Let’s enjoy the following pictures Self-contradiction 矛盾矛盾 Have you heard the story “Mengmu San Qian”? 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. borrowed plumes 最大最好的部分 cat’s paw 受人愚弄的人 sour grape 靠别人得来的声望 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 杀鹅取卵 1) When Qin Xiaoyong says that he felt a bit like the prodigal son returning, what do you think he means?

In the Bible, the prodigal son feels ashamed when he returns home because he has spend all of his father's money. Qin Xiaoyong also felt guilty when he return home. He also felt like he had not been a good son because he didn’t write to his parents very often.

2)Who is scrooge? When Qin Xiaoyong says that he is a bit of a Scrooge, what does he means? A Scrooge is a character from the book Christmas Carol who was known for his lack of generosity. He means that he does not like to spend a lot of money.

3) Have you heard the person, Mother Teresa? What do 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 of 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 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 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

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 A’Q spirit 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. 3 Preview the text in the Project