大学高级英语课后习题ppt.ppt

机智与幽默故事 机智的例子： 有一次，周恩来接见的美国记者不怀好意地问：“总理阁下，你们中国人为什么把人走的路叫做马路?”他听后没有急于反驳，而是妙趣横生地说：“我们走的是马克思主义之路，简称马路。” 这个大美利坚的记者仍不死心，继续出困难：“总理阁下，在我们美国，人们都是仰着头走路而你们中国人为什么低头走路，这又怎么解释呢?”周总理笑着说：“这不稀奇，题目很简单嘛，你们美国人走的是下坡路，当然要仰着头走路了，而我们中国人走的是上坡路，当然是低着头走了。” 记者又问：“中国现在有四亿人，需要修多少厕所?”这纯属无稽之谈，可是，在这样的外交场合，又不便“无可奉告”，周总理轻轻一笑回答到：“两个！一个男厕所，一个女厕所。” 花·美 幽默的例子： 男人:你喜欢什么花?　　女人:我喜欢两种花。　　男人:哪两种,我送给你！　　女人:有钱花，随便花！　　男人:你真美！　　女人:哪里美?　　男人:想得美!　 Question 1 Question 2 The methods such as definition, comparison and contrast ,personification ,alliteration are used in developing these paragraphs. Definition A concise explanation of the meaning of a word or phrase; what an idea means. its function: to make the readers have a better understanding of terms, easy to grasp the main idea of the passage. E.g.: humor is the American spelling of humour, originally a physiological term which ~~~.wit, meaning originally knowledge ,came in the late middle ages to ~~~ (para2) Contrast and comparison The process of comparing two or more people\things; compare two things in order to show the differences between them. Its function: make the structure tidy, and readers are easy to comprehend similarities and differences. E.g. “Wit is intensive or incisive, while humor is expansive.” “Wit is rapid, humor is slow.” “Wit is sharp, humor is gentle…”(para3) personification Personification is a figure of speech that attributes human qualities to animals, or gives life or personality to inanimate objects or abstract ideas. Its purpose is to add beauty and vividness to the description. E.g. ……both now find their chief uses in this connection.(para1) Alliteration Alliteration is the close-order repetition of initial consonants in a series of words. E.g. “……, is difficult to draw.”(para1) 我们的译文 尽管机智与幽默的最初含义与“好笑”风马牛不相及，但是现在发现两者的主要应用与此有关。目前，公认两者存在区别，但是难以区分。 Humor 是 humour 的美式拼写 ，原本是一个生理学术语，因其心理含义上带有“古怪”的意思，从这个意思上发展成具有现代含义的术语。机智，最初以为着知识，在中世纪后期意味着智力、意识所在之处、除“五外感”之外的“内在感知”。在文艺复兴时期，虽然有多种意思，机智则长意味着“明智”