第13讲 idioms.pptVIP

Practice 1-5 1. Congress apparently agreed, passing a bill last week to give E-signatures the legal weight of the old-fashioned pen-and-ink kind. (U.S. News, June 26,2000) 国会上周通过一项法案，显然同意赋予电子签名与传统的笔墨签名同等的法律效力。metonymy 2.It has the poorest millionaires, the littlest great men, the haughtiest beggars, the plainest beauties, the lowest skyscrapers, the dolefulest pleasures of any town I ever saw. (O. Henry The Duel) 这座城市里有的是心灵最空虚的百万富翁，人格最渺小的伟人，最目空一切的草包，最使人瞧不上眼的美女，最卑鄙龌龊的摩天大楼，和最令人悲哀的娱乐，比我所见到的任何城市都有过之而无不及。 oxymoron 3. Divorce has become a lucrative process, simple to arrange and easy to forget; and ambitious females can repeat it as often as they please and parlay their winnings to astronomical figures. (Roald Dahl, Mrs Bixby and the Colonel’s Coat) 离婚已经成了盈利赚钱的方式，安排方便，忘掉简单；野心勃勃的女士便可随心所欲，反复离婚，从中获利可达天文数字。 hyperbole 4. 有个农村叫张家庄，张家庄有个张木匠。张木匠有个好老婆，外号叫“小飞娥”。小飞蛾生了个女儿叫艾艾。 There was a village called Zhangjia Village, where lived Carpenter Zhang, who had a good wife, nicknamed Little Moth, who gave birth to a girl called Ai’ai. (顶真 anadiplosis) 5.他一见面就寒暄，寒暄之后说我“胖了”，说我“胖了”之后即大骂其新党。（鲁迅 《祝福》） Having exchanged some polite remarks upon meeting he observed that I was fatter, and having observed that I was fatter he launched into a violent attack on the reformists. (顶真 anadiplosis) Translation of Idiomatic Phrases Contents 1. Significance of idioms 2. Chinese English idioms 3. Features of Chinese idioms 4. Translation Practice Related part in the textbook: Section 2, Chapter 1 Significance of Idioms the core and cream of a language the sinew of a language the crystallization of a language Every aspect of social activities is reflected in idioms. “Familiarity with a wide range of idiomatic expressions, and ability to use them appropriately in context, are among the distinguishing marks of a native-like command of English.” -by P. Cowie and R. Mackin Oxford dictionary of current idiomatic English Chine