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Period 2
Grammar and composition—Simile and metaphor
Unit 1
Managing yourself
语法感悟
语法精讲
达标检测
语法 感悟
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阅读以下短文,感知加颜色的句子,并把句子序号写在下面横线上
Last term,I made the mistake of taking on too much responsibility,which left me feeling ①my life was like a 100-metre race.Every weekday,②my alarm clock was the starter’s gun that got me racing through my day,which never changed. I attended classes,had sports training,went to the library,had my piano lessons and ③finally reached the finish line,tired and distressed. My weekends were even busier with my homework and volunteer job. I was constantly exhausted. Then I realized that I had to slow down and make some changes.
From this term,Iprioritized my activities and gave up some non-essential ones.④The end result was like getting off an exercise treadmill.Consequently,now I am less stressed and more importantly,I have extra time to enjoy the activities I am most interested in.
1.Simile:______
2.Metaphor:______
①④
②③
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语法 精讲
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明喻和暗喻
一、明喻(Simile)
1.明喻是常用as或like等词将具有某种共同特征的两种不同事物连接起来的一种修辞手法。明喻的表达方法是:A像B。说甲像乙,也就是说本体像喻体。 明喻的本体、喻体、比喻词都出现,能明显地看出是在打比方。
My heart is like a singing bird.
我的心像一只歌唱的小鸟。
Army and people are as inseparable as fish and water.
军队和人民像鱼水一样不可分离。
Soldiers are like the country’s steel wall,guarding the frontier of their motherland.
战士就像国家的钢铁长城一样,守卫祖国的边疆。
2.在英语中,有很多习语也属于明喻:
as busy as a bee极为忙碌
as cross as a bear怒气冲冲
like the bolt from the blue晴天霹雳
to follow like sheep盲从
to spring up like mushrooms雨后春笋
3.任何明喻必须具备以下条件:
(1)本体和喻体分属不同性质的事物并同时出现在句中。
The tiger is as brave as the lion.
老虎像狮子一样勇敢。(×)
(2)本体和喻体必须在某一点上(声色、形状、性质、功能等)相似,即有所谓的相似点(similarity)。
The diamond is as blue as the great sea.
钻石像大海一样蓝。
4.常用比喻词有:
like;unlike;it was a bit like;can be likened to;as;as if;as though;as it were;as comparable to;may be compared to;similar to;etc.
My mind goes round and round like the earth.
我的大脑像地球一样不停地转动。
That man can’t be trusted. He’s as slippery as an eel.
那个人不可信,他像鳝鱼一样狡猾。
5.as if/as though 引导的启发型明喻,其特点是通过暗示性的联想引发人们洞察深层的内涵,所设的比喻或许不一定能直接理解,但是一经思索,必达豁然,因此这一比喻有言近意远的效果。
She treats him as if he were the fount of all knowledge.
她把他当成无所不晓。
二、暗喻(Metaphor)
暗喻是根据两个事物间的某些共同的特征,用一种事物去暗示另一个事物的比喻方式。本体和喻体间不用比喻词,只是在暗中打比方。
暗喻的结构特征,可以分为3个类型:
(1)喻体直述式:把本体和喻体说成是一件事。(“noun” pattern名词型)
A book that is shut is but a block.
总是合着的书只不过是一块砖头而已。
College is a comma of a sentence of life.
大学是人生长句的一个逗号。
(2)喻体半隐式(“verb” pattern动词型)
He doesn’t have an idea of his own. He just parrots what other people say.
他没有自己的观点,只会鹦鹉学舌。
They stormed the speaker with questions.
他们猛烈质问演讲者。
(3)喻体全隐式
Some books are to be tasted,others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested.
一些书浅尝即可,另外一些书则要囫囵吞下,只有少数的书才值得咀嚼和消化。(把book比作food,但food 这个喻体并没有出现。取而代之的是taste,swallow,chew,digest)
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达标检测
完成下列语段,尽可能多地使用明喻和暗喻
虽然杰克平时极为忙碌,但他还是每天早晨坚持锻炼。开满樱花的校园,看起来犹如粉红色的雪铺满大地。为跑步做好准备后,他像箭一样开始跑步。在跑道上跑了一圈后,他热得像火一样。他告诉自己不要放弃并且应该镇定自若。当他最终到达终点时,杰克简直是一道闪电。
Though 1. ,he always exercises every morning.The schoolyard,covered with cherry blossoms, 2.___________________________________________.After getting ready for the running,he began to run 3. .After running a lap around the track,he was 4. .He told himself not to give up and that 5. .When he finally reached the finishing line,Jack was 6. .
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Jack is usually as busy as a bee
looks as if/though it were covered with pink snow
like an arrow
as hot as fire
he should be as cool as a cucumber
a streak of lightning
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