经典词汇

I. Inaugural Address

1.Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has

been passed to a new generation of Americans, ………to which this nation has always been committed, and to whom we are committed today at home and around the world.

(alliteration)

2.United, there is little we cannot do in a host of co-operative ventures. Divided, there is

little we can do, for we dare not meet a powerful challenge at odds and split asunder.

(antithesis)

3.But we shall always hope to fin d..…and to remember that…...those who foolishly sought

power by riding the back of the tiger ended up inside. (metaphor)

4.If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

(antithesis)

5.But his peaceful revolution of hope cannot become the prey of hostile powers.

(metaphor)

6.And let every other power know that his hemisphere intends to remain the master of its

own house. (metaphor)

7.To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations…..we renew our pledge of

su pport:…….to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak, and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. (metaphor)

8.But neither can two great and powerful groups of nations take comfort……………., yet both

racing to alter that uncertain balance of terror that stays the hand of mankind’s final war.

(synecdoche)

9.Let both sides explore what problems unite us instead of belaboring those problems

which divide us. (antithesis)

10.And if a beachhead of co-operation may push back the jungle of suspicion, let both sides

join in creating a new endeavor, not a new balance of power……(metaphor)

11.The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our county

and all who serve it, and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. (metaphor) 12.And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can

do for your country. (antithesis)

II. Everyday Use

1.I am the way my daughter would want me to be: a hundred pounds lighter, my skin like

an uncooked barley pancake. (simile)

2.Maggie’s hand is as limp as a fish, and probably as cold, despite the sweat, and she keeps

trying to pull it back. (simile)

3.When I looked at her like that something hit me in the top of my head and ran down to the

soles of my feet. X

III. The Trial That Rocked the World

1.……Darrow had whispered throwing a reassuring arm round my shoulder as we were

waiting for the court to open. (transferred epithet)

2.Darrow walked slowly round the baking court. (transferred epithet)

3.The crowd seemed to feel that their champion had not scorched the infidels with the hot

breath of his oratory as he should have. (metaphor)