《英語文化中的圣經(jīng)典故與希臘神話》

《英語文化中的圣經(jīng)典故與希臘神話》浙江省樂清市三中校本選修課程樂清市三中張亮

選修課程開設(shè)初衷個人興趣、專長；大多英語學(xué)習(xí)者的學(xué)習(xí)背景：文化意識淡薄基督教文化與希臘文明對西方文化的深遠(yuǎn)影響源于圣經(jīng)故事與希臘神話的習(xí)語一瞥turntheothercheek

指“忍受暴力，忍受侮辱”

thewidow’scruse寡婦的壇子，比喻取之不盡的財(cái)源

Judas’skiss猶大之吻，比喻出賣朋友的行徑“馬太效應(yīng)”：指“富者愈富，貧者愈貧”的經(jīng)濟(jì)現(xiàn)象Idon’twanttobetheonetocastthefirststone,butshesanghorribly.Pandora’sboxMidas’stouchAchilles’ankleTrojanhorse課程簡介篇章閱讀了解典故相關(guān)習(xí)語學(xué)習(xí)理解其引申義習(xí)語的遷移活用欣賞相關(guān)文藝作品相關(guān)主題的拓展閱讀ContentsPart1第一部分一、ABriefIntroductiontothecourse圣經(jīng)文化和希臘文化綜述（1課時）二、TheStoryoftheCreation&TheStoryofAdamandEve創(chuàng)世故事，亞當(dāng)與夏娃的故事（1課時）三、TheStoryoftheFlood&Noah’sArk大洪水，諾亞方舟的故事（1課時）四、AbrahamandHisOffspring以色列民族的起源

（1課時）五、TheStoryofJosephandHisBrothers約瑟的故事

（1課時）六、Exodus--TheStoryofMoses摩西與出埃及的故事

（2課時）七、TheKingdomofIsraelandKingSolomon以色列王國與智慧之王所羅門

（1課時）八、TheBirthofJesusChrist&TheVisitoftheMagi基督的出生與三博士來訪（1課時）

九、Jesus’Parables耶穌的比喻和教導(dǎo)（1課時）

Part2第二部分十、AbriefintroductionoftheGreekmythsandtheGreekGodsandGoddesses希臘諸神簡介

（1課時）十一、StoriesaboutApollo,Athena&Aphrodite阿波羅、雅典娜與阿芙羅狄蒂的故事

（1課時）十二、TheTrojanWar&Achilles’heel特洛伊之戰(zhàn)與阿喀琉斯之踵

（2課時）十三、Pandora’sBox,Midas’Touch&Sphinx’sRiddle潘多拉之盒，點(diǎn)金術(shù)與斯芬克斯之謎

（1課時）十四、Abriefintroductiontoothergodsandgoddesses希臘其他神祗簡介

（1課時）十五、Pygmalion皮革馬利翁

（1課時）十六、課程考核（課內(nèi)基礎(chǔ)性知識檢測）

選修課開設(shè)過程中的困惑閱讀文本的難度控制與取舍延伸材料的選取課堂互動有限，學(xué)生自主學(xué)習(xí)不夠個人水平有限，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中國義烏的“諾亞方舟”/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(盟約)Iammakingbetweenmeandyouandeverylivingcreaturewithyou,acovenantforallgenerationstocome:Ihavesetmyrainbowintheclouds,anditwillbethesignofthecovenantbetweenmeandtheearth:Neveragainwillalllifebecutoffbythewatersofaflood;neveragainwilltherebeafloodtodestroytheearth.”TherainbowEvanAlmightyRelatedvideoclipappreciationExtensionolivebranch____________,asymbolof________.

AquotefromKingHenryVIbyShakespeare:莎士比亞的戲劇《亨利六世》下篇第4幕中，當(dāng)克萊倫斯聽到華列克不愿單獨(dú)管理國政而舉薦他時，他推辭道：“不，華列克，你掌握政權(quán)可說是當(dāng)之無愧。當(dāng)你誕生的時候，上天已把橄欖枝和桂冠賦予你，使你在和平和戰(zhàn)爭中都有福氣。因此，我對你是甘拜下風(fēng)的?！盇metaphormeaning_____________新聞鏈接：中國義烏的“諾亞方舟”“諾亞舟”電子詞典名稱的寓意延伸閱讀

Noah’sArk

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