Oral Presentation
Week 2: topic-based presentation (Figurative&Imagination)
比喻&想象
Phrases
好像 | hǎo xiànɡ | to be like; to seem |
好比 | háo bǐ | to be just like; can be compared to |
就像 | jiù xiànɡ | to be just like |
如 | rú | to be like; as; as if |
如同 | rú tónɡ | to be like; as |
仿佛 | fǎnɡ fú | as if; to seem |
好似 | hǎo sì | to be like; to seem |
像/同……一样 | xiànɡ / tónɡ … … yí yànɡ | to be like…… |
仿佛……似的 | fǎnɡ fú … … shì de | as if……; to be like…… |
跟……似的 | ɡēn … … shì de | to be just like…… |
同/跟/像……一般 | tónɡ / ɡēn / xiànɡ … … yì bān | to be just like…… |
恰似 | qià sì | to be exactly like…… |
Reference: Yuan.B & Kan. Q. Developing writing skills in Chinese.2003. London: Routledge.
Exercises: Please try to use figurative expressions to complete sentence 1-3 and translate sentence 4&5 :
1 这里的风景___________________, 美得让人窒息(zhì xī to suffocate;asphyxia; not able to breath)。
2 她___________________,什么都知道。
3 友情___________________,而爱情___________________。
4 Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. (from Forest Gump 1994)
5 Marriage is like a besieged city. People inside want to get out. People outside want to get in. (from 《围城》- 钱钟书)
Topics
- 假如地球上只剩下我一个人
- 假如我是一个盲人,我可以得到三天的光明
参考文章:
http://www.afb.org/Section.asp?SectionID=1&TopicID=193&SubTopicID=17&DocumentID=1215