【小学 四年级英语】英语趣味小知识 共（3页）

1、一周七天的典故在中国，一周七天，我们分别称之为星期一、星期二或者周一、周二是以数字来表示的。而在英语里，七天各有其名。这是盎格鲁萨克森人为纪念他们崇拜的神而命名的。盎格鲁萨克森人公元五世纪，原居北欧的日耳曼部落入侵不列颠，他们当中包括盎格鲁人（angles）、萨克森人（saxons），朱特人（jutes）。而盎格鲁人定居的地方就是现在的英格兰。除了星期六（saturday）来源于罗马的萨图恩神（saturn）以外，其余六天的名字都来源于北方诸神。星期日：sunday，thedayofthesun，“太阳日”。对基督徒而言，星期日是“安息日”，因为耶稣复活的日子是在星期日。约在西元三百年左右，欧

2、洲教会和政府当局开始明订星期日为休息的日子，直到今日，世界上大多数的国家都以sunday为星期例假日。星期一：monday，thedayofthemoon，从moonday发展至现在的monday，“月亮日”。星期二：tuesday，源于tiwesday，“战神日”。tiw是北欧神话里的战神，正如同罗马神话里的战神mars一样。在北欧神话中不叫tiw而叫tyr。相传在他的那个时代，有一狼精经常出来扰乱世界，为了制服狼精，tyr的一只手也被咬断了。星期三：wednesday，源于wodensday，“woden”是风暴之神，“风神日”。woden是北欧诸神之父。为制服狼精而牺牲自己一只手的tyr

3、，就是他的儿子。woden领导神族跟巨人族作战，他曾牺牲自己锐利的右眼，跟巨人族换取“智慧”的甘泉。他也曾深入地层，从巨人族那里偷取“诗”的美酒。西方人为了追念这位主神，就根据他的名字创造了wednesday这个字。星期四：thursday，是为了纪念雷神（thor）而命名的。故星期四又称为“雷神日”。红头发的雷神索尔（星期四的来源）是主神奥丁的儿子，他戴着一副特殊的绶带和手套，具有超人的力量，能够把岩石击碎。相传有一次，他的大铁被一位叫thrym的巨人偷走了。thrym扬言，除非神族答应把美丽的爱神freya嫁给他做为交换。然而freya抵死不从，於是神族想了一个办法，由thor男扮女装穿f

4、reya的衣服，假装嫁给他，thrym不疑有诈，把铁交给新娘。于是thor抢回了自己的武器，也立即把thrym给杀了。星期五：friday，在古英文中friday意思是friggsday。frigg是北欧神话中主司婚姻和生育的女神，也是woden的妻子。相传她平日身披闪耀白长袍，住在水晶宫中，和侍女们一起编织五颜六色的彩云。对於北欧人而言，星期五是幸运的日子。然而对基督徒来说却是相反的，因为耶稣受难日正好是星期五。星期六：saturday，thedayofsaturn，sat。 urn农神 do you know my work？ one night a hotel caught fire，

5、and the people who were staying in it ran out in their nighclothes two men stood outside and looked at the fire “before i came out，” said one，“i ran into some of the rooms and found a lot of money people dont think of money when theyre afraid when anyone leaves paper money in a fire， the fire burns

6、it so i took all the bills that i could findno one will be poorer because i took them” “you dont know my work，” said the other “what is your work？” “im a policeman “oh！” cried the first man he thought quickly and said，“and do you know my work？”“no，”said the policeman “im a writer im always telling s

7、tories about things that never happened” 译文： 你知道我是干什么的吗？ 一天晚上，一家旅馆失火，住在这家旅馆里的人穿着睡 衣就跑了出来。 两个人站在外面，看着大火。 “在我出来之前，”其中一个说：“我跑进一些房间，找到了一大笔钱。人在恐惧中是不会想到钱的。如果有人把纸币留在火里，火就会把它烧成灰烬。所以我把我所能找到的钞票都拿走了。没有人会因为我拿走它们而变得更穷。” “你不知道我是干什么的。”另一个说。 “你是干什么的？” “我是警察。” “噢！”第一个人喊了一声。他灵机一动，说：“那你知道我是干什么的？”“不知道。”警察说。 “我是个作家。我总是爱

8、编一些从未发生过的故事。” who is the laziest father:well,jack,i talked with your teacher today .and now i want to ask you a question ,who is the laziest person inyour class ? jack:i dont know ,father. father:oh,think!when other boys and girls are reading and wirting ,who sits quietly and only watch how other pe

9、ople word? jack:our teacher ,father. 译文： 谁是最懒惰的 爸爸：杰克，我今天已经和你的老师谈过了，现在我想问你，谁是你们班上最懒的人？ 杰克：我不知道，爸爸 爸爸：你再好好想想，当别的同学都在读书写字的时候，谁楞在那儿仅仅是看着其他人？ 杰克：是我们的老师，爸爸 what is a traitor？ young hopeful：“father，what is a traitor in politics？” father（a veteran politician）：“a traitor is a man who leaves our party and go

10、es over to the other one” young hopeful：“well then，what is a man who leaves his party and comes over to yours？” father：“a convert，my son” 什么叫叛徒？ 有希望的青年人：“父亲，什么叫政治叛徒？” 父亲（一位老资格的政治家）：“叛徒指的是离开我们党而加入到另一个党的人。” 有希望的青年人：“那么，离开他的党而加入到我们党的人又叫什么呢？” 父亲：“叫改变信仰者。我的儿子。” 一、英语自我介绍hi, good morning/afternoon everyone

11、 ：my name is .and i am from . it is really a great honor to have this opportunity for an interview. i would like to answer whatever you may raise, and i hope i can make a good performance today .now let me introduce myself briefly.i am years old . i graduated from university in . and then i got a hi

12、gher degree in university in. i have worked for. years since i graduated from the university .and i have been a head teacher for years .being a teacher is tired but excited. having taught for so many years, i think i am experienced in teaching field. i have ever got much honor in teaching, but still

13、 i think i need a new environment to challenge myself.i am openminded, quickly thoughts and skillful in searching for information on internet . i can operate computer well . in my spare time, i have broad interests .such as reading ,surfing the internet ,enjoying music ,writing some articles on my b

14、log and even chatting with foreign friends online if possible .i always believe working hard can bring us more opportunities . to be the best one is a little bit hard. but “trying all my best “ always can cheer me up .to succeed or fail is not the only thing . its in how we face and invaluate oursel

15、ves .this is the chance we take, and this is what weve worked for all our lives . shining like a shooting star at night, and always smile at life .weve got to give it all . someday when we turn back for what the footprint we have left , time will record the victory in our heart . so “ try all my bes

16、t ” - this is the motto of mine . ok ！so much .thank you!二、可能问的问题你教了几年书?how long have you been teaching?i have been teaching for.有教小学的经验吗?did you have any experiences teaching in elementary school/primary school?yes, i did. or no, i didnt.你打算怎么样给小孩上课?how are you going to give lessons to little kids?

17、i think i am going to use all kinds of materials that are available like cd player, pictures, word cards, tv, magazines, games acts in my lessons. i am going to use different teaching methods to help children with different learning styles.能否示范一下?can you demonstrate one lesson?sure. if i teach days

18、of the week, i will teach children a song: sunday, monday.(用twinkle twinkle little star 的tune)你觉得教小学生跟教中学生有什么不同?what is the difference between teaching elementary school children and the junior high school children?well, when teaching little kids a teacher has to be more patient. he/she has to use lots of songs, games, body language to help student learn english. the forms of each lesson should be different.teaching junior high school kids is a little bit different. i can