高级英语第2单元课文导入.ppt

;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;Writing Style ;Writing Style;Writing Style;Writing Style;Writing Technique ;Writing Technique;Rhetoric;Rhetoric;Euphemism: the substitution of an agreeable or in-offensive expression for one that may offend or suggest sth unpleasant eg: He was sentenced to prison---He is now living at the governments expenses. to go to heaven---dead Each day of suffering that helps to free me from earthly cares. ;Metonymy转喻 Metonymy: a figure of speech that consists in using the name of one thing for that of something else with which it is associated. ...little old Japan adrift amid beige concrete skyscrapers ...struggle between kimono and the miniskirt ;Metonymy can be derived from various sources:? a. Names of persons Uncle Sam: the USA? b. Animals the bear: the Soviet Union the dragon : the Chinese (a fight between the bear and the dragon);c. Parts of the body heart: feelings and emotions head, brain: wisdom, intelligence, reason She was a girl who excited the emotions, but I was not one to let my heart rule my head. grey hair: old age?;Rhetoric;e. location of government, business etc. Downing Street唐宁街: the British Government the White House: the US president and his government the Capitol Hill美国国会山: US Congress Wall Street: US financial circles Hollywood: American filmmaking industry end;;;;;;;;