综合英语四 Unit 2 选词和修辞.ppt

Unit 2 Space Invaders;Teaching Content;Teaching Objectives;Appreciation of the choice of words; Verbs and verbal phrases used to describe the behavior of space invaders: ; Verbs and verbal phrases used to describe the reaction of those whose space is being invaded:; Practice: Please find more examples to illustrate the author’s careful choice of verbs.;In lines at airports, people are pressing forward like fidgety taxis at red lights. (Paragraph 3) … drivers … plow into your parked and empty car … (paragraph 6) People … bump into you. (paragraph 6) … individuals routinely commandeer booths … (paragraph 7) ;inch: move very slowly ;I inched (my way) through the narrow space between the cars. ;wedge: force into a narrow space;We wedged four people into the back seat of the car.;annex: take control of a country, region, especially by force; occupy;The heavy man annexed two neighboring seats.;sidle up to: move uncertainly or secretively;The man sidled up to the young woman and put his hand into her pocket. ;jostle: push against someone rather roughly ;The passengers jostled against each other, trying to wedge themselves into the bus.;It is impolite for you to bump into others without saying sorry.;在公共汽车上，这个无礼的女人霸占了两个座位，并且不愿让座给一位老奶奶。 ;Rhetorical Devices;Personification（拟人）;Definition: A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are represented with human qualities or form.;Simile（明喻）;Definition: A figure of speech which expresses the likeness of two objects through some connective words such as like, as and so on. ;metonymy（转喻）;Definition: A figure of speech?in which a thing or concept is called not by its own name but rather by the name of something associated in?meaning?with that thing or concept. ;analogy（类比）;More examples: Reading is to the mind what food is to the body. Air is to us what water is to fish.;Definition: A figure of speech?which compare two things which are alike in various aspect.;With the delicate choice of words and rhetori