英语习语典故趣谈10.ppt

英语习语典故趣谈 外语系 Chapter 7 Religion(Ⅱ) Time Allotment：4Teaching Objectives： Master some English idioms about religion 1. Make bricks without straw 崔莎还没有完成问卷调查，因此要撰写论文是一项不可能的任务。 Trisha hasn’t finished the survey. So writing an essay is a job of making bricks without straw. 2. manna from heaven 帕特里莎买彩票中了奖，获得了一千美元，这真是从天而降的好运，因为她欠了银行一笔为数不小的钱。 Patrica won a $1000 from the lottery and it was like manna from heaven because she owed the bank quite a lot of money. 4. the new Jerusalem 不论灾害如何频繁地破坏我们的生活，人们仍然期望能居住在一个理想的世界。 No matter how often disasters destroy our lives, people still expect to live in the new Jerusalem. 3. much cry and little wool 当谈到理想抱负时，乔希总是说得多做得少。我看不到他成功的可能性。 When it comes to ambition, Josh always has much cry and little wool. I don’t see any possibility of his success. 6. on the side of the angels 当提及婚姻时，查尔斯相当传统。 Charles is on the side of the angels when it comes to marriage. 5. olive branch 汤尼给妹妹一些糖果以示和解。 Tony gave his little sister some candy as an olive branch. 7. come out of the ark 比尔收集古董，他有许多年代久远的电话机。 Bill collects antiques and has many telephones that came out of the ark. 9. Pour oil on troubled waters 那对夫妻吵架吵得很激烈，不论我如何试着息事宁人，他们都不理会我。 The couple argued fiercely and no matter how I tried to pour oil on troubled waters, they just ignored me. 8. the patience of Job 迈克的数学实在不好，做他的家教必须要有很大的耐心。 Mike is really not good at math and you will need the patience of Job being his tutor. 10. raise Cain 如果你再迟到，老师就会大发雷霆的。 The teacher will raise Cain if you are late again. 11. sell one’s birthright for a mess of pottage 莎莉决定放弃晋升，到另外一家新公司上班。在我看来，她是因小失大。 Sally gave up the promotion and decided to work in another new firm. It seems to me that she sold her birthright for a mess of pottage. 12. separate the sheep from the goats 苏珊的公司举行了一项测验以区分良莠。 Susan’s company held a test to separate the sheep from the goats. 13. still small voice 当丹尼在地上发现一千块钱纸钞时，他的良心告诉他要将钱拿到警察局，而不是据为己有。 When Danny found a thousand dollar bill on the ground, a still small voice told him to take