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1、Unit8ChineseLiteratureWarm-upActivityQuestionsfordiscussion:1)Lookatthefollowingpictures.TheyareallillustrationsofthefamousstoriesofthefourgreatnovelsofChineseliterature.Doyouknoworcanyoutellanyofthesestories?a.Story1:颐和园长廊上的彩绘：桃园三结义2008-04拍摄，绘画年代大约于19世纪末OathofthePe
2、achGardenTheOathofthePeachGarden(桃园三结义)wasanoathinthehistoricalnovelRomanceoftheThreeKingdoms,bywhichthethreewarriorsLiuBei,GuanYu,andZhang10Feibecameswornbrothersinaceremonyamidpeachblossomtrees.TheoriginalgoalofthePeachGardenOathwastoprotecttheHanDynastyfromtheYel
3、lowTurbans.ThisactboundthethreekeymenofthefutureShu-HanKingdomofChinaandisoftenalludedtoasasymboloffraternalloyalty.Nothinginhistoricalrecordssuggestsuchaneventhappened,thoughthethreewerenotedtobeclose,tothepointofsharingthesamebed.Theoath,asitappearsintheWikisource
4、translationofRomanceoftheThreeKingdoms/Chapter1,wasthis:WhensayingthenamesLiuBei,GuanYuandZhangFei,althoughthesurnamesaredifferent,yetwehavecometogetherasbrothers.Fromthisdayforward,weshalljoinforcesforacommonpurpose,andcometoeachother'saidintimesofcrisis.Weshallave
5、ngethenationfromabove,andpacifythecitizenryfrombelow.Weseeknottobebornonthesameday,inthesamemonthandinthesameyear.Wemerelyhopetodieonthesameday,inthesamemonthandinthesameyear.Maythegodsofheavenandearthattesttowhatisinourhearts.Ifweshouldeverdoanythingtobetrayourfrie
6、ndship,maythegodsinheavenstrikeusdead.Inmanyothertranslations,onlythesectiondealingwith"dyingontheselfsameday"ispresent.However,thethreebrothersdonotdieonthesameday:GuanYuisexecutedbySunQuan,ZhangFeiisassassinatedbyhisownmenwhomhetreatedwithcruelty,andLiuBeidiesofil
7、lnessafterthedisastrousattemptstoavengeGuanYuandreclaimtheprovinceofJing.TheoathinspiredthepresentdaysecretsocietiesinChinesecommunities,suchastheTriad,touseasimilarritualwhenswearinginnewmembers."Thoughnotbornonthesamedayofthesamemonthinthesameyear,wehopetodieso"—t
8、hephrasethethreebrothersmadeduringtheoath—hadalsobecomepopularamongthepresentdaysecretsocietymembers.（392words）(http://en.wikipedia.org/wi
