1、智課網TOEFL備考資料備考托福聽力需要注意那些特殊手法?摘要:備考托福聽力需要注意那些特殊手法?要說托福聽力中的單詞大家其實都差不多能明白意思,但是有的時候面對托福聽力材料就是聽不懂,這其中原因有很多,其中有可能是因為這里面插入了一些修辭手法,下面就為大家講一講托福聽力訓練中要面對的修辭。Hyperbole(夸張試比較以下托福聽力材料短對話的兩種回答方式:Have you asked your brother to do the dishes? 1Yes, many times.(很多遍了。2Yes, a thousand times.(無數次了。很明顯,第一種回答方式不如第二種生動,因為a

2、 thousand times(無數次使用了Hyperbole(夸張的修辭手法。Hyperbole一詞源于希臘語的huperbole,意思是exceed(超過,是一種故意夸大其詞(overstatement或言過其實的修辭手法;其特點是對表達對象進行有違常識或不合邏輯的夸張性描寫,以達到強烈的修辭效果,托福聽力訓練中要注意一下。如:a river of tears (淚河、a mountain of coal (煤山、oceans of people (人海.Hyperbole(夸張在 TOEFL 聽力中的運用也可謂爐火純青。比如:(劃線部分為夸張之處 1You are my lifesave

3、r.(你是我的“救命恩人”。2You are 100% right.(你“百分之百”的正確。3My back killed me.(我的腰痛的厲害。4You make me feel guilty. (你讓我感覺像是在犯罪。 5I havent seen you for ages. (好久不見了呀! 6I could sleep for a whole year. (我太困了。 7Were all tired to death.(我們快累死了。當然,除了托福聽力,Hyperbole(夸張的修辭手法在英語語言文學中的經典范例不勝枚舉:1One father is more than a hund

4、red schoolmasters. (George Herbert (一個父親的作用大于100個教師。 2Its a crime to stay inside on such a beautiful day. (今天陽光明媚,躲在家中實在太遺憾了。 3A drop of ink may make a million think.(George G Byron(一滴墨水寫成的文字可讓千萬人思索。Simile(明喻試比較以下兩種TOEFL聽力表達方式:1He spent a lot of money.(他花了大筆的錢。2He spent a lot of money, like water.(他

5、花錢如流水。很明顯,第二種表達方式比第一種更加生動和形象。因為like water(如流水使用了Simile(明喻的修辭手法,這樣以來,無疑使語言更加精彩和完美,聽力考試也不再單純是一門考試,而變成了一種享受。 Simile(明喻一詞源于拉丁語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聽力中的運用可謂爐火純青。比如:(劃線部分為明喻之處 1.Like引導1 He sweats like a pig.

6、(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(生活沒有目標猶如航行沒有指南針。4 Records fell like ripe apples on a windy day.(E.B. White(被打破的記錄猶如刮風天成熟的蘋果紛紛墜落。2.As引導1She is as beautiful as a flower.(她像花一樣的美麗。2“I am as light as a feather, I am a

7、s 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,我像小學生一樣快活,我像喝醉了酒的人一樣飄飄然3The 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,對我來說好象交了一位新朋友。注意:As引導的as.as結構在英語中得到了廣泛應用,若能在口語交流或各種作文考試(如:TWE等中用上一個,定會得到意想不到的效果,常用的as結構有:(as firm as a rock堅如磐石(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 千真萬確可