修辞学 反复 排比 Session 13.ppt

The clocks tick was soft and little and incessant. （Doris Lessing, The Memoirs of a Survivor) 这只钟滴答响着，柔和、细碎，却连绵不绝。 The audience smiled,chuckled, and finally howled. 观众先是微笑着，然后窃笑，最后终于放声大笑起来。 三个动词排比，将观众的反应一步步表现出来，层层递进，读者可以感受到观众情绪的变化。 All that can happen happened. She has endured all, borne all, experienced all, lost all, wept for all. (Victor Hugo, Les Miserables) 可能发生的都已经发生了。她忍受了一切，承担了一切，经历了一切，失去了一切，为一切流过泪。 短语排比可以使语义层层推进，极具感染力。 我们需要的是独立自主、敢于说话，并且把国家利益置于对党派忠诚之上的候选人。 We need candidates who are independent, who are not afraid of to speak out, and who place national welfare above party loyalty. They vanished from a world where they were of no consequences; where they achieved nothing; where they were a mistake and failure and a foolishness; where they left no sign that they had existed. （Mark Twain) （p.286) 他们在这样一个世界消失了，在那里他们微不足道，一无所获；在那里他们是个过错，是个失败者，是个傻瓜；在那里他们没有留下任何存在过的痕迹。 马克·吐温已一种极其伤感的口吻描述某些人的一生不受重视，生命逝去犹如烟消云散。从句排比的使用，把人情淡薄、世态炎凉的社会表现得淋漓尽致。 2. Parallelism of Phrases Einstein was a fair amateur violinist, a great mathematician, and a deeply philosophical man.（p.284) 爱因斯坦既是伟大的数学家，又是个懂得精深哲理的人，同时还是个不错的业余小提琴手。 短语层面上的排比是指结构相同或相似的短语并列而构成的平行结构。 她是个智力贫乏、不学无术、喜怒无常的女人，只要碰到不称心的事，她就以为神经衰弱。她生平的大事就是嫁女儿；她生平的安慰就是访友拜客和打听新闻。 She was a woman of mean（平庸的） understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented, she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace（安慰） was visiting and news. 短语的排比结构整齐、节奏明快、表达简练。 bear(承担） bore,borne 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. 有了这个信念，我们将能一起工作，一起祈祷，一起斗争，一起坐牢，一起维护自由；因为我们知道，终有一天，我们是会自由的。 In Speech 排比用于演讲和议论文能够有效地增强语势，表达强烈的思想感情。 Three Passions Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankin