英语成语俗语和寓言故事.ppt

atesttelleroffableswasAesop.HewasbelievedtobeaGreekslavewholivedinthe6thcenturyB.C.AnothergreattelleroffableswasJeandeLaFontaine.HewroteinFranceinthe17thcentury.LaFontainebasedmanyofhisfablesonthoseofAesop.Aesop(620?~560?B.C.)ancientGreekwriteroffablesJeandeLaFontaine(1621~1695)FrenchwriterSomeoftheirbest-knownfablesareTheLionandtheMouse,TheHareandtheTortoise,TheFoxandtheGrapes,TheShepherdBoyandtheWolf,TheFoxandtheCrow,TheDoveandtheAnt,andTheFoxandtheStork[鸟]鹳guan﹨.IntheChineselanguage,efromfablessuchasTheFrogintheShallowWell(井底之蛙),HisSpearagainstHisShield(自相矛盾),MakingHisMark(刻舟求剑),Ostrich鸵鸟Logic(掩耳盗铃)andBlessingorBane祸害(塞翁失马).Herearesomepicturesabouttwofamousfables.OneisanAesop’sfable;theotherisaChineseone.1.Whatarethenamesofthefables?2.Whatlessonscanwedrawfromthefables?TheFoxandtheGrapes