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Reading Biblical idioms in English Do you understand the following quotes? “敏而好学，不耻下问。” 见义不为，无勇也。 --《论语 ·公治长》 --《论语 ·为政》 “不耻下问” “见义勇为” Confucian Analects “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 ” 圣经 ·旧约 The Bible is often described as the greatest book ever written. Many basic concepts and principles of Western culture have come down from the Bible. Many common English phrases and expressions have their origins in the Bible . Can you guess the meanings of the underlined words? 1. A：Oh, my God! What happened? Why are you black and blue? B：I got beaten by Peter’s brother. A：That’s a bad apple! Let’s think up a way and teach him a lesson. 坏蛋 a bad apple: 2. A：I think it was Jason who stole my document. B：Fat chance! A：He’s the only one who left here late. B：I know him. He’ll never do that sort of thing. Fat chance: 微小的机会；极少的可能 3. A：Where’s Annie? B：In the house. A：In the house? Where is she? B：Search me, I don’t know where she is now. Search me: (非正式)不知道 4. We were not expecting to see Joan. When she arrived out of the blue, we were all surprised. (suddenly; unexpectedly) Fast reading Go through the passage as quickly as possible and try to find the answers to the following questions. What is an idiom? Which language was the Bible first written in? 3. Which idiom is often used to describe children? 1. What is an idiom? An idiom is a group of words or an expression whose meaning is not straightforward, because it often can not be understood by looking at the meanings of its separate words. 2. Which languages was the Bible first written in? In Hebrew and Greek. 3. Which idiom is often used to describe children? ‘Apple of their parents’ eye’. Discuss with your partners and try to divide the text into 4 parts with the help of main ideas of each part given to you