Unit 1 Careers and skillsPart Ⅲ Grammar读下面的句子，体会里面的修辞手法并试着翻译为汉语。1．The old gentleman's beard is as white as snow.________________________________________________________________________2．He was an emotionless man and it was said that his heart was made of stone.________________________________________________________________________3．As a business person，you cannot be a mouse.You have to be a tiger.________________________________________________________________________4．That plan is a castle in the air，you can't make it.________________________________________________________________________答案：1．这个老绅士的胡须雪白。2．他是个没有感情的人，据说他铁石心肠。3．作为一个商人，你不能胆小如鼠，你应该非常勇猛。4．那个计划不切实际，你做不到的。修辞手段一般主要用于文学性写作中。但在英文写作中有时也需要运用一定的具有英文特征的修辞手段。文章最忌语言枯燥无味，一篇好的作文，语言应该生动形象。而恰当地运用修辞手法，可以使文字新鲜活泼、具体逼真，大大增强艺术表现力，扩大语言表达的范围；而且还可以激发读者的想象，给人留下深刻的印象。因此，掌握一些一般常用修辞手段对于实现语句亮点也是非常必要的。下面介绍英语作文中常用的修辞手法——比喻 (metaphor)。比喻就是打比方，可分为明喻和暗喻。1．明喻(simile)明喻是将两种通常被视为不相似的不同事物加以比较，明喻一般要用到 as 或 like。要使一个明喻效果不错，读者就必须对加以对比的东西非常熟悉。例如：My father has been working very hard recently and often comes home late at night.He has been as busy as a bee.在这句话中用蜜蜂来形容忙碌，使人非常易于理解。因为大家都熟悉蜜蜂的忙碌的特性。其他的还有：The man can't be trusted.He is as slippery as an eel.那个人不可信赖。他像鳗鱼一样狡猾。Childhood is like a swiftly passing dream.童年就像一场急逝的梦。What had been experienced in the past was always looming in memory like a picture.过去的经历就像图片一样总是在脑海中萦绕。下面请欣赏一些常用比喻短语：as blind as a bat...
