Showing posts with label metaphor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metaphor. Show all posts

Monday, September 21, 2009

比喻學英文,無關變有關

之前談用比喻畫腦圖,在這系列文章,談論學英文的方法,即是談用比喻學英文。

88水災後,僱用災區失業者,可獲政府補貼。

僱用,英文是 employ。失業,英文是unemployed。失業者,英譯the unemployed。政府,是government。補貼,是subsidy。

不想死記硬背,如何發揮創意?無關者拉上關係,有少許相似也拉進來談

employ 會 enjoy﹙享受,敬業樂業﹚,都是oy 尾。employ 了,無法play﹙玩樂﹚,就無a:無 a,不成play。employ了,身心有寄託,不會 empty﹙空虛﹚﹐emp 開頭,無t,t for time ﹙時間﹚:employ了,缺乏私人時間,充實充實。

反之,就是 unemployed,多加ed,有過去的意思,employ已成過去,又有形容的意思。

the unemployed有the,專指無業者。如要談employ的情況,即unemployment。失業率,就叫the unemployment rate。ment做詞尾,談情況,類似payment等詞。payment是給錢的情況,付款就是了。

govern,是管治;govern的情況,可謂 government,意是政府。

subsidy:sub,好像supply,供應。si,恍如sit,光坐下,甚麼都不做。dy,_d_o it _y_ourself,自己做。自己甚麼都不做,呆着就有“供應”,正如補貼,不同生產換錢。緩災,政府應該補貼。

參考:
http://iservice.libertytimes.com.tw/liveNews/news.php?no=271285&type=%E7%A4%BE%E6%9C%83

Metaphor

People use the metaphor to help them to understand the world. An example is: "His heart is made of ice." Of course, we understand that the human heart cannot be made of ice. The ice can mean being unfriendly and thus being "cold", that is not welcoming. Mind maps can be drawn by using metaphors. You may draw a piece of ice at the heart of a young man to show his being cruel. In that sense, mind maps are nothing new and nothing special. Mind maps utilizes the power of metaphors, making things easily to understand. When you are not familiar with something, you may use the metaphor to make yourself more familiar with it.

比喻可用來理解世界,如“他的心用冰做。”當然,沒有冰心的人,冰心意指冷酷無情,待人毫不熱情。舊技巧新用,腦圖,就可用比喻,增強理解力,功能甚大。