新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程2（思政智慧版）Unit 4 Section B Mission and exploration of our time .pptx

Mission and exploration of our time读写教程 2UnitExalted merit dependson the high aim, and apatrimony is enlargedonly by diligence. — The Book of History功崇惟志，业广惟勤。 ——《尚书》4Section BReading skillsDetailed study of the textReading comprehensionCollocation新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程 2Section BReading skillsUnderstanding figurative languageTo make our language more interesting and entertaining, we often use figurative language. It compares and paints a picture for the reader. Figurative language can be confusing if it is understood literally. The ability to recognize and interpret or explain figurative language can help us fully understand a writer’s point and sense the underlying humor.新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程 2Section BReading skillsUnderstanding figurative languageThere are different ways of using figurative language. Listed below are just the three most common ones.1 Simile (明喻): a figurative expression which directly compares one thing to another by using the words as or like, such as “his beard is as white as snow” or “my heart is like a singing bird”.2 Metaphor (暗喻): a figurative expression in which the 新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程 2Section BReading skillsUnderstanding figurative language comparison is implied, without using as, like and the like. For example, the expression “the curtain of night fell upon us” tells us it’s nighttime, though not directly.3 Personification (拟人化): a figurative expression which compares non-human things to humans or gives non-human things qualities or abilities that only a human can have. Look at新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程 2Section BReading skillsUnderstanding figurative language these two expressions: “lightning danced across the sky”; “my flowers were begging for water”.Now, let’s take a look at the following examples from Text A.? For seven years, days and nights, Huang worked racing against time, often with only two to three hours of sleep a day. (Para. 6)? Many of his co-workers called him a workaholic, while he 新视野大学英语（第四版）读写教程 2Section BReading skillsUnderstanding figura