thelegendarysirensong赛壬的歌.pptVIP

Content The word of Siren 1. N-COUNTA siren is a warning device which makes a long, loud noise. Most fire engines, ambulances, and police cars have sirens. (救火车、救护车、警车等上的) 警报器 The Story Odysseus Appearance Sirens combine women and birds . In early Greek art Sirens were represented as birds with large womens heads, bird feathers and scaly(有鳞的) feet. Later, they were represented as female figures with the legs of birds, with or without wings, playing a variety of musical instruments, especially harps. Sirens Their number is variously reported as between two and five. In the Odyssey, Homer says nothing of their origin or names, but gives the number of the Sirens as two. Later writers mention both their names and number: some state that there were three, Peisinoe, Aglaope, and Thelxiepeia or Parthenope, Ligeia, and Leucosia Christian Belief By the fourth century, Sirens continued to be used as a symbol for the dangerous temptation embodied(呈现)by women regularly throughout Christian art of the medieval era. According to essay The attractions of the Florida wilds are compared to the beautiful and seductive voice of women, but in this case following the lane of the siren song has a happy outcome. * * * * * * * * Class:5 No:1003150113 Name:Ice The word of Siren The story Appearance Christian Belief According to the essay 3.PHRASEA siren call or siren song is the appeal that something has although it is harmful or dangerous. 诱人的东西；诱惑 2.N-COUNT Some people refer to a woman as a siren when they think that she is attractive to men but dangerous in some way. 妖艳而危险的女人；妖妇 You put the wax into your ears to stop the song! And you mustnt listen to my orders and ignore my gestures when we were passing the fatal island! Come on, baby! Free me! Free me ! Partherope Odysseus fishtail gown But these marks of wild country called to my father like the legendary siren song. Q--Why does the author use it here? * * * *