Simile(明喻)
試比較以下兩種TOEFL聽(tīng)力表達(dá)方式：
1)He spent a lot of money.(他花了大筆的錢(qián)。)
2)He spent a lot of money, like water.(他花錢(qián)如流水。)
很明顯，第二種表達(dá)方式比第一種更加生動(dòng)和形象。因?yàn)閘ike water(如流水)使用了Simile(明喻)的修辭手法，這樣以來(lái)，無(wú)疑使語(yǔ)言更加精彩和完美，聽(tīng)力考試也不再單純是一門(mén)考試，而變成了一種享受。Simile(明喻)一詞源于拉丁語(yǔ)similes,其意為like(象)。他借助人們的想象力，使用一定的比喻詞如：like, as等加以連接，從而清楚的表明兩種事物之間的相似之處，使得表達(dá)更加新鮮有趣。其典型形式是A is like B. Simile(明喻)的修辭手法在TOEFL聽(tīng)力中的運(yùn)用可謂爐火純青。
比如：(劃線(xiàn)部分為明喻之處)
1.Like引導(dǎo)
1) He sweats like a pig.(他像豬一樣流汗。)
2) They slept like babies.(他們像嬰兒一樣熟睡著。)
3) Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.(John Ruskin)(生活沒(méi)有目標(biāo)猶如航行沒(méi)有指南針。)
4) Records fell like ripe apples on a windy day.(E.B. White)(被打破的記錄猶如刮風(fēng)天成熟的蘋(píng)果——紛紛墜落。)
2.As引導(dǎo)
1)She is as beautiful as a flower.(她像花一樣的美麗。)
2)“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as am angel, I am as merry as a school boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man...”(Charles Dickens)(我像羽毛一樣輕，我像天使一樣幸福，我像小學(xué)生一樣快活，我像喝醉了酒的人一樣飄飄然……)
3)The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me as if I had gained a new friend.
(我頭一回讀到一本好書(shū)，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)好象交了一位新朋友。)
注意：As引導(dǎo)的as...as結(jié)構(gòu)在英語(yǔ)中得到了廣泛應(yīng)用，若能在口語(yǔ)交流或各種作文考試(如：TWE等)中用上一個(gè)，定會(huì)得到意想不到的效果，常用的as結(jié)構(gòu)有：
(as) firm as a rock堅(jiān)如磐石
(as) light as a feather輕如鴻毛
(as) close as an oyster守口如瓶
(as) mute as a fish噤若寒蟬
(as) strong as a horse強(qiáng)壯如牛
(as) cool as a cucumber泰然自若
(as) sober as a judge十分清醒
(as) sure as a gun千真萬(wàn)確
試比較以下兩種TOEFL聽(tīng)力表達(dá)方式：
1)He spent a lot of money.(他花了大筆的錢(qián)。)
2)He spent a lot of money, like water.(他花錢(qián)如流水。)
很明顯，第二種表達(dá)方式比第一種更加生動(dòng)和形象。因?yàn)閘ike water(如流水)使用了Simile(明喻)的修辭手法，這樣以來(lái)，無(wú)疑使語(yǔ)言更加精彩和完美，聽(tīng)力考試也不再單純是一門(mén)考試，而變成了一種享受。Simile(明喻)一詞源于拉丁語(yǔ)similes,其意為like(象)。他借助人們的想象力，使用一定的比喻詞如：like, as等加以連接，從而清楚的表明兩種事物之間的相似之處，使得表達(dá)更加新鮮有趣。其典型形式是A is like B. Simile(明喻)的修辭手法在TOEFL聽(tīng)力中的運(yùn)用可謂爐火純青。
比如：(劃線(xiàn)部分為明喻之處)
1.Like引導(dǎo)
1) He sweats like a pig.(他像豬一樣流汗。)
2) They slept like babies.(他們像嬰兒一樣熟睡著。)
3) Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.(John Ruskin)(生活沒(méi)有目標(biāo)猶如航行沒(méi)有指南針。)
4) Records fell like ripe apples on a windy day.(E.B. White)(被打破的記錄猶如刮風(fēng)天成熟的蘋(píng)果——紛紛墜落。)
2.As引導(dǎo)
1)She is as beautiful as a flower.(她像花一樣的美麗。)
2)“I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as am angel, I am as merry as a school boy. I am as giddy as a drunken man...”(Charles Dickens)(我像羽毛一樣輕，我像天使一樣幸福，我像小學(xué)生一樣快活，我像喝醉了酒的人一樣飄飄然……)
3)The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me as if I had gained a new friend.
(我頭一回讀到一本好書(shū)，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)好象交了一位新朋友。)
注意：As引導(dǎo)的as...as結(jié)構(gòu)在英語(yǔ)中得到了廣泛應(yīng)用，若能在口語(yǔ)交流或各種作文考試(如：TWE等)中用上一個(gè)，定會(huì)得到意想不到的效果，常用的as結(jié)構(gòu)有：
(as) firm as a rock堅(jiān)如磐石
(as) light as a feather輕如鴻毛
(as) close as an oyster守口如瓶
(as) mute as a fish噤若寒蟬
(as) strong as a horse強(qiáng)壯如牛
(as) cool as a cucumber泰然自若
(as) sober as a judge十分清醒
(as) sure as a gun千真萬(wàn)確