works about the story better

Teaching process: Lead in the story through a piece of news (video clip); Study the story from an adapted text (discuss 4 questions after reading); Further reading, focusing on the understanding of the idioms– Noah’s Ark, olive leaf & the rainbow; Extension of the use of the idioms Homework

中国义乌的“诺亚方舟”http://news. enorth. com. cn/system/2012/08/09/009797056 中国义乌的“诺亚方舟”http://news.enorth.com.cn/system/2012/08/09/009797056.shtml

Questions to the Story of Noah's Ark: Why was there such a great flood? Who were spared by God? How? Why did Noah send out a raven and then a dove? What does the rainbow mean?

The Story of Noah's Ark: Men increase… evil spread…Noah found favor … command…an ark … Noah sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. …When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth.

The rainbow And God said, “This is the sign of the covenant(盟约) I am making between me and you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all generations to come: I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth: Never again will all life be cut off by the waters of a flood; never again will there be a flood to destroy the earth.”

Related video clip appreciation Evan Almighty

Extension olive branch ____________, a symbol of ________. A quote from King Henry VI by Shakespeare: 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。”

Noah’s Ark A metaphor meaning _____________ 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

高考链接 阅读理解（科技类） With only about 1, 000 pandas left in the world, China is desperately trying to clone(克隆) the animal and save the endangered species(物种). That’s a move similar to what a Texas A & M University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noah’s Ark”. Noah’s Ark is aimed at collecting eggs, embryos(胚胎), semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liquid nitrogen(氢). If certain species should become extinct, Dr. Duane Kraemer, a professor in Texas A & M’s College of Veterinary Medicine, says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the future. ..... The aim of “Noah’s Ark” project is to _______. A. make efforts to clone the endangered pandas B. save endangered animals from dying out C. collect DNA of endangered animals to study D. transfer the nuclear of one animal to another

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