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1、UnitXTextAMythandMythology____________________________________________________________Predicting1.Lookatthetitleofthisunit.Workingwithanotherstudent,trytoaskfiveorsixwh-questionsaboutmyth.2.Writeabriefoutlineforthistitleandcompareitwiththetextasyoureadtoseethedifference.___
2、_________________________________________________________Putsimply,amythisastorythatrepresentspeople’sdeepestfeelingsandexperiences.Ancientorprimitivepeoplecreatedmythstoexplainthingswhichmoresophisticatedpeopleexplainthroughdisciplinessuchasscience,psychology,ortheology.1,
3、amythmayexplainanaturaloccurrences,suchasthecycleoftheseasonsortheconfigurationofaconstellation.Oritmightembodyacomplicatedhumanrelationship,asbetweenchildandparentormanandwoman.Oritmightconfrontmoremetaphysicalproblems,suchasthebehaviorofthegods,theroleofFateinaperson’slif
4、e,orwhathappenstooneafterdeath.2,DavidLeeminghasdescribedmythas“themetaphorical,symbolical,ordirectexpressionofthe“unknown”.Severalmisconceptionsaboutmythneedtobedispelled.3isthatmythsweretheexclusivepropertyoftheancientGreeksandRomans.ThoughweareperhapsmostfamiliarwithGree
5、kandRomanmythology,mythsarecommontoallpeople,inalltimes,throughouttheworld.4misconception,thisonemoreserious,isthatmythsare“fairytales,”storieswhichhavenobasisinfactandhencemaybediscredited.Nothingcouldbefurtherfromthetruth.Ratherthanbeingfalsehoods,mythsaretheessenceoftrut
6、h,areflectionofhumanity’suniversalexperience,enduringout-sidethelimitationsoftimeandplace.Scratchthesurfaceofanymythandyou’lldiscoveritsessentialtruth.5thenotionthatmythsareun-truthisthebeliefthatwehave“out-grown”theneedformyths,thattheyareakindoffossilizedremainsofancientc
7、ivilizations,interestingperhapstoafewspecialistsbutoflittlevaluetoanadvancedtechnologicalsociety.Onthecontrary,mythisbasictohumanexistenceasweknowit.Itisasrealashumanconcernsarereal.Whenweloseourabilitytorespondtoandappreciatethemythicelement,weareingravedangerofbecomingaut
8、omations,oflosingthatwhichmakesusuniquelyandtrulyhuman.Indeed,thesocietywhichhaslo
