英语中的明喻课件

1、,1. 明 喻 SIMILE,1,学习交流PPT,关于英语Simile，有两点须加以说明： 一、Simile(明喻)通常由三部分构成，即本体(tenor或subject)、喻体(vehicle或reference)和比喻词(comparative word) 或(indicator of resemblance)。可图示如下： Marriage is like a beleaguered fortress: (tenor) (comparative word) (vehicle) those who are without want to get in, and those within wa

2、nt to get out. ( P. M. Quitard),2,学习交流PPT,引导明喻的比喻词(comparative words) ( 1 ) 介词as，like，of等。 I wandered lonely as a cloud. ( W. Wordsworth: The Daffodils ) 我像一朵浮云独自漫游。 They are as like as two peas. 他们两个长得一模一样。 His young daughter looks as red as a rose. 他的小女儿面庞红得象朵玫瑰花。,3,学习交流PPT,英语里有不少含有明喻的成语，其结构为as+形容

3、词+as+名词。例如：,as firm as a rock as light as a feather as close as an oyster as mute as a fish as strong as a horse as cool as a cucumber as sober as a judge as sure as a gun,坚如磐石 轻如鸿毛 守口如瓶 噤若寒蝉 强壮如牛 泰然自若 十分清醒 千真万确,4,学习交流PPT,He works 1ike a horsebeaverTrojanblack. 他拼命地干活。 They spent money like water. 他

4、们挥金如土。 He talks like a book. 他老是文绉绉地说话。 He eats like a horse. 他吃得很多。,5,学习交流PPT,He smokes 1ike a chimney. 他抽烟很厉害。 Life is like a yo-yo. 生活是一个悠悠球,充满一连串的起伏不定。 He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him to crow. ( George Eliot ) 他这人就像一只_公鸡，以为太阳升起是为了它的啼叫。,骄傲的,6,学习交流PPT,He has a heart of

5、 stone. 他有一副铁石心肠。 He has the heart of a 1ion, but he does everything in a down-to-earth way. 他有狮子般的勇气，但办事十分认真。 He is sometimes bad-tempered but really hes got a heart of gold. 有时候他似乎脾气不好，但他的心眼可好了。,7,学习交流PPT,( 2 ) 连词as (犹如)，what (犹如)，as if, as though, than, and, the way 等。 Air is to man as water is t

6、o fish. 人离不开空气，犹如鱼离不开水。 Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. （Sir Richard Steel ） 读书对于思想，好比运动对于身体一样重要。,8,学习交流PPT,A word and a stone let go cannot be recalled. 说出的话犹如抛出的石，是收不回的。,9,学习交流PPT,( 3 ) 动词seem，resemble (名词resemblance)，treathonourregardconsiderrespect as，compare to，liken to，pas

7、s(胜过)，remind of，be similar to，等。 Shakespeare compared the world to a stage( Wood ) 他把孩子当成掌上明珠。 He treats his child as the apple in the eye.,10,学习交流PPT,( 4 ) 词组maymight as well（as）(做就好像做)，no morelessthannot any morethan(如同一样) ，so speakas it were (可以说，可以比喻地说)。 He never listensyou might as well talk to a brick (as talk to him). 他根本不听 同他讲话就好像同一堵墙讲话一样。 A home without love is no more than a b