【英语早间课堂】话说地道美语 Lesson 19(5)

 【今日主题】

我们来看第一题，要求是根据中文意思完成下面的句子。首先来看第一小题。中文是 —— 在开始的几天里，虽然我起床时感到筋疲力尽，但我还是不得不早起，我在中国的时候习惯了晚睡晚起。请大家看下面的题目。 During the days, I became although I was very as a , up early in the morning. I be a in China.

这道题有12个要填写的空格，答案依次如下：first， several， an，early，bird，tired，dog，used，to，night，owl¹。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.

【习题详解】

这道题有3个考点。第一是文学上的比喻的修饰方法的使用。第二是语法上的现在分词短语做时间状语的运用。第三是掌握2个通常的表述法。下面我们就一一来看。

{比喻修饰法}

第一、这句话中的比喻的修饰方法使用了3次。第一个文学中比喻的修饰方法体现在句中become后面需要填写的an early bird。第二个体现在句中although I was every后要填写的tired和as a后要填写的dog。第三个体现在句中的be a后面要填写的night owl。

An early bird，一只早起的鸟。这里用一只早起的鸟来比喻起床起得早的人。有句谚语：“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：早行动早成功；捷足先登。我们来看一个对话。

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岁就知道投资了！

B：那可是捷足先登呀！

Tired as a dog，像狗一样累。这里用来比喻一个人精疲力尽，极其劳累的状况。它是exhausted²的意思。西方人看中狗的忠诚，喜爱它，赞美它，常把它比喻做人。英语中关于狗的习语还有很多。例如：a lucky dog意为“幸运儿”，a clever dog意为“聪明的小孩，伶俐的小孩”。我们来看一个对话。

A: The bracelet³ 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: 这手镯戴在你手上真合适，看起来很漂亮。

B: 是的，我很珍惜，因为我努力工作了两个月攒钱买的。

A night owl，意为猫头鹰。这里用猫头鹰来比喻晚睡，熬夜的人。

{常用表达法}

第二、 两个要掌握的表述法：一个是“开始的几天”的表述法是the first several days。我们来看一个例句：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. 头几天，大夫、家人、朋友和同事都告诉他不久以后他会康复，出院回家。第二个是“过去经常”“过去习惯于”的表述法是used to。He used to be the house doctor of Elizabeth Hospital. 他曾经是伊丽莎白医院的住院医生。

{语法点}

第三、语法上，这句话使用现在分词短语做时间状语，体现在第一个逗号后需要填写getting。Getting up early in the morning在这句话中意思是当我早起的时候。相当于when I got up early in the morning. 我们再来看一个例句：I run up against my old friend, hanging out in the street. 我在街上逗留的时候遇到了我的故友。

 

转自可可英语

1 owl   

n.猫头鹰，枭

参考例句：

• Her new glasses make her look like an owl.她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。
• I'm a night owl and seldom go to bed until after midnight.我睡得很晚，经常半夜后才睡觉。

2 exhausted   

adj.极其疲惫的，精疲力尽的

参考例句：

• It was a long haul home and we arrived exhausted.搬运回家的这段路程特别长，到家时我们已筋疲力尽。
• Jenny was exhausted by the hustle of city life.珍妮被城市生活的忙乱弄得筋疲力尽。

3 bracelet   

n.手镯，臂镯

参考例句：

• The jeweler charges lots of money to set diamonds in a bracelet.珠宝匠要很多钱才肯把钻石镶在手镯上。
• She left her gold bracelet as a pledge.她留下她的金手镯作抵押品。