Figures of speech (II)英语修辞.pptVIP

V+N1 +N2… Mrs. Packletid had already arranged in her mind the lunch she would give at her house in Curzon Street, in Loona Bimberton’s honor, with a tiger-skin occupying most of the foreground, and all the conversation. (Saki) 帕克利泰德夫人早已在心中安排好了在她家中 以露娜·比姆伯斯通的名义举办的午餐会，届时 她将让一张虎皮覆盖大厅最显眼的位置与整的 谈话。 此句中occupy可以覆盖地面或墙面但在逻 辑上却不能覆盖谈话，一个动词支配两个 名词，一个为规范搭配，一个为非规范搭 配，典型的轭式搭配。 Prep.+N1 +N2… She was dressed in a maid’s cap, a pinafore, and a bright smile. 她戴一顶少女戴的帽子，系一条围裙，带 着灿烂的微笑。 词组be dressed in 中介词in同cap与pinafore 的搭配都属于规范搭配，而与smile 的搭 配则属于非规范搭配。 Adj.+N1+N2… It is much better to have a patched jacket than to have a (patched) character. 穿有补丁的衣服也比品德上打补丁好。 Patched 作形容词修饰jacket是规范搭配， 而修饰character则是非规范搭配。 Zeugma He lost his temper and health in India. The blouses appeal to eye as well as to the purse. Never show the bottom of your purse or your mind. Yesterday he had a blue heart and coat. Down went her head and out came the truth and tears. Allusion 1.The heel of Achilles 2.Open sesame 3.Cinderella 4.Fig leaf 5.Tower of Babel 6.Pound of flesh 1.small but weak or vulnerable point, eg. In sb’s character 2.magic words used, in one of the Arabian Nights Stories, to cause a door to open 3.a girl or woman whose attraction, merits, etc.have not been recognized 4.(with reference to the story of Adam and Eve) conventional device for concealing genital organs in old drawings, statues, etc. 5.tower built to reach heaven Allusion 6.Catch-22 7.To meet one’s Waterloo 8.Every man has himself a continent of undiscovered character. Happy is he who acts the Columbus to his own soul. 6.dilemma faced by someone who is bound to suffer, whichever course of action he takes catch-22 situation 7.be finally and crushing defeated in a contest (esp. after a period of success) 8.a great explorer who discovered America Irony A method of humorous or subtle sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense.