4. The thinking mode involved
– A IS B.
• The economy is a machine.
-- The economy is overheating.
-- to fine-tune (微调) inflation.
• The economy is a rocket / an airplane / a space craft.
• 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
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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).
over much more briskly.
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An argument is war.
• abstract
• what we are unfamiliar with
• 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 economy soared / skyrocketed.
ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱ
-- The economy plunged.
-- In economics, a soft landing is a situation in which
the economy stops growing but this does not
different domains. Unlike simile, the
-- A is B.
comparison is
implied rather than
clearly expressed.
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- The world is a stage. - A romance was budding. - The economy is overheating. - She exploded. - The temperature fell to a murderous -40。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 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.
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Metaphor
1. What is metaphor? 2 What is metaphor composed
• Metaphor is a
of?
comparison of two -- the subject (本体)
unlike things from -- the reference (喻体)
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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. -- to cement one’s popularity -- the shattered foundations of one’s life -- The theory was .totally based on solid 6
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 learning metaphor.
produce a recession (衰退).
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4. The thinking mode involved
The nouns:
The references:
• internet
• net
• stock market
• market
• stock market bubbles
• bubbles
• bullet train
• bullet
• solar storm
• storm
• Pittsburgh summit (峰会)
• summit
• Only a few would go that far and • go that far commit crimes.
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.4 The thinking mode involved