1、English Rhetorics English Rhetorics 第1页是比喻一个,是对两种含有共同特征事物或现象进行对比,表明本体和喻体相同关系,二者都在对比中出现,且常带有比喻词,如:Like/seem/be something of/as/resemble/comparable to/similar to/akin to/be analogous to My love is like a red,red rose.(Robert Burns)SimileSimileSimileSimile明喻明喻明喻明喻第2页对两种含有共同特征事物或现象进行对比;所不一样是在形式上,暗喻中本体和喻
2、体之间多经过Be 动词来联络。省掉比喻词。明喻:Life is like an unexplored river,full of twists and turns,great beauty and dangerous surprises.暗喻:Life is an unexplored river,full of twists and turns,great beauty,and dangerous surprises.Metaphor Metaphor Metaphor Metaphor 暗喻暗喻暗喻暗喻 第3页本质上是一个暗喻,其特点是赋予非人类范围东西一些人特征。The forest h
3、eld its breath,and the trees seemed to listern intently.The sun kissed the green fields。The thirsty desert drank up the water.拟人:拟人:拟人:拟人:personification personification personification personification 第4页 是经过借用与某种事物亲密相关东西来表示该事物。比如用单词word 来表示话语或者消息news,用硬币penny来表示钱 money.WordWord comes that the Chin
4、ese government will send a pair of giant pandas to the United States.This computer will cost you a pretty penny.penny.Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy Metonymy 借代又称换喻借代又称换喻借代又称换喻借代又称换喻 第5页是借代一个,所不一样是英语换称中所用专有名词通常源于西方宗教、历史以及文学作品中专有名词或者形象。如:Solomon 所罗门-a wise man 聪明人,出自圣经 Judas 犹大-a traitor 叛徒,出自圣经 Helen 海伦
5、-红颜祸水,美女海伦为斯巴达王王后,因她被帕里斯拐去而引发特洛伊战争。Venus 维纳斯-Beauty 美化身,出自古希腊神话。Reform is a Pandoras box;opening up the system can lead to a loss of economic and political control.换称换称换称换称 antonomasia antonomasia antonomasia antonomasia 第6页是比喻一个是比喻一个,主要特点是以局部代表全体,或以全体喻指部分,或以抽象代表详细,或以详细代抽象。与换喻(借代)相比,提喻本体和喻体之间关系较单纯。H
6、e has many mouths to feed in his family mouth-people They counted fifty sails in the harbour sails-ships He is a valiant heart heart-man 提喻本体与喻体之间关系是局部全体,详细抽象之间关系,而换喻本体与喻体之间关系更为复杂。提喻提喻提喻提喻 synecdoche synecdoche synecdoche synecdoche 第7页 将两类本质上不一样事物之间共同点加以比较,在形式上很像比喻,也用比喻词。惯用来阐释复杂概念。类比最常见句型为 A is to
7、B as C is to D Food is to the body as fuel is to the engine.Food is to the body as fuel is to the engine.Shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel Shoe is to foot as tire is to wheel Followers are to a leader as planets are to a sun Followers are to a leader as planets are to a sun 当要解释一个比较抽象概念时,类比能够很好地帮助
8、你将概念形象化,详细化。Dont worry about the future,;or worry-but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum.类比类比类比类比 analogy analogy analogy analogy 第8页 是一个经过人们熟知某个谚语、格言、名剧乃至文章体裁适当地改头换面而组成一个颇为新奇表示方式。它既仿照又改变。Hatred begets hatred.怨怨相报。-Tragedy begets tragedy.L
9、ie begets lie.No pains,no gains.-Not root,no fruit 仿拟仿拟仿拟仿拟 parody parody parody parody 第9页 仿拟是学习英文格言美句好方法,在仿拟过程中,还能够对固有词组和谚语进行创新和改动,以到达修辞效果。Lady hermits who are down but not out(down and out 穷困潦倒)穷困而不潦倒女隐士们。第10页 是重复(是重复(repetitionrepetition)一个变形)一个变形,即在后一句开头重复前句末尾词语。They call for you:the general th
10、e general who became a a slaveslave;the slavethe slave who became a gladiator a gladiator;the gladiatorgladiator who defied an Emperor They have promised to finish finish the work and finish finish it they will.蝉联(蝉联(蝉联(蝉联(anadiplosisanadiplosisanadiplosisanadiplosis)第11页 回环(回环(regressionregression)
11、也)也是一个重复,它在一个句子或短文中以相反次序重复前面出现过词语。回环是组成名言警句常见伎俩,有很强生命力。It is better to make friends fast friends fast than to make fast fast friends.friends.交友要真挚,而不是轻率地交朋友。Flowers are lovely;lovely is flower like.花儿可爱,可人儿如花。Better to know everything of something than something of everything.精通有限领域,胜过万事都只知道点皮毛。(培根)
12、回环(回环(回环(回环(regressionregressionregressionregression)第12页 又称为讽刺,经过使用与本义相反词表示本意,来到达一个嘲弄、赞扬、幽默效果。当然,词汇伎俩只是反语表示一个。When the doctor came,they said she had died of she had died of heart disease-of joy that kills.heart disease-of joy that kills.It must be delightful delightful to find oneself in a foreign
13、country without a penny in ones pocket.without a penny in ones pocket.言语上反语往往需要配合上下文来了解,它不尽然表示批评或讽刺,有些时候也能表示赞扬和幽默。反语反语反语反语 (irony)(irony)(irony)(irony)第13页又称逆论或者是似是而非隽语,即乍听似乎荒谬而实际上却有道理某种说法。More haste,less speed.What is improbable is extremely probable.From disaster fortune comes,in fortune lurks dis
14、aster.Extremes meet 物极必反A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody 人人友,非真友。Everybodys business is nobodys business.反论反论反论反论 (paradoxparadoxparadoxparadox)第14页小提醒:反论经常包含有趣哲学思辨,是组成俗语主要伎俩。圣经中就有许多内涵丰富反论。Behold,I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves:be you therefore wise as serpents,and harmle
15、ss as doves 我差你们去,如同羊进入狼群;所以你们要灵巧像蛇,驯良如鸽。第15页用两种不调和、甚至截然相反特征来形容一项事物,在矛盾中寻求哲理,以到达修辞效果。它是反论一个浓缩形式。Can enemies become mortal friends mortal friends?敌人能成为不共戴天朋友吗?England Harrison worte a book with the title A savage Civilization A savage Civilization The parental discipline can be described as cruel kin
16、dness.cruel kindness.矛盾修辞法矛盾修辞法 oxymoronoxymoron第16页小提醒:小提醒:从结构上,能够把矛盾修辞法两个相反词义关系分位反义关系和准反义关系。其中准反义关系为多。反义关系:反义关系:Idiotic wisdom 愚蠢智慧Victorious defeat 胜利失败Crowded solitude 拥挤独处Bitterly happy 苦涩愉快准反义关系准反义关系Cold fire 严寒火焰Sweet sorrow 甜蜜悲伤Absolutely right 绝正确正确A woman of devastating beauty 倾国倾城美女第17页 同
17、源修辞格是一个特殊重复,即经过使用同一词源不一样词性或不一样含义几个词,取得重复强调或反衬对照效果。It will destroy the wisdom of the wise 这会损智者智慧。He has died a glorious death.他光荣就义。Home is home though never so homely.华丽乎,简陋乎,家总是家。Money often unmakes the men who make it.金钱经常能瓦解那些创造它人。Man must change in a changing world.人必须在改变着世界里不停改变。同源格(同源格(同源格(同源
18、格(paregmenonparegmenonparegmenonparegmenon)第18页小提醒:英语词形特殊组成(词根、前缀、后缀)使其富于同源词,许多英文名人隽语都是用同源格组成。Love sought is good,but given unsought is better.(Shakespeare)千寻百觅得来爱情当然好,佳偶天成则更美妙。双关双关双关(pun)是英语修辞一个常见形式。它巧妙地利用同音异义或者同形异义现象使一个词语或句子含有两种不一样含义。We must all hang together,or we shall all hang separately.(Benja
19、min Franklin)(团结、绞死)The friendly gardner had a lot of thyme(time)for the woman.那位和善园丁留了许多百里香(与“时间”谐音)给那个女人。第19页 是在对照基础上形成一个并列结构,经过并列两组内涵反差强大词,强调其差异,有力地解释它们是一个整体两个相反组成侧面。(在了解时,能够把平行对照看作对照(contrast)和平行(parallelism叠加。))I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they
20、 will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.Thats one small step for man;one giant leap for mankind.平行对照(平行对照(平行对照(平行对照(antithesisantithesisantithesisantithesis)第20页简单地说,就是把通惯用来修饰甲类名词形容词用来修饰乙类词。而其转移修饰理由往往是因为乙类词引发了感官或者情感上对甲类词共鸣。There was an amazed silence.Slow
21、ly Alexander turned away.那时鸦雀无声。然后亚历山大迟缓地转身离开。The big man crashed down on a protesting chair.那个肥胖男人坐在椅子上,椅子不住地发出吱吱呀呀响声。He had some cheerful wine at the party.聚会时他喝了些使人满身来劲儿酒。移就(移就(移就(移就(Transferred epithetTransferred epithetTransferred epithetTransferred epithet)第21页IBM has a quite handsome increase
22、 of productivity this year.IBM企业今年生产率有了大幅度提升。The new tendency has raised many a conservative eyebrow.这种新趋势引发了许多保守派人士非难。小提醒:小提醒:移就又能够被细分为通感(synesthesia)、移情(empathy)和转类(transferred epithet)。第22页夸大(夸大(hyperbolehyperbole)经过丰富想象,在数量、形状或程度上加以渲染以增强表示效果。Thanks a million.They almost died laughing.Belinda smi
23、led,and all the world was gay.Im starving.From his mouth flowed speech sweeter than money.第23页用文雅、温和、含混话语替换直接、生硬、直露话语。它是一个惯用语言变通形式。The student is a bit slow for his age.(The student is stupid)Probally he was to devote himself more diligently to his studies.(The student is lazy)The baby wanted to ans
24、wer natures call(The baby wanted to pass urine.)He is likely to embroider the truth a bit.(He lies.)委婉语委婉语委婉语委婉语 (euphemismeuphemismeuphemismeuphemism)第24页是一个非常优美修辞伎俩,它经过连续使用两个或多个首字母或首音节相同单词,形成一个形式和音韵美。The fair breeze blew,the white foam flew,the furrow followed free.舒爽清风吹,雪白泡沫飞,积雪自在地跟随。Mere prattle without practice is all his soldiership.(Shakespeare)光谈理论,缺乏实战经验,这就是他当兵德行。头韵(头韵(头韵(头韵(alliterationalliterationalliterationalliteration)第25页小提醒:小提醒:英语中德绕口令(tongue-twister),就是头韵集中表达。Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers.彼得.帕普挑了一盒腌辣椒。第26页第27页
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