simile and metaphor课件.ppt

Simile(明喻);Examples ;As +adj.+ as + n. (the former “as” can be omitted): (as) blind as a bat 目光如豆 (as) cool as cucumber 泰然自若 (as) cold as a marble 冷若冰霜 (as) busy as a bee 像蜜蜂一样忙 (as) firm as a rock 坚如磐石 (as) light as a rock 轻如鸿毛 (as) mute as an oyster 噤若寒蝉 (as) strong as a horse 　健壮如牛 Idioms: Like a duck to water 如鱼得水 Like a hen on a hot griddle 像热锅上的蚂蚁 Like a cat in a hole 瓮中之鳖 ? ;Different structures;2.?? “what” Structures: “A is to B what C is to D” “What C is to D, A is to B” What salt is to food, that wit and humour are to conversation and literature.(妙语与幽默之余会话与文学，恰似盐对于食物一样。) Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers.（明智的表扬对于孩子的作用，就像阳光对于花朵的作用。） The pen is to a writer what the gun is to a fighter.(作家的笔犹如战士的枪。) Intellect is to the mind what sight is to the body.（智力对思想犹如视力对于身体一样重要。） ;3.”than” Structures: A fool can no more see his own folly than he can see his ears.愚人之不知其愚，犹如其不能自视其耳。 We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.我们不创造幸福便无权享受幸福，正如不创造财富也就无权享用财富一样。 Man cannot help craving for expression any more than birds can help singing.人之不能不舒其胸襟，犹如鸟之不能不啭其歌喉。 ;4．“and” Structures: A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled.说出的话犹如抛出的石，是收不回来的。 Love and cough can not be bid.恋爱如同咳嗽，难逃他人耳目。 Words and feather are tossed by the wind.语言如羽毛，风刮到处飘 Truth and roses have thorns about them.真理如玫瑰，全身都带刺。 Kings and bears often worry their keepers.国王和熊一样，总使照料的人坐立不安。;Exercises;Metaphor（暗喻）;Different types ;2).Compressed metaphor If a metaphor states only one term of the comparison, leaving the other implicit, such a metaphor is compressed metaphor. There is only a tenor, and the vehicle is indicated by the verb. Compressed metaphor usually takes the form of verbs, not is. Such metaphors can add imagery and activity to your writing. The boy wolfed down