《Metaphor隐喻》
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4. The thinking mode involved
– A IS B.
• … is a plant.
-- A romance was budding.
-- The brilliant founders
branched into many areas.
• … is a building.
• concrete
• what we are familiar with
-- We use a concept that we are familiar with to describe or understand another concept that we are not so familiar with.
The nouns:
• internet • stock market • stock market bubbles • bullet train • solar storm • Pittsburgh summit (峰会) • Only a few would go that
far and commit crimes.
-- The economy is overheating.
-- to fine-tune (微调) inflation.
• The economy is a rocket / an airplane / a space craft.
-- The economy soared / skyrocketed.
metaphor • The nouns, verbs, adj.s, or adv.s
are used to indicate the reference (喻体).
• - The romance was a plant. • - The economy is a machine. • - She is a container. • - The temperature was a murderer. • - We were sheep.
-- the reference (喻体) -- A is B.
different
domains. Unlike
simile, the
comparison is
implied rather
than clearly
expressed.实Fra bibliotek文档- The world is a stage. - A romance was budding. - The economy is overheating. - She exploded. - The temperature fell to a murderous -40
learning metaphor.
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Metaphor
1. What is metaphor?
2 What is metaphor composed of?
• Metaphor is a -- the subject (本体)
comparison of
two unlike
things from
• How could any man ever understand the
workings of a woman’s mind?
• The coffee was perfect and by the time I
was halfway through my first cup my
brain was ticking over much more
。C.
- Embarrassed at our noisy children, we
sheepishly tried to sneak into the
dining room, hoping not to be noticed by others.
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3 The formula “A is B” -- For a better understanding of
-- to cement one’s popularity -- the shattered foundations of
one’s life -- The theory实用文w档as totally based
4. The thinking mode involved – A IS B.
• The economy is a machine.
Metaphor 暗喻
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Objectives
• To know what metaphor is. • To know the thinking mode
reflected by metaphor. • To know the classifications of
metaphor. • To know the significance of
The references:
• net • market • bubbles • bullet • storm • summit • go that far
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.4 The thinking mode involved
• abstract
• what we are unfamiliar with
briskly.
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An argument is war.
• Your claims are indefensible. • He attacked every weak point in my
-- The economy plunged.
-- In economics, a soft landing is a
situation in which the economy stops growing but this does not produce a
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4. The thinking mode involved
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The mind is a machine.
• He is still grinding out a solution.
• His mind isn’t operating today.
• He is a little rusty today.
• I can’t think; I am running out of steam (losing vigor).
4. The thinking mode involved
– A IS B.
• … is a plant.
-- A romance was budding.
-- The brilliant founders
branched into many areas.
• … is a building.
• concrete
• what we are familiar with
-- We use a concept that we are familiar with to describe or understand another concept that we are not so familiar with.
The nouns:
• internet • stock market • stock market bubbles • bullet train • solar storm • Pittsburgh summit (峰会) • Only a few would go that
far and commit crimes.
-- The economy is overheating.
-- to fine-tune (微调) inflation.
• The economy is a rocket / an airplane / a space craft.
-- The economy soared / skyrocketed.
metaphor • The nouns, verbs, adj.s, or adv.s
are used to indicate the reference (喻体).
• - The romance was a plant. • - The economy is a machine. • - She is a container. • - The temperature was a murderer. • - We were sheep.
-- the reference (喻体) -- A is B.
different
domains. Unlike
simile, the
comparison is
implied rather
than clearly
expressed.实Fra bibliotek文档- The world is a stage. - A romance was budding. - The economy is overheating. - She exploded. - The temperature fell to a murderous -40
learning metaphor.
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Metaphor
1. What is metaphor?
2 What is metaphor composed of?
• Metaphor is a -- the subject (本体)
comparison of
two unlike
things from
• How could any man ever understand the
workings of a woman’s mind?
• The coffee was perfect and by the time I
was halfway through my first cup my
brain was ticking over much more
。C.
- Embarrassed at our noisy children, we
sheepishly tried to sneak into the
dining room, hoping not to be noticed by others.
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3 The formula “A is B” -- For a better understanding of
-- to cement one’s popularity -- the shattered foundations of
one’s life -- The theory实用文w档as totally based
4. The thinking mode involved – A IS B.
• The economy is a machine.
Metaphor 暗喻
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Objectives
• To know what metaphor is. • To know the thinking mode
reflected by metaphor. • To know the classifications of
metaphor. • To know the significance of
The references:
• net • market • bubbles • bullet • storm • summit • go that far
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.4 The thinking mode involved
• abstract
• what we are unfamiliar with
briskly.
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An argument is war.
• Your claims are indefensible. • He attacked every weak point in my
-- The economy plunged.
-- In economics, a soft landing is a
situation in which the economy stops growing but this does not produce a
实用文档
4. The thinking mode involved
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The mind is a machine.
• He is still grinding out a solution.
• His mind isn’t operating today.
• He is a little rusty today.
• I can’t think; I am running out of steam (losing vigor).