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圣经故事
unit 1 and 2:
I. Recognize the Stories
1. 上帝的创造：The Creation of God
2. 伊甸园The Garden of Eden
3. 该隐杀弟Cain killed Abel
4. 诺亚方舟 Noah’s Ark
5. 巴别塔The Tower of Babel
II. T or F Questions
1. At the very beginning of time, the world was a chaos and no living creature could dwell in it. T
2. The earth brought forth a carpet of grass, seed-bearing herbs and fruit-yielding trees on the fourth day. F
3. God created many living creatures in the lands, as well as in the air and in the sea. T
4. Adam and Eve were the first man and woman in the world.T
5. The work of creation lasted for seven days, i. e. , a whole week. F

1. The Lord forbade Adam and Eve to eat from any tree in the Garden of Eden. F
2. It was the serpent that seduced Eve to eat the fruit of the tree of life. F
3. When Adam and Eve ate that fruit, they were shy to find themselves naked and sewed fig leaves together to make coverings.T
4. The serpent was ultimately cursed and punished for what he had done.T
5. Both Adam and Eve were driven out of the Garden of Eden and could never be back.T

l. Adam and Eve felt a severe punishment from God when they were shut off the Garden of Eden.T
2. Cain and Abel were twin brothers, one of whom became a shepherd while the other a farmer.F
3. God was pleased with Abel’s offering but had no regard for Cain's. T
4. Abel was jealous of his brother Cain and finally made a plan to kill him F
5. Cain at last felt sorry for what he had done and asked God to forgive his sin. F

l. Noah built every part of the ark just exactly as God had said it should be made. T
2. The flood broke out on the seventh day of the second month when Noah was 600 years old. F
3. The raven returned to Noah with a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak. F
4. Together with all the animals, birds and the creeping things. Noah and his family came out of the ark after the blood. T
5. The rainbow was the sign of the covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. T

l. At first, people spoke the same language all over the earth. T
2. God was satisfied with the tower which the sons of men were building. F
3. The Babel tower was built for the worship and praise of God rather than the glory of men themselves. F
4. God confused the language of the whole world. T
5. People finally finished building the tower of Babel. F
Literary Quotations and Idioms
1．the cration（创世纪）：典出《创世记》第1章l-31节上帝六天创世的神话，如第一句：In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth。起初，神创造天地。喻指“开天辟地，创造万物”。
2. Adam’s ribs （亚当的肋骨）：典出《创世记》第2章2-26节：And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, dosed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib. which the LORD God had taken from man，made he a woman，and brought her unto the man. 耶和华神使他沉睡，他就睡了。于是取下他的一条肋骨，又把肉合起来。耶和华神就用那人身上所取的肋骨，造成一个女人，领她到那人跟前。此典喻指女人。
3．Garden of Eden（伊甸园）：旧译“地堂”，典出《创世记》2章8-15节，亚当被造出后上帝给他的安身之所，指“乐园”、“人间天堂”。
4．Adam and Eve（亚当和夏娃）：喻指人类始祖”、“恩爱情人”，多喻指男女性关系。
5. bone of bones，flesh of flesh（骨中骨，肉中肉）：典出《创世记》第2章22-23节：And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 那人说：“这是我骨中的骨，肉中的内，可以称她为女人，因为她是从男人身上取出来的。”
6．serpent（蛇）：典出《创世记》第3章1-5节：Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said，Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 蛇在伊甸园引诱夏娃偷吃“智慧树”的果子，使人类始祖犯下原罪。所以“蛇”一般指——魔鬼”、“引诱者”。
7. forbidden fruit（禁果）：典出伊甸园中“知善恶果”，即“智慧树’结的果子，人吃了能眼睛明亮、辨别善恶，但此果为上帝所禁。喻指不可触动的禁物，或因被禁止反而更想得到的东西。
人们说“禁果好吃”，或者认为“禁果”就是“苹果”（然而“禁果”或“苹果”并没有在《创世记》中出现过）。
8. fig leaves（无花果树叶）：典出《创世记》第3章7节：And the eyes of them both were opened,and they knew that they were naked; and they sewedfig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.他们二人的眼睛就明亮了，才知道自己是赤身露体，便拿无花果树的叶子，为自己编作裙子。比喻“遮羞包丑之物”。
9. original sin（Adam’s sin）原罪
1) Jolyon had a perfect horror - partly original sin, but partly the result of his early immorality - of the moral attitude. -John Galsworthy
乔里恩对于别人的道德态度怀有恐怖厌恶的心理——一半由于人生来是有罪的，一半由于他青年时代的放荡堕落。 ——约翰，高尔斯华绥
10. Adam’s apple: 喉结。亚当偷吃禁果时，因心怀恐惧，吃时仓促，有一片果肉哽在喉中，上不来下不去，留下个结块，就叫“亚当的苹果”。从此，亚当就永远在脖子前端留下“喉结”，作为偷吃禁果的“罪证”。
11．mark of Cain（该隐的记号）：典出《创世记》第4章9-15节：And the LORD set a mark upon Cain，lest any finding him should kill him. 耶和华给杀了弟弟的该隐立了一个记号，免得人遇见他就杀他。“该隐的记号”既是罪恶的记号，又是被保护的记号。
12．the curse of Cain该隐遭诅咒（Cain因杀害其弟Abel，被上帝罚以到处漂泊）
13. Noah’s ark诺亚方舟，比喻“灾难中的救星”或“避难所”。
14. olive branch （橄榄枝）：典出《创世记》第8章6-12节：And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off so Noah knew that the waters were abated from the earth. 挪亚在洪水消退后放出鸽子，鸽子飞回时嘴里叼着一片新拧下来的橄榄枝叶，挪亚就知道地上的水退了。此典泛指和平的象征。
15. the tower of Babel常用来比喻空想的计划，陷入混乱而无法完成的事情。
例如：His dream of going abroad became the tower of Babel, for he didn't pass TOEFL, money is also a problem.他的出国梦是很难实现了，因为他没有通过托福，而且钱也是问题。

unit 3 and 4、5:
I. Recognize the Stories
1. 天主召唤亚伯兰God’s Call to Abraham
2. 所多玛的陨灭The Destruction of Sodom
3. 吩咐牺牲以撒 The Command to Sacrifice Isaac
4. 雅各和以扫：Jacob and Esau
5．雅各的家族：Jacob’s Family
6．约瑟和他的兄弟们：Joseph and His Brothers
II. T or F Questions
1. The people didn’t pray to anything after they moved away from the Babel. F
2. Abram, who was a good man, believed in the true God and followed God’s call. T
3. It was a long and hard journey to reach Canaan. T
4. Pharaoh was punished by God for he had taken Abram’s wife as his own wife. T
5. Abram and his wife were sent away by Pharaoh without the possessions they had got. F
4. Abraham and Lot began to fight because of the limited pastures. F

1. God promised Abraham that if there are 10 righteous people in the city of Sodom, he would spare the whole place. T
2. God himself went to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, to see if there were just ten good people there. F
3. Lot’s sons-in-law believed his words that God would destroy the city and flee with Lot's family. F
4. The two angels told Lot that when they flee, they should not look back or stop anywhere in the Plain, they should flee to the mountains. T
5. God overthrew the two cities and the entire Plain, but spared all those living in the cities and also the vegetation in the land. F

1. When Isaac was eight days old, his father Abraham made a great feast for him. F 实施割礼
2. Isaac was bound up in all the promises of God and Abraham’s love for the little boy was very strong. T
3. On the third day, Abraham and Isaac went on alone, leaving the servants with donkey to wait by the roadside.T
4. At last, a ram instead of Isaac, was given as a burnt offering to God. T
5. Beersheba was the place called The LORD Will Provide. F

1. Jacob and Esau are twin brothers, and Jacob was the elder one and his mother’s darling. F
2. All of Isaac’s riches were to given to Jacob because he is the eldest son and had the rights to inherit the possessions of his father. F
3. Esau keep all the birthrights and had a square meal. F
4. Esau was calm to know that his father made Jacob heir to all the passions. F
5. Jacob fled and went to his mother’s brother’s home. T

l. Jacob dreamed that on a ladder were many angels and Jehovah and Jehovah promised to help him. T
2. Jacob worked for Laban for nothing for seven years at first. T
3. Laban gave Jacob his oldest daughter because of the custom of the country. T
4. Jacob worked for Laban for another seven years for nothing in order to get Rachel. T
5. When Jacob came back to his father’s home, Esau clobbered him and drove him to Egypt. F

l. Jacob was happy to hear about Joseph’s dreams. F
2. Joseph’s brother’s sold him because of his coat of many colors. F
3. Joseph’s was put to prison because he was an insolent young fellow in the house of Captain Potiphar. F
4. Joseph became the minister of agriculture because he explained Pharaoh’s dream. T
5. Joseph’s brothers felt guilty of selling him many years ago. T
V. Literary Quotations and Idioms
l. Canaan（迦南）：典出《创世记》第12章1-9节：And the IORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land. 上帝向亚伯拉罕显现说：“我要把这地赐给你的后裔。”这是“流着奶和蜜之地”。后指“应许之地”(the Land of Promise; the Promised Land)、“福地”、“乐土”。美国总统克林顿1997年连任的就职演说词中连续两次化用这一典故：Guided by the ancient vision of a promised land, let us set our sights upon a land of
2. Abraham：亚伯拉罕，意为“尊贵之父、多国之父”;以色列民族的先祖。Sarah： 萨拉，“多国之母”。
Abraham departs with Lot from Haran. 亚伯兰与罗得离别哈兰；比喻“光明前程”
Abraham is driven by famine into Egypt. 亚伯拉罕因饥荒而去埃及。比喻“权宜之计
3. Sodom and Gomorrah所多玛和蛾摩拉，喻指“一切罪恶之城”。
What do they mean by such wickedness? We shall be destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible story. -Thomas Hardy
演奏这种邪恶的东西，他们到底想干什么？我们将会像《圣经》故事里的所多玛和蛾摩拉城那样被毁灭掉！ ——托马斯-哈代
4. apple of Sodom所多玛苹果；死海之果; 喻指“空欢喜、华而不实的东西”
Nowadays few people believe in advertisements, which are almost regarded as a lure for people to buy some apple of Sodom．
当下很少有人相信广告，因为其中很多的商品都是诱惑着人们购买欲望的华而不实的东西。
5. Lot’s wife（罗得之妻）：
典出《创世记》第18-19章，罗得的妻子因好奇心切，回头—望而遭到毁灭，变成了一根盐柱。
此典比喻好奇心切。
6. dust and ashes（灰尘）：
典出<创世记》第2章7节：And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul．耶和华神用地上的尘土造人，将生气吹在他鼻孔里，他就成了有灵的活人。在西方人的观念中，人为尘土所造，死后也归于尘土，所以人在上帝面前是卑微的。
7. Isaac 以撒
His parents called him Isacc, which means ‘‘laughter”, for surely it was happiness to have an heir when both the father and the mother had given up all hope. -Hendrik Willem Van Loon
他的父母叫他“以撒”，意思是“笑”。因为当双亲都放弃希望时得到了儿子，那必然是一桩乐事。 ——亨德里·威廉·房龙
8. circumcision (割礼）：典出《创世记》第17章9-14节：This is my covenant which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised.你们所有的男子，都要受割礼，这就是我与你，并你的后裔所立的约，是你们所当遵守的。此典本指上帝和亚伯拉罕之见的立约，引申为犹太民族与上帝立约的标志。凡犹太民族的男子都要割去自己的阳皮，只有受此割礼的男子才能算犹太民族的一员。
“割礼”又衍生出“皈依教门”、“忠贞不渝”、“除去邪念”的意思。《
未受割礼的心：指内心不明事理
未受割礼的耳朵：指充耳不闻
未受割礼的嘴：指拙嘴笨舌
9. burnt offering of lssac (以撒的燔祭）：
典出《创世记>第22章1-14节。上帝为考验亚伯拉罕的忠诚，叫他杀爱子以撤献为燔祭，亚伯拉罕遵命而行，上帝遂派天使阻拦，以—只公羊代替以撒作为燔祭。
此典指“忍痛割爱，以示诚心”，“无保留的奉献”。
10. a mess of pottage（一碗红豆汤)：
典出《创世记》第25章27-34节：And Jacob said，Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright to Jacob. Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lantils…雅各说：“你今日对我起誓吧。以扫就对他起了誓，把长子的名分卖给雅各。于是雅各将饼知红豆汤给了以扫……按照古希伯来人的规矩，父亲的遗产绝大部分都归长子所有。以扫出于饥饿仅仅为了弟弟雅各给的一碗红豆汤就轻易放弃了长子的权利。
该典故还可写作sell one’s birthright for a mess/bowl/plate of pottage/stew／lentil stew,意思是为眼前蝇头小利而出卖长远利益，或因小失大、见利忘义。
11. Jacob’s Ladder（雅各的天梯）：
典出《创世记》第28章11-19节：And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on a certain place, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it．雅各梦见一个梯子立在地上，梯子的头顶着天，有神的使者在梯子上，上去下来。
此典引申为升天之路。
12. Israel 以色列（神的王子，神的王子是一个极其尊贵的身份。）
圣经说：『有一个人来和他摔跤，直到黎明。那人见自己胜不过他，就将他的大腿窝摸了一把，雅各的大腿窝正在摔跤的时候就扭了。那人说：“天黎明了，容我去吧。”雅各说：“你不给我祝福，我就不容你去。”那人说：“你名叫什么？”他说：“我名叫雅各。”那人说：“你的名不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列。因为你与神与人较力，都得了胜。”雅各问他说：“请将你的名告诉我。”那人说：“何必问我的名”，于是在那里给雅各祝福。雅各便给那地方起名叫毗努伊勒（就是神之面的意思），意思说，我面对面见了神，我的性命仍得保全。』
　　他做梦所经历的这件事件对他的信心有极大的翻转的作用。神明明知道他叫雅各，为什么还要问他呢？因为“雅各”的意思是阴谋者、欺诈者、骗子，现在他要开始面对自己。神光照他，让他看清他自己，问他的名字就是让他面对自己，让他承认自己就是这样一个人，诡诈、行骗。但神改了他的名字，让他不再叫雅各，叫以色列。“以色列”的意思是神的王子，神的王子是一个极其尊贵的身份。
13．Joseph’s Dreams（约瑟的梦）
年轻的约瑟（十七岁），由于年少无知，言语狂妄，在言语上没有节制，即他在不恰当的时间，讲了不合时宜的话——他的两个梦：即他将成为弟兄中的领袖，甚至他的父母都要向他下拜，这样的狂语，引起了他的哥哥们的嫉恨，那自然在情理当中。

14．Joseph's coat“many colours”（约瑟的彩衣）：
典出《创世纪》第37章2-4节：Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children. because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a coat of many colours.以色列原来爱约瑟过于爱他的众子，因为约瑟是他年老生的，他给约瑟做了一件彩衣。约瑟被宠爱，穿上父亲为他特意做的彩衣，遭到哥哥们的嫉妒。
这个典故喻指对别人炫耀、夸示自己的荣耀，也是被宠爱的象征。
15．Joseph and Potiphar's wife（约瑟和波提乏的妻子）：典出《创世记》第39章中俊美的约瑟拒绝主人妻子色诱韵故事。
16. corn in Egypt（埃及的粮食）：典出《创世记》第37章12节至41章49节，约瑟为埃及发展了农业，连续7个丰年后埃及的粮食多得“如同海边的沙”。
此典比喻丰饶富足，供应充足，有备无患。
unit 6、7、8
I. Recognize the Stories
1. The escape from Egypt: 逃出埃及（摩西诞生、出逃）摩西出生后被法老的女儿收养，成年后因杀死埃及人逃出埃及。
2. Struggle against the Pharaoh与法老斗争（十灾胁迫埃及法老、The first passover第一个逾越节、Didviding the Red Sea摩西分红海）摩西返回埃及与法老斗法。
3. Wandering in the Wilderness 旷野漂泊（水、鹌鹑和玛纳――上帝的奇迹、亚伦造金牛犊、The ten commandments十诫）
4. Return to Canaan 统一迦南（智取耶利哥、引蛇出洞克艾城、五王抗拒约书亚、攻取迦南诸城）
II. T or F Questions
Story 1. The escape from Egypt: 逃出埃及
1. The king of Egypt commanded that every child who was born to the Hebrews should be thrown into the Nile. F
2. The boy was named Moses because he was drawn out of the water. T
3. Moses killed an Egyptian shepherd and hurried away from home to the land of Midian. F
4. The angel of the LORD appeared to Moses in a flame of fire, which kept burning and destroyed the bush. F
5. Although Moses had expected some day to rescue his people from Pharaoh's cruel oppression, he was not confident enough to undertake such a task. T
Story 2. Struggle against the Pharaoh与法老斗争
1. The staff in Moses’ hand could become a snake when thrown on the ground. T
2. Moses could use totally three signs for proofs to his people that the LORD had sent him. T
3. Since Moses was slow of speech and tongue, the LORD decided to choose someone else for the work. F
4. The father-in-law Jethro didn’t allow Moses to go back to his kindred in Egypt. T
4. When the people heard the words of the Lord and saw the signs God had given, they believed and worshiped God. T
5. The oldest child of every family that dwelled in the valley of the Nile died. F
Story 3. Wandering in the Wilderness 旷野漂泊
1. The Jews escaped from Egypt hated Moses because they they have to house to live in the desert. F
2. Jehovah had grown “Manna” overnight to feed the wandering jews in the desert. T
3. Moses was happy to see the his people make a golden cattle to worship Jehovah. F
4. Moses went to Mount Sinai to get the engraved ten commandmentgs twice. T
5. Moses put a large snake of copper on his staff to make the deadly bite harmless. T
Story 4. Return to Canaan 统一迦南（智取耶利哥、引蛇出洞克艾城、五王抗拒约书亚、攻取迦南诸城）
1. Joshua’s army killed all the inhabitants in the city of Jericho. F
2. Joshua detected the thief by means of casting lots and killed him at last. T
3. In order to attack the defiant city—Ai, Joshua only send out 5,000 soldiers. F
4. When Joshua knew that he was cheated by the Gibeonites, he condemned them to be slaves of the Jews forever. T
5. Not only the five kings but also their troops were killed in the battle. F
IV. Difficult Sentences
Story One:
1. the royal estate
2. The disagreeable jobs
3. At all costs
4. Ladies in waiting
5. Fish it out of the water
6. A trifle
7. It did not remain a secret for very long.

Story Two:
1. be certain of three meals each day
2. make a move
3. pass over
4. repent of his given word

Story Three:
1. become accustomed to
2. be subject to
3. plunge into
4. The provisions began to run low
5. the previous 24 hours
6. Show no mercy to
7. stir up
8. take the name of
9. false testimony
10. high office
11. immediate head
12. in disgust
13. strip of
14. to make an end
15. expose to
16. hot-heads
17. in vain
18. lose all re