综英4 Unit8 the discus thrower.pptVIP

Unit8The Discus Thrower The main idea This part tells about how the man is found dead and the doctor discovered the secret that the man starved himself to death as is suggested at the end of the text by the doctor’s attention to the repeatedly washed place where the scrambled eggs dropped to the floor. In the evening I go once more to that ward to make my rounds. Paraphrase: In the evening I go to that sickroom again to visit my patients. The head nurse report to me that Room 542 is deceased. (1)Metonymy[m?t?n?m?] :the act of refering to sth by the name of sth else that is closely connec