高三英语 Unit 1Careers and skills-Grammar and usage课件 译林牛津版选修11.pptVIP

More similes with “as …as…” 4. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to try. High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond 1 a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the 2 fish you can be.” (08,天津卷） 1. A. in return for B. in case of C. in terms of D. instead of 2. A. slimmest B. smallest C. best D. gentlest Grammar and usage Simile and metaphor 1. Zeng Yike sounds like a sheep. Simile and metaphor 2. She is a wooden house which looks stable but doesn’t have a solid foundation. Zeng Yike sounds terrrible. She can’t sing skillfully. Simile A simile is a comparison of two different objects that are not usually thought to be similar. The word “as” or “like” is used. Format ：本体 + 显著比喻词 (like/as) + 喻体 as strong as a horse as white as snow as busy as a bee as brave as a lion as poor as a church mouse as sweet as honey as good as one’s word as black as coal as hungry as a lion? Long long ago, there was a princess with skin _____________, so people called her Snow White. Her stepmother was __________________,but had a heart of stone. Hearing that Snow White became far more beautiful than her, she got ________________ and wanted to kill the girl. Snow White escaped from the house, and was lost in the forest. She was ________________. Complete the passage Snow White as white as snow as proud as a peacock as mad as a wet hen? Metaphor A metaphor is a comparison of two things that are not usually thought to be alike but have something in common. 2. The word “as” or “like” is not used. 　 3. Format ：本体 + be动词 + 喻体 Simile, metaphor or neither ? S S M M Neither Our English teacher is a walking dictionary. 2. Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. 3. She is as poor as a church mouse. 4. Time is a river, of which memory is the water. 6. He slept like a log. 5.Tom looks like his father. S