英语写作3.ppt

Diction (2) 措词（二） IV. Idioms 习语 习语是有特殊意思的固定短语，其意思和组成这个习语的各个词的意思大相径庭。 For example: read a book read between lines 习语的运用可以使语言自然，地道 All that glitters is not gold, Marriages are made in heaven, Birds of a feather , Walls have ears , Castle in the air …… 习语的类型 英语中的习语类型很丰富，下列是最常见的： Phrasal verbs: carry out, put out, put up with n.+prep+n.: an apple of one’s eye prep+n, : at length, on the air, in kind… v. +n. : kill two birds with one stone as…as… as big as life, as easy as ABC pairs of words: touch and go, in black and white saying : Don’t count your chicken before they are hatched, All work no play make Jack a dull boy… 写作中应用习语应注意的地方 习语的运用可以使语言自然，地道，但是大家应该注意的是： 属于非正式或者口语化的习语少用。 很多习语由于用的太多而不新鲜有趣，如：armed to the teeth, as good as gold… 在写作中少用为宜。 要注意习语的地道用法和与之相适应的搭配问题。如： Rewrite the following sentence into idiomatic way China has taken place great changes. Great changes have taken place in China. On Sundays I always sleep late. On Sundays I always get up late. We have no method. We have no way out. rewrite the following passage into an idiomatic right way I haven’t received your letter for a long time. How are your condition? Is your work busy? Please reply me early. I haven’t received your letter for a long time. How are you getting on recently? Are you busy with your work? Hope to hear from you soon. V. Figures of Speech (修辞格) 词运用引申的用法，或者比喻，形象的用法称为修辞格。 如：O?my?loves?like?a?red,?red?rose. Childhood?is?like?a?swiftly?passing?dream. He?earns?his?bread?by?writing. Hunger?sat?shivering?on?the?road?? 1.Simile (明喻) 用like, as，as if ，as…as…或其他词指出两个截然不同的事物之间相似之处的手法叫明喻。 特点: 主体与喻体分属不同性质的事物 主体与喻体必须在某一点上相似 用比喻词之类的引导方式引导 如：The?man?cant?be?trusted.?He?is?as?slippery?as?an?eel . 　He?jumped?as?if?he?had?been?stung. 2. Metaphor(隐喻) 用一个词来指代与该词所指事物有相似特点的另外一个事物 的手法叫做隐喻。 如： He?has?a?heart?of?stone.?他有一颗铁石心肠。? The?world?is?a?stage.?世界是一个大舞台。? “a?sea?of?troubles” “忧愁之海”?? “All?the?worlds?a?stage”(Shakespeare) “整个世