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1、Word power,What are the most popular religions in the world?,Hinduism Buddhism Judaism Christianity Islam,Hindus,Buddhists,Judaist,Christian,Muslim,gods,The teachings of Buddha,God,God and Jesus,Allah,Hinduism,Buddhism,Religions,The Vedas,Buddhist,Torah,Bible,The Koran,temple,synagogue,church,mosque
2、,temple,Reading,“The punishment is to be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand and a foot for a foot.”,-“OLD TESTAMENT ”,Biblical idioms in English,Fast reading Please divide the whole passage into several parts,Para 1,Para 2,Paras 3-6,Para 7,What is an idiom?,
3、Why does the Bible have a lot of idioms?,What are the features of Biblical idioms?,How is learning idioms useful?,Finish P52 C2 The features of Biblical idioms (Para3-6) : a. Biblical idioms often came from stories. b. Some idioms from the Bible use animals. c. Another focus of Biblical idioms is of
4、ten things related to agricultural life or food.,whole/complete,Examples,Meanings,result,Animal-related,origin,Types,benefits,Improving,appreciating,1 换句话说 2 underline the moral of a story 3 be reduced to doing sth 4 hire oneself out 5 in honor of,6 a handful of 7 develop a high level of competence
5、in sth 8 have a thorough understanding of 9 a carrier of 10 不久；过一会儿,1 Many idioms have _ lost their original meanings or have only a vague or loose connection with them now. 2 “Kill the fatted calf” comes from a story _ a son left home to ,either,where,The idiom comes from a story where a son left h
6、ome to waste all of his time and money in amusing himself.,3 这个习语来自一个故事，故事中的儿子离家 出走，虚度光阴，挥霍金钱，寻欢作乐。,4 Idioms are used in everything _ Literature to films and newspapers.,from,Task,What do you know about Christmas,Which is the most popular festival celebrated by Christians?,Lead-in,Christmas.,Christm
7、as is the day when Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, whom Christians believe to be the son of God. Children are excited about this holiday because they believe Father Christmas will bring them gifts.,Lead-in,A brief introduction of Christmas,22,Father Christmas,Lead-in,Father Christmas
8、 is delivering gifts to people.,Lead-in,Lead-in,But do you believe Father Christmas really exists?,No. Although Father Christmas is very famous and people talk a lot about him, he is just a legendary person. The story of Father Christmas is just a legend.,Then what is a legend and what kind of perso
9、n is a legendary person? Please read the top of page 58 in Skills building 1 and find out the answers.,Skills Building 1:,Finding information about a legendary person,Skills Building 1,What do you think is a legend?,Legend refers to the traditional story of a famous person or an event. Some of the s
10、tories can be true. However, most of the stories include things that are untrue, impossible or do not exist.,Skills Building 1,Then what is a legendary person?,A legendary person is often a real person who lived a long time ago, and the information about this person might be true but some of it migh
11、t be untrue and just part of a legend.,Skills Building 1,Examples of traditional Chinese legends,Pangu cutting open heaven and earth.,Skills Building 1,Nwa patching the sky with five-colour stones.,Skills Building 1,Pangu and Nwa.,So in the legends about Father Christmas, who is a legendary person?,
12、Father Christmas.,In such legends, who are legendary people?,Skills Building 1,Expressions used to describe a legendary person/figure,He/she is said/supposed to He/She is known/described as People believe that According to the stories, he/she Apparently, he/she I have heard that he/she ,Skills Build
13、ing 1,e.g.,Skills Building 1,Practice: Rewrite the following sentence with the expressions above.,Father Christmas delivers/brings presents to people.,Father Christmas is said/supposed to deliver/bring presents to people.,He/she is said/supposed to He/She is known/described as People believe that Ac
14、cording to the stories, he/she Apparently, he/she I have heard that he/she ,Father Christmas delivers/brings presents to people.,Skills Building 1,Practice,Father Christmas is known as a person who delivers/brings presents to people. People believe that Father Christmas delivers/ brings presents to
15、people. According to the stories, Father Christmas delivers/brings presents to people. Apparently, Father Christmas delivers/brings presents to people. I have heard that Father Christmas delivers/ brings presents to people.,Skills Building 1,Examples,A,Reading,Read the web page about St Nicholas and
16、 work in pairs to ask and answer the questions on the top of Page 59.,Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas,1. Where did St Nicholas come from? 2. Why is Father Christmas modelled after him? 3. What is the origin of Father Christmas coming down the chimney? 4. Why do many Europeans give gifts to their children on St Nicholas Day? 5. What does St Nicholas look like?,Step 1 Taking notes about Father Christmas,Pair work Ask and answer the ques
