U8-简化版综合英语课题.ppt

The writer is particularly successful in his effective use of comic exaggeration, and several rhetorical devices have been employed to achieve it, could you find them out? 1 ) The use of vivid similes A simile is a direct comparison of one thing to another by using the word like or as. 2) The use of appropriate metaphors A metaphor is an expression which describes one thing in terms of another thing with which it can be compared without using the word like or as. 3) The use of parallelisms 4) The use of striking contrast 5) The use of vocabulary which emphasizes not the normal order in a classroom but that of fighting and war 1. We need not have subscribed to the Yahoo Internet service, because the university did the subscription free of charge for its faculty and postgraduate students a week ago. 1. 我们原无须自己预订雅虎因特网服务。学校在一周 前已为每个教师和研究生免费预订了。 SENTENCE TRANSLATION 2. I simply had no idea of whom my grandmother was referring to when she was talking about a young man with glasses from her neighborhood who bought her a train ticket with his own money and walked her onto the train. 2.我奶奶说起她街坊的一个带眼镜的小伙子自己掏腰包，给她买火车票并送她上火车。可我一点都不知道她说的那个人是谁。 3.他在债权人的任意摆布下，处境十分危急。 3. His situation was desperate as he was now left to the tender mercies of his creditors. 4.校长斩钉截铁地说，无论是教师、学生还是领导，这些校章校规对每个人都适用，无一例外。 4. The president declared resolutely that these regulations applied to everyone without exception, be it a teacher, student or administrator. 5. The boy confronted his teacher’s accusation with a firm voice and denied the charge that he had cheated in the final exam. 6. Cultural traditions have a strong binding power. For example, many Westerners keep to the custom of getting married only in June. 5. 这个男孩语气坚定地否认老师对他在期末考试时作弊的指责。 6.文化传统有很大的约束力，例如许多西方人恪守只在6月份结婚的习俗。 7. In the era of market economy, the concept of “Consumer First” should be reinforced by the manufacturer. 7. 在市场经济的时代，厂商必须强化“消费者第一”的观念。 8. 常言道，“文如其人”。我认为，一个作家的个性在很大程度上会体现在其作品的风格上。 8. “The style is the man,” as the sayin