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1、Analogy英语修辞学Table of Contents1.Introduction to analogy2.Definition and examples3.Functions 1.那些我们见过的类比 中纪委:打老虎、拍苍蝇 庄子与惠施:凤凰-梧桐猫头鹰-老鼠Written while Taking Seven Paces Pods burned to cook peas,Peas weep in the pot:“Grown from same root,please,Why boil us so hot?”translated by Xu YuanchongPeas,podstwo b
2、rotherscooking-persecution2.Analogy:definition and examples Definition a comparison between one thing andanother,usedtoexplainorclarifysomething unfamiliar or complex.Thething which is being compared is likelyto have similarities or things in commonwith whatever its comparison is.辜鸿铭“茶壶茶杯”说:一夫一妻制辩(p
3、olygamy)男人是茶壶,女人是茶杯。一个茶壶可以配几个茶杯,一个茶杯岂能配几个茶壶?陆小曼“牙刷说”你不是我的茶壶,你是我的牙刷,茶壶能够公用,而牙刷只能我独享.You are not a teapot,but a toothbrush.The teapot could be shared by manywhile my toothbrush could be onlyused by me alone.(拙译)“侦探小说教母”阿加莎克里斯蒂的“理想夫婿”An archaeologist is thebest husband any womancan have;the older shege
4、ts,the more interestedhe is in her.妇女以考古学家为婿最妙,佳人愈迟暮,彼对之兴趣愈浓矣。转引自董桥英华沉浮录一Examples1.To explain a joke is like dissecting amouse,you gain a better understanding,but in the process,the mouses life is lost.2.Love cannot be controlled as one cannothelp but cough.爱像咳嗽一样难以控制。Analogy in literature Lifes but
5、 a walking shadow,a poor playerThat struts and frets his hour upon the stageAnd then is heard no more.It is a taleTold by an idiot,full of sound and fury,Signifying nothing.-Macbeth,Act V,William Shakespeare人生不过是一个行走的影子,一个在舞台上指手划脚的拙劣的伶人,登场片刻,就在无声无息中悄然退下;它是一个愚人所讲的故事,充满着喧哗和骚动,却找不到一点意义麦克白,朱生豪译Lao Zi:tongue survives teeth Hard teeth fall,soft tongue stays“soft overcomes hard”(以柔克刚)人之生也柔弱,其死也坚强。草木之生也柔脆,其死也枯犒。故坚强者死之徒,柔弱者生之徒。是以兵强则灭,木强则折。强大处下,柔弱处上。道德经第76章3.Power of analogy intellectually demanding,interesting,persuasive,economical.make complex simpler,abstract concreteThanks