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1. 将下列矛盾修饰语译成汉语
Old news 旧新闻
student teacher 实习教师
light heavyweight 轻重量级
Peace offensive 和平攻势
growing small 越变越小
negative growth 负增长
Half naked 半裸
open secret 公开的秘密
loose tights宽松的紧身裤
Tight slacks 紧身的宽松裤
awful good极好的
same difference同样的区别
Sight unseen 看不见的景象
darkness visible看得见的黑暗
2. Point out the rhetorical devices of the following sentences 1) A hundred bayonets were marching down the street.----metonymy借代
2) She borrowed his wheel for a spin out to town. ----synecdoche 提喻
3) Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.---personification 拟人
4) The scent of the rose rang like a bell through the garden.----simile 明喻
5) Constant dropping wears the stone.----metaphor 隐喻
6) His voice sounded like a thunder in the hall.—simile明喻
7) When industry comes in at the window, poverty goes out of the door.----personification.拟人
8) We are creating a nation once again vibrant, robust and alive. But there are many mountains yet to climb. ----mataphor隐喻9) You can not change his mind any more than you can change the orbit of the moon.
----simile明喻
10) That fut coat would be beyond his miserable pocket. ----metonymy借代
11) There are hundreds of sails in the harbour. ----synecdoche提喻
12) He was such an auful teacher that whenever he recognized a spark of genius you could be sure he’d water it. ---metaphor隐喻
13) Sharp words may occasionally be spoken by unguarded or ignorant tongues.
---synecdoche提喻
14) When guns speak it is too late to argue.---personification拟人
15) A major lesson Americans need to learn is that life consists of more than cars and television sets. ----synecdoche提喻
English Idiom
1. What is an idiom?
An idiom is a fixed group of words or a single word, or even a sentence, with special meaning that cannot be guessed from its structure. That is to say, the meaning of an idiom must be learned as a whole. e.g. “to spill the beans” is not at all concerned with beans; it means “to tell sth that is secret” ; “kick the bucket----die”
2. Sources of English Idioms
1) the everyday life of the E people
To make ends meet
To play one’s last card
To follow suit
2) The Bible
The apple of one’s eye
W olf in sheep’s clothing
Do as you would be done by
3)Shakespeare’s plays
To give the Devil his due
To wear one’s heart on one’s sleeves
4) fables. Myths or legends
The lion’s share
To work like a Trojan
3. Characteristics of English idioms
1) English idioms can be very short or rather lang. Many idioms consist of two or more words; others may consist of entire sentences, e.g.
an Indian summer (sunny weather / clear day)
to cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth.
Talk of the devil and he will appear
2) English idioms take different structure
