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2. What did the red earth of Tara mean to Scarlet?
3. What’s the message hidden in that handful soil?
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Across the delta lowlands to the Mississippi.
Within these natural boundaries is Kentucky, Shaped like the mouldboard on a hillside turning-plow. Kentucky is neither southern, northern, eastern or western, It is the core of America. If these United States can be called a body, Kentucky can be called its heart. ……
Land of Thistle
Land of the stars and stripes
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Land idioms
功臣们可安居 乐业之地
1. land fit for heroes (to live in) —a country, nation that can reward those who have fought in its defence with good conditions of life and work as civilians
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Kentucky Is My Land
By Jesse Stuart
Kentucky is my land. It is a place beneath the wind and sun In the very heart of America. It is bounded on the east, north, and west by rivers And on the south by mountains. Only one boundary line is not a natural one, It is a portion of southern boundary That runs westward from the mountains
未来的幸福 境界；乐土； 福地；希望 之乡
[origin] Bible 15:18-21, Genesis, O.T.
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Land idioms
阴间；地 狱；冥府
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I. II. Questions A guess
III. Land idioms
IV. Film clips
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Land idioms
流奶与蜜的地 方（喻：丰饶 之国；富饶之 地）
2. land flowing with milk and honey/land of milk and honey —a place in which life would be pleasant, with plenty of food and chances of success and happiness [origin] Bible 3:8, Exodus, O.T. “… bring them up… to a land flowing with milk and honey…” Note: this English idiom is equivalent to Chinese “鱼米之乡” in meaning, but different in cultural connotations.
8. Land of Shades
—the underworld; place where the spirits of the dead go 人世；现世 9. land of the living
—the place of living men; this present existence [origin] Bible 53:8, Isaiah, O.T. “For he was cut off out the land of the living…”
[origin] This idiom comes from Lady Nairn’ song: “I’m wearin’ awa’ to the land of the leal.” (我逐渐衰弱，直至进天国)
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3. land/house of Bondage
—Egypt: also any place or condition of great hardship or oppression
[origin] This idiom comes from the words given by Loyd George (1863-1945), the English Prime Minister during the WWI: “What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.”
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Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for it's the only thing in this world that lasts. It's the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for. —Gone With The Wind
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A guess
Scotland Japan U.S.A Ireland England
Do the match work.
Do you know what these nicknames refer to? Land of the Rising Sun Land of the Rose Land of the Shamrock Land of Cakes Land of Golden Fleece
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天堂；天 国
10. land of/o’ the leal —the abode of the blessed after death; heaven
3. Do you think land is carry secret message? What are they?
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4. As a traditionally agriculture-centered country, China has long established its respect to land. Can you quote some sayings or idioms or folktales to illustrate this? 5. “When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt.” Do you think so? How to understand this quote?
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LEΒιβλιοθήκη Lesson 3-Message of the Land
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1. What does “land” mean to you? What are the differences among “land”, “soil” and “earth”?