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VII. Figures of emphasis 7.1 Parallelism 排比 7.1.1 Definition Parallelism consists of phrases or sentences of similar construction and meaning placed side by side, balancing each other. (3) In parallel construction it is necessary to balance word for word (noun with noun, verb with verb, adjective with adjective, etc.), phrase with phrase, clause with clause, sentence with sentence. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day. (Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream) 怀着这个信念，我们就将能够一同工作，一同祈祷，一同斗争，一同入狱，一同争取自由，因为我们知道，终有一天我们将获得自由。 7.1.2 Different forms of parallelism 7.1.2.1 A series of words (1) Women were running out to the line of march, crying and laughing and kissing the men good-bye. 女人们跑了出来，涌向行军的队伍。她们有的号啕大哭，有的放声大笑，有的则与亲人吻别。 (2) How weary, stale, flat and unprofitable, Seem to me all the uses of this world! 人世间的一切在我看来 是多么可厌、陈腐、乏味和无聊。 (3) An Englishman thinks seated; a Frenchman, standing; an American, pacing; an Irishman, afterward. 英国人坐着想，法国人站着想，美国人走着想，爱尔兰人事后想。 7.1.2.2 A group of phrases (1) It was not anger, nor surprise, nor disapproval, nor horror, nor any of the emotions that she had been prepared for. 那神情不是生气，不是惊讶，不是不满，不是厌恶，也不是她所预料的任何一种感情。 (2) studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. 读书足以怡情，足以博采，足以长才。 （4）And riding well, shooting straight, dancing lightly, squiring （殷勤陪伴女性）the ladies with elegance and carrying one’s liquor like a gentleman were the things that mattered. 马要骑得好，枪要打得准，舞要跳得轻松，女人要追得雅致，酒要喝得恰到好处。这些事情才是他们所真正关心的。 7.1.2.3 A row of clauses (1) And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man. （2） He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he who loses courage loses all. 7.1.2.4 A s