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Section3：Explain idioms
1. Pandora’s Box 灾难之盒
含义：to open Pandora's box means to create evil that cannot be undone.
来源：Pandora's box involves a mythological story in which the a box was given to a human who was warned never to open the box, but his curiosity made him open it resulting in a disaster.
2. The Horn of Amalthea丰饶角
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含义：A symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce, flowers, nuts, other edibles, or wealth in some form.
来源：One day, as Amalthea played with little Zeus, she accidentally broke off her horn. To make up for it and as a sign of gratitude, Zeus made the broken horn always be full of whatever its owner desired.
3. The Midas/Golden Touch点石成金
含义：Ability to turn everything he touched into gold. if someone has the Midas touch, everything they do is successful and makes money for them
来源：Midas’s job knew no bounds and as soon as he got home, he ordered the rvants to t a splendid repast on the table.
4. A Procrustean Bed 强迫一致
含义：When something is Procrustean, different lengths or sizes or properties are fitted to an arbitrary standard.
来源： Procrustes was a rogue smith and bandit from Attica who physically attacked peo
ple by stretching them or cutting off their legs, so as to force them to fit the size of an iron bed.
自定义序列5. Sow the Dragon Teeth挑起纠纷
含义：The dragon's teeth, once planted, would grow into fully armed warriors.
来源：In Greek myth, dragon’s teeth feature prominently in the legends of the Phoenician prince Cadmus and Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece.
6. Apple of Discord祸根
含义： A euphemism for a small matter that could lead to a bigger dispute.
来源：The Greek goddess of discord, Eris, became disgruntled after she was excluded from the wedding of Peleus and Thetis. In retaliation, she tosd a golden apple inscribed Kallisti序数词口诀 (‘for the most beautiful one'), into the wedding party. Three goddess claimed the apple: Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. Paris of Troy was appointed to lect the recipient. He awarded the apple to Aphrodite, thus indirectly causing the Trojan War.
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7. The Heel of Achilles唯一的弱点
含义：A deadly weakness in spite of overall strength, that can actually or potentially leads to downfall
来源：The mythological origin refers to a physical vulnerability, metaphorical references to other attributes or qualities that can lead to downfall are common.
Thetis treated Achilles with Ambrosia, making him invulnerable. Thetis burned away his mortality in the hou fire except on the heel, with which he was held.
Thetis dipped the infant Achilles in the river Styx, holding onto him by his heel.
找什么工作比较好8. Penelope’s Web永远做不完的工作
含义：The tactics of delaying sth on purpo; the task that can never be finished
来源：Penelope is the wife of Odysus who was called to fight in the Trojan War. She waits twenty years for the final return of her husband .In order to put off remarriage, She
has devid tricks to delay her suitors, one of which is to pretend to be weaving a burial shroud for Odysus's elderly father Laertes and claiming that she will choo a suitor when she has finished. Every night for three years, she undoes part of the shroud, until Melantho, one of twelve unfaithful rving women, discovers her chicanery and reveals it to the suitors.
9. Between Scylla and Charybdis进退维谷
唇妆含义：Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom express the meaning of "having to choo between two evils".
来源： Scylla was rationalized as a rock shoal (described as a six-headed a monster) on the Italian side of the strait and Charybdis was a whirlpool off the coast of Sicily. They were regarded as a a hazard located clo enough to each other that they pod an inescapable threat to passing sailors; avoiding Charybdis meant passing too clo to Scylla and vice versa. According to Homer, Odysus was forced to choo which monster to confront while passing through the strait; he opted to pass by Scylla and lo
only a few sailors, rather than risk the loss of his entire ship in the whirlpool.
10领导讲话心得. Necklace of Harmonia不祥之物
含义：Necklace of Harmonia brought great misfortune to all of its wearers or owners.
来源：Aphrodite bore a daughter, Harmonia, from Ares' ed. Harmonia married Cadmus, the founder of Thebes. Upon hearing of the royal engagement, Hephaestus prented Harmonia with an exquisite necklace as a wedding gift. The necklace was made by Hephaestus' own hand and was curd to bring disaster to any who wore it.
13. A Sisyphean Task
含义：Endlessly laborious or futile
来源：Sisyphus was famed as the craftiest of men. He was condemned forever to roll a huge stone up a hill in Hades only to have it roll down again on nearing the top.
15. 怎么腌酸豆角Give a cake to Cerberus
含义：bribe
来源：Cerberus is a watchdog at the gates of Tartarus. He would let the souls in but not out. However he could be bribed with a honey cake on occasion or with sweet music.
Section4：Explain in English the meaning of following terms. 15% (5)
