Let’s enjoy the following pictures Self-contradiction 矛盾矛盾 Have you heard the story “Pandora’s box”? Do you know what the expression self-contradiction means?

When you see the picture, what story or expression can you think of? Do you think snakes have feet? What does the expression mean?

Answer the questions: 1 What are the expressions above called in Chinese? 典故 2 Then do you know some allusions in English? Match the two parts. Scrooge 最大最好的部分 a sacred cow 不可批评的人或事物 sour grape 吝啬的人 the lion’s share 把得不到的说成不 好 Allusions

kill the goose that lays 绞尽脑汁 the golden eggs rack one’s brains 打破沉默 break the ice 害群之马 black sheep 杀鸡取卵

When we refer to words or phrases like these to talk about another person or thing, we are using allusion. 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.

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.Allusions Come from The meanings Lei Feng Mona Lisa 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.

Lin Daiyu Judas Judas To describe someone Who betray their friends or beliefs The battle of Waterloo To describe a final defeat or failure The novel Red Mansion The Bible History To describe the young lady who is Sentimental and sickish

Read the instruction and the table to understand the meaning of each allusion and think over to decide which of them are from literature, religion, history, real life or other sources. After that, put them in the right places in Zhang Hong’s diary.

Answers: 1) a Herculean 2) dark horse 3) Mickey Mouse course 4) Daniel I the lion’s den 5)Achilles’ heel 6) good Samaritan 7) catch-22 8)Jonah

The coincidences 1. 完全对等型 Walls have ears. Easy come, easy go. A big tree is a good shelter. Strike the iron when it is hot. In black and white. Talk black into white. It takes two to make a quarrel. Constant dripping wears away the stone. Behind the mountains, there are people to be found.

2 基本对等型 Save your breath. Laugh one’s head off. Love me, love my dog.

3 形式不同但意思一致 Make someone turn in his grave. Burn one’s boats. Don’t cast your pearls before swine. The biter is sometimes bit. When the cat’s away, the mice will play. Birds of a feather flock together. Two heads are better than one.

 Discussion Discuss in groups and decide which situations the following allusions are used in. the prodigal son be over the moon Pandora’s box dark horse Scrooge sour grapes

Homework 1. Try to understand the meanings of allusions learnt this class and use them correctly. 2 Do PartC1and PartC2 on Page120 in workbook.