高三課文中有這樣一句話:“Silk from Chinafound its way over land along the Silk Road to India, the MiddleEast and Rome...”,句中 “find its way ” 表示 “to reachsomeplace by discovering the right way to getthere”。這里運(yùn)用了擬人手法。把silk比擬做有思想的人,主動地尋找自己的路線,顯得生動有活力。全句可譯為:“中國的絲綢沿著絲綢之路到達(dá)印度﹑中東和羅馬……”。英語中有許多含有way的短語,生動形象,意味深長,具有漢語達(dá)不到的效果,值得品味:
① make one’s way: The team slowly made their waythrough the jungle.
這一隊(duì)人艱難地行走在叢林中。
② push one’s way: He pushed his way through thecrowd.他推開人群擠出去了。
③ lose one’s way: He lost his way in the bigcity.
在這個大城市里,他迷失了方向。
④ pick one’s way: He had to pick his way alongthe muddy path. 在泥濘的小路上,他只得擇路而行。
⑤ fight one’s way: The surrounded soldiersfought their way out.
這些被包圍的士兵殺出了一條生路。
⑥ feel one’s way: We couldn’t see anything inthe cave, so we had to feel our wayout.我們在洞里什么也看不到,只得摸著出去。 ⑦ inch one’sway: On seeing the snake, he inched his waybackwards.
一看到那條蛇,他就緩慢地退走了。
⑧ laugh one’s way: He laughs his way throughlife.
他一輩子笑待人生
⑨ wind one’s way: The path winds its way to thetop of the mountain.
這條小路蜿蜒通向山頂。
⑩ elbow one’s way: He elbowedhis way to the front of the queue.
他(用肘)擠到隊(duì)前面。
j grope one’s way : He drank too much and thengroped his way back to the bedroom.
他喝得太多了,踉踉蹌蹌得摸進(jìn)臥室。
klimp one’s way: He was hurt in the left leg sothat he had to limp his way home.
他的左腿受傷,只得一瘸一拐地走回家。
ldig one’s way: Mark Twain began digging his wayto regional fame as a newspaper reporter.作為一名記者,馬克"吐溫開始在當(dāng)?shù)貚渎额^角
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