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　　Module 9 Unit 4   Behind beliefs     Reading (1)
　　Learning aims (ѧϰĿ±ê)£º
　　1. Enable students to gain some knowledge about idioms, understand their original meanings and learn about their practical usage in English.
　　2. Practice and reinforce their reading comprehension and improve their overall ability.
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　　1. Gain some knowledge about idioms.
　　2. To learn how to understand analogies.
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　　1. Go through the passage and try to find answers to the three questions in Part A.
　　(1). What is an idiom?__________________________________________________________
　　(2). What languages was the Bible first written in? ___________________________________
　　(3). What idiom is often used to describe children?____________________________________
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　　Activity 1: Skimming (Analysis about the structure)£¨5mins£©
　　Divide the passage into 4 parts with the help of the main ideas of each part.
　　Part 1  (Para__________) What is an idiom? 
　　Part 2  (Para__________) Why does the Bible have a lot of idioms?
　　Part 3  (Para__________) What are the features of Biblical idioms?
　　Part 4  (Para__________) Why should we learn idioms well?
　　Activity 2: Detailed reading (25mins)
　　1. Read paragraph 1 and 2 carefully. Try to answer some T/F questions.
　　(1). The meanings of an idiom are always the same as the meanings of its components.     (  )
　　(2). You can easily misunderstand a sentence if you don¡¯t recognize an idiom is being used. (  )
　　(3). The original meanings of Biblical idioms have never changed.                     (  )
　　2. Read Para 3-6 carefully and answer the following questions.
　　(1) Why did Biblical idioms often come from stories?
　　________________________________________________________________________
　　(2) What does ¡°feet of clay¡± mean?
　　________________________________________________________________________
　　(3) Which animal is featured in the idioms in the article?
　　_________________________________________________________________________
　　(4) Which examples included in the text are related to agricultural life or food?
　　__________________________________________________________________________
　　3. Read paragraph 7 carefully and try to list the benefits of learning idioms.
　　(1) Improving your _______________
　　(2) Developing a high level of competence in your __________ ___________
　　(3) Better _________ and _________ the ________ and _______ of English-speantries
　　4. How many idioms have been mentioned in this article? What are they?
　　____________________________________________________________________________
　　5. Complete Part C2
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　　1. Fill in the following form with proper words according to your comprehension of the text. £¨8mins£©
　　The definition of an idiom A group of words or an expression whose meaning can only be understood by looking at the  (1) ______________ meaning of the words in it
　　Using a number of words to represent a single object, person or concept, etc
　　The (2) ________
　　of learning idioms (3)______________ your comprehension
　　Developing a high level of competence in your communication skills
　　Better understanding and (4) ______________ the history and culture of English-speantries
　　The (5)  ________
　　of Biblical Idioms The
　　Bible (6) ______of image (8)___________ (9)______________
　　Stories-related Feet of clay A hidden weakness
　　(7)___________ Kill the fatted calf Having a large celebration
　　About agricultural life or food- related The apple of somebody¡¯s eye Meaning their parents love their children very much and be proud of them.