英語早間課堂:話說地道美語 Lesson 19(5)
我們來看第一題，要求是根據(jù)中文意思完成下面的句子。首先來看第一小題。中文是 —— 在開始的幾天里，雖然我起床時(shí)感到筋疲力盡，但我還是不得不早起，我在中國的時(shí)候習(xí)慣了晚睡晚起。請大家看下面的題目。 During the days, I became although I was very as a , up early in the morning. I be a in China.
這道題有12個(gè)要填寫的空格，答案依次如下：first， several， an，early，bird，tired，dog，used，to，night，owl。完整句子即：During the first several days, I became an early bird although I was very tired as a dog, getting up early in the morning. I used to be a night owl in China.
【習(xí)題詳解】
這道題有3個(gè)考點(diǎn)。第一是文學(xué)上的比喻的修飾方法的使用。第二是語法上的現(xiàn)在分詞短語做時(shí)間狀語的運(yùn)用。第三是掌握2個(gè)通常的表述法。下面我們就一一來看。
{比喻修飾法}
第一、這句話中的比喻的修飾方法使用了3次。第一個(gè)文學(xué)中比喻的修飾方法體現(xiàn)在句中become后面需要填寫的an early bird。第二個(gè)體現(xiàn)在句中although I was every后要填寫的tired和as a后要填寫的dog。第三個(gè)體現(xiàn)在句中的be a后面要填寫的night owl。
An early bird，一只早起的鳥。這里用一只早起的鳥來比喻起床起得早的人。有句諺語：“The early bird catches the worm.” "The early bird catches the worm." means "a person who arrives early will be successful". 中文意思：早行動(dòng)早成功;捷足先登。我們來看一個(gè)對話。
A: My brother started investing money when he was 16 years old. B: The early bird catches the worm. A：我的哥哥16歲就知道投資了!
B：那可是捷足先登呀!
Tired as a dog，像狗一樣累。這里用來比喻一個(gè)人精疲力盡，極其勞累的狀況。它是exhausted的意思。西方人看中狗的忠誠，喜愛它，贊美它，常把它比喻做人。英語中關(guān)于狗的習(xí)語還有很多。例如：a lucky dog意為“幸運(yùn)兒”，a clever dog意為“聰明的小孩，伶俐的小孩”。我們來看一個(gè)對話。
A: The bracelet is so well suited to you. It looks very nice. B: Yeah, I cherish it. Because I have been working like a dog for two months to buy it. A: 這手鐲戴在你手上真合適，看起來很漂亮。
B: 是的，我很珍惜，因?yàn)槲遗ぷ髁藘蓚€(gè)月攢錢買的。
A night owl，意為貓頭鷹。這里用貓頭鷹來比喻晚睡，熬夜的人。
{常用表達(dá)法}
第二、 兩個(gè)要掌握的表述法：一個(gè)是“開始的幾天”的表述法是the first several days。我們來看一個(gè)例句：During the first several days there, physician, family, friends and co-workers all told him that he would be better soon, and would be able to return home and return to work. 頭幾天，大夫、家人、朋友和同事都告訴他不久以后他會康復(fù)，出院回家。第二個(gè)是“過去經(jīng)常”“過去習(xí)慣于”的表述法是used to。He used to be the house doctor of Elizabeth Hospital. 他曾經(jīng)是伊麗莎白醫(yī)院的住院醫(yī)生。
{語法點(diǎn)}
第三、語法上，這句話使用現(xiàn)在分詞短語做時(shí)間狀語，體現(xiàn)在第一個(gè)逗號后需要填寫getting。Getting up early in the morning在這句話中意思是當(dāng)我早起的時(shí)候。相當(dāng)于when I got up early in the morning. 我們再來看一個(gè)例句：I run up against my old friend, hanging out in the street. 我在街上逗留的時(shí)候遇到了我的故友。
