Peking University professor recommendation, foreign students must know the story !

! ! Later be useful .


Pandora’s box of

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Pandora is the first mortal woman in Greek mythology. Prometheus’ stolen fire from heaven to earth Zeus to punish mankind, the command of God from clay molded into a beautiful young girl of the crafty and cunning, the name And gave her a gift box, and then she was betrothed to the younger brother of Prometheus Aye shelter Prometheus (meaning Aye shelter Prometheus regardless of the taboo to take over the gift box, Pandora took the opportunity to open it, so all kinds of vices, disaster and disease immediately fly from the inside out. Box only good thing left: hope. But I hope not had time to fly out of Pandora will be a box forever shut. Damocles sword


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Damocles is the minions of the tyrant Dionysius in Greek mythology, he often said that emperors, more happiness, in order to please the emperor . Once, Dionysius let him sit on the imperial throne, the head hung a only a horsehair tied the sword, in order to tell him that, although the body in the throne, the sword may be out at any time down, the emperor is not much happiness, but there is always grief. People often use this story to describe the potential crisis that may occur at any time.


Muse:
, Muse is the generic term of nine Greek mythology the goddess of arts and sciences. They are the main female of the god and goddess of memory. Their music and poetry of the god Apollo as the leader in charge of history, tragedy, comedy, lyric poetry, dance, epic poetry, love poems, carols and astronomy. The ancient Greek poet, singer call to the Muse report, and pray for inspiration. Later, people used the


Sphinx:
sphinx is the hidden mystery of evil monster in Greek mythology, the lion body in front of Egypt’s largest Khufu pyramid face monster is his. He gave Oedipus out of the question is: what is the morning walk with four legs, walking with two legs at noon, in the evening to walk three feet? Oedipus replied: people. In the morning of life, he was a child, crawling on two legs and two hands; the noon of life, he became the prime of life, only to walk on two legs; the evening of life, old and feeble, must use crutches walk, so called three feet. Oedipus answered correctly. Sphinx shame reconnects died. The the


Pygmalion the:
Pygmalion king of Cyprus in Greek mythology. He hated women, and decided never to marry. Magical skill, he carved a beautiful ivory female image, and fell in love with her. As treat his wife to caress her, dress her and to God,mbt mens shoes, begging to let her become his wife. Eros Aphrodite been impressed by him, gave the statue life, and get them married. not the same.


Judas kiss:
Judah is one of the 12 disciples of the children of the cronies of the Bible, Jesus dissemination of new Road by the support of the people, has aroused the hatred of the Jewish elders of the priests. They bought 30 pieces of silver Judas to identify Jesus to help. Them to the customer Manila Garden grasp Jesus, Judas pretend greeting, hugging and kissing him. Jesus was arrested after being crucified on the cross. The people with the the


Noah’s Ark:
from the Bible. God on the sins committed by human beings is very sad, elimination of human decided to use the flood. Noah was a righteous man, God commanded him to shipbuilding for disaster prevention. After 40 days and nights of the flood, except Noah’s family and some animals, other organisms are swallowed up the flood. After being used as a metaphor disaster in a shelter or savior.


Eden:
, from the Bible. God has opened up a garden in the East a fertile plain, and there are fruit trees and a variety of birds and beasts. God allow Adam to guard the garden. To resolve his loneliness, God from Adam’s body to remove a rib, causing a woman – Eve to accompany him. They lived a carefree day. Garden of Eden metaphor paradise on earth.


forbidden fruit:
from the Bible. Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, God allows them to eat the fruit in the garden, alone, Cunning serpent beguiled them to eat the forbidden fruit, since then they know good and evil, to distinguish between true and false, but also created a sense of shame. God therefore expelled from the Garden of Eden. The forbidden fruit analogy is prohibited and eager to get things.


dominoes:
is a Western game, many rectangular domino erect arranged in rows, gently tear down a card, the rest of the dominoes will in turn have fallen . Used figuratively, the the


the ivory tower:
from the 19th century French poet, literary critic Shengpei Wei Charles Augustin letter Augustine criticized the pessimistic mood of the works of contemporary French writers Pooh, advocate writers detachment from the vulgar bourgeois reality,mbt coupon codes, the art world into a subjective illusion – the ivory tower.


Waterloo:
in 1815, in Belgium Waterloo, Napoleon led the French army with the British, Prussian coalition forces fought a fierce battle and defeat the French army. Subsequently, Napoleon to abdicate the end of his political career. crocodile tears of


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Western legend, the crocodile to catch their prey, while greedily devoured, while hypocritically tears. A metaphor for the false tears, disguised sympathy. Has been extended to the side of the hurt of others, side loaded the insidious Acts of compassion.


Uncle Sam:
is the nickname of the United States, resulting in the 1812 United States and Britain during the war. An honest and capable meat packers in the State of New York was affectionately known as He served as a munitions inspector for the State of New York and New Jersey, is responsible for playing poke in beef barrels and barrels of supply the army. It was discovered that the beef barrel on the plant are covered with E. A-U. S. Tags. Originally, E. A is the name of a defense contractor, U. S is the abbreviation of the United States. Happened to Uncle Sam (Uncle Sam) of acronyms and abbreviations (U. S.) is the same people on the tube to the United States called Americans In 1961, the U.S. Congress officially recognized the

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