(1) Usages of drug, pill, and medication
a. I am doing drug. b. take the pill(s) / tablet c. I am under the medication.
(2) Oedipus: The major conflict is the plague.
a. He killed his father and married with his step-mother.
b. The plague showed in his kingdom.
c. He finally found out the cause and the resolution of the plague－Who killed the old king?
d. He banished himself.
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2. The video of Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
(1) Myth: Something you don't know. More specifically, you studied of something you can't
figure out.
(2) Mythology: Most of time we feel so confused about knowledge so we would make some
stories to explain and convince ourselves that it was normal.
(3) The major conflict is the mother owl won't wake the sun. And the lion used his wisdom to figure
out the answer layer by layer.
(4) The only moral lesson is you need to say hi and greet to your friend in the morning. (?)
(5) Here comes the story. --> The major of the agenda today is to find out who killed the owlet.
a. Exposition: It's the mother owl who woke the sun each day so the dawn can come.
b. Mosquito: I just saw a farmer who digging a yam almost as big as I am.
c. Iguana: Try me. It's such a big lie (tall tale). I would rather be deaf.
-> So he put two sticks on his ears.
d. Python: Why the Iguana wouldn't speak to me? He would plot something to against me.
(some mystery)
e. Rabbit: Run in his life. f. Crow g. Monkey.
(6) Verbs in the story (中文都是驚嚇)
a. Mosquito annoyed the Iguana.
b. Iguana frightened the Python. -> to make someone feel fear
c. Python scared the rabbit. -> to feel frightened
d. Rabbit startled the crow. -> to do something unexpected that surprises and
sometimes worries a personor animal (倒彈的驚嚇-最大)
sometimes worries a personor animal (倒彈的驚嚇-最大)
e. Crow alarmed the monkey. -> a warning of danger, usually a loud noise or flashing light
f. The monkey killed the owlet.
(7) 背脊發涼
a. I was thrilled. -> extremely pleased.
b. I was mortified. -> very embarrassed.
(8) Term Explanation
a. big lie: No one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to
distort the truth so infamously."
b. tall tale: A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true
and factual. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events.
c. cumulative tale (story): In a cumulative tale, sometimes also called a chain tale,
action or dialogue repeats and builds up in some way as
the tale progresses.
(8) This is a Frame Story (story within story)/ cumulative story.
It is the shape like this.
(7) 背脊發涼
a. I was thrilled. -> extremely pleased.
b. I was mortified. -> very embarrassed.
(8) Term Explanation
a. big lie: No one would believe that someone "could have the impudence to
distort the truth so infamously."
b. tall tale: A tall tale is a story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true
and factual. Some such stories are exaggerations of actual events.
c. cumulative tale (story): In a cumulative tale, sometimes also called a chain tale,
action or dialogue repeats and builds up in some way as
the tale progresses.
(8) This is a Frame Story (story within story)/ cumulative story.
It is the shape like this.
(9) The purpose of a cumulative story is a kind of training which can improve children's
impermanent memory.
Take the song, 12 Days of Christmas, for example.
* Three Wise Man(東方三賢人) brought gold, frankincense(乳香) and myrrh(默藥).
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3. Vocabularies and Phrases
(1) tell a tale / being told 流傳至今
(2) guilty conscience 良心不安
(3) won't buy that kind of credo 不會採信....
(4) partridge 鷓鴣
(5) folklore 民間故事
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