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Lecture 3 (Idioms and Allusions) Procedures Review Students’ report (Othello) Idioms from Othello Stories and idioms about Ares, Eros, Hermes, Dionysus; Athena, Artemis, Aphrodite Idioms about numbers Assignment Review 1 1. 他死亡的消息好似晴天霹雳。The news of his death came as a bolt from the blue. 2. Your favors are like the box of Pandora你的恩惠就像潘多拉的盒子。 3. 就因为你信任那个自命不凡的家伙，才把事情弄得一团糟！You have made mess of it by relying on that ambitious Phaeton. 4. Whenever anyone teased Joe about his weight, he saw red. 每当有人对他的体重开玩笑时,乔就勃然发怒。 5. 他度过了一个不眠之夜。He spent a white night. 6. It was also a black-letter day for the whole world.这对全世界来说也是不幸的一天。 Review 2 -understanding idioms in/out of the red有/没有亏损 a white lie善意的谎言 in black and white以书面的形式 a yellow dog 卑鄙的人 green hand没有经验的人生手 a blue joke下流的笑话 gray prospects 暗淡的前景 blue Monday忧郁的星期一 green-eyed嫉妒 black Friday 耶稣受难日；不吉利的星期五 Student’s Report: Othello Idioms from Othello 1. wear one’s heart upon one’s sleeve 公开表露感情 2. speak within door 小声说话，别让外人听见 3. hairbreadth escape 九死一生，死里逃生，幸免于难 4. green-eyed monster 妒忌, 妒火 5. the melting mood 感伤的心情；温柔同情之心 6. put out one’s light 熄灭某人的生命火花；杀死某人；送某人上西天 7. seamy side 衣服的里面；事物的阴暗面 Ares (Mars)阿瑞斯, 战神 Son of Zeus and Hera, Ares was appointed god of war. He was the most hateful, loving strife and war and ever thirsty for blood, on the other hand he signified courage and victory in battle, and was devoutly worshipped by warriors going to war. Prayers were addressed to him before the war and spoils presented at his altar after it. Ares was not altogether without gentler feelings. From his union with Aphrodite, sprang Eros (Cupid) and other two beautiful children. He fell in love with the charming Vestal修女 virgin, Ilia, who bore him and twins, Romulus and Remus. The former was destined to become the founder of Rome. Ares took the city under his protection and received a greater worship there than elsewhere in the ancient world. Eros (Cupid)爱神, 愿望 Eros was the god of love, better known by his Latin name