Simile(明喻)Metaphor(暗喻).ppt

明喻暗喻 By Vicky #2012级4班 SIMILE METAPHOR Simile Definition Metaphor Classification Contents SIMILE A simile is a figure of speech which makes a comparison between two unlike elements having at least one quality or characteristic in common. [like], [as] [明喻]SIMILE 定义 分类 Classification Six patterns of simile Examples “What” Pattern “Than” Pattern “Like” Pattern “As” Pattern “And” Pattern “Something of” Pattern “Like” Pattern He was like a cat on hot bricks before his driving test. 在驾驶考试之前，他紧张得像热锅上的蚂蚁。 Soccer is spreading like wildfire through all the States. 足球像野火一样迅速传遍美国。 Jenny and I was like peas and carrots. 我和珍妮形影不离。 I‘m as poor as a church mouse. 我一贫如洗。 Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark. (Francis Bacon)人恐惧死亡犹如儿童恐惧黑暗。 As lungs are to the animals, so leaves are to the plants.叶子之于植物，犹如肺之于动物。(As C is to D, so A is to B.) Jeff looked as if he had seen a ghost. 杰夫的神情就好像见到鬼似的。 You might as well throw your money into the sea as lend it to him.你把钱借给他好比/还不如把钱扔进海里。 ? as + adj. + as + n. ? as + S + V ? as…, so…(the main clause introduced by so) ? as if / as though 好像，仿佛 ? may / might as well +V… as + V… pattern “As” Pattern ? A is to B what C is to D. / A is for B what C is for D ? What C is to D, (that) A is to B. “What” Pattern Soap opera is for TV what the popular novel is for books. 肥皂剧之于电视，犹如通俗小说之于书籍。 Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. 阅读之于思想，犹如锻炼之于身体。 The man who cannot be trusted to society what a bit of rotten timber is to a house. 不能信赖的人之于社会，犹如朽木之于住宅。 What blood vessel is to a mans body, that railway is to transportation. 铁路之于运输，犹如血管之于人体。 What salt is to food, that wit and humour are to conversation and literature. 风趣与幽默之于对话与文学，犹如盐之于食物一样。 （? When “what” is put at the beginning of the sentence in this structure, the main clause must be introduced by “that”, and “that” can be omitted. “what” 置于句首时，后面的主句一般须由that连接，但that也可省去。） “Than” Pattern “And” Pattern “Something of” Pattern A home without love is n