Love in the Eyes of Poets Metaphors and

Love in the Eyes of Poets: Metaphors and Similes in Poetry You are my sunshine. LT 201 Vocabulary

• (1) Ed keeps many dogs as pets. He is a dog lover! • a(n) music/animal lover 音樂／動物愛好者 • (2) If the weather is fair, we can go out and have a picnic in the garden. • fair →fine/sunny • She tries to be fair to all of her students. • fair (adj. ) → (opposite) unfair • a book fair → fair (n. ) 展覽、市集

• Q: What do we call an event where people go to get information about different kinds of jobs? • A: A job fair. • (3) praise sb. for (doing) sth. • (5) compare A to B 比喻 • Trans: 他把女朋友的眼睛比擬成閃爍的星星。 • He compares his girlfriend’s eyes to twinkling stars.

• Dictation: • Children hate to be compared with their brothers and sisters. • compare A with/to B 把A跟B比較 • (6) Johnny took part in the speech contest and won the second place. • (8) concrete examples/information • → (opposite) abstract

• a brick wall • a concrete wall • concrete (n. /adj. ) 混凝土(的) • concrete jungle 都會叢林

(9) Dictation: • Nowadays, it is very difficult for many people to live without electronic devices like cell phones and computers. • device (n. ) 裝置/儀器/器材 • 省水裝置 • water-saving device

• (11) deep vs. deeply • Her lies hurt my father _____. • The workers are working _____ underground to build the tunnel. • Her lies hurt my father deeply. • The workers are working deep underground to build the tunnel. • The depth of the shelves is about 35 cm.

• (12) • a dove • • a pigeon

• (15) surrendered to sb • surrendered sth to sb • Dictation: She surrendered her dream of becoming a model. • (16) There's a great film on TV at midnight. • Dictation: • I had to burn the midnight oil to prepare for the midterm exam. • burn the midnight oil: to work or study until late at night

• (15) surrendered to sb • surrendered sth to sb • Dictation: She surrendered her dream of becoming a model . • (16) There's a great film on TV at midnight. • Dictation: • I had to burn the midnight oil to prepare for the midterm exam. • burn the midnight oil: to work or study until late at night

• a scoop of/ two scoops of • an ice cream scoop • 杓子 • Dictation: • The paparazzi followed the movie star wherever he went, hoping for a scoop. • 獨家新聞

• (18) an ice cream cone • • a cone-shaped party hat • cone (n. ) 圓錐體; 圓錐形

• (20) Harry tickled his baby girl, and she laughed happily. (= gave his baby girl a tickle) • tickle sb → give sb a tickle

metaphor (n. ) You are my sunshine.

• (1) You are my sunshine. • (2) Her home was a prison. • (3) All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances • --William Shakespeare •

simile (n. ) • He is as strong as an ox. • He is sleeping like a log.

A simile or a metaphor? • • America is a melting pot. Your eyes are like the sun. He eats like a pig. He is a pig. John is a real pig when he eats. Life is like a journey. My father is a rock. He lives like a pig.

• as busy as a bee • as easy as A. B. C. as easy as pie • as sly as a fox • as smart/wise as an owl • as smooth as silk • as white as a sheet