高中英语Unit3ThesecretofsuccessGrammarandusage课件牛津译林版选修.ppt

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1、Unit3ThesecretofsuccessGrammarandusageEuphemismWhodoes“themaninthestreet”inthesubtitleofthearticleinpartBoftheReadingsectionreferto?Itreferstoordinarypeople.Answerthefollowingquestions.Whatdoyouthinkthewriteruses‘themaninthestreet’insteadof‘ordinarypeople’?Here‘themaninthestreet’isusedto

2、raisethestatusofthepeopleandthustomakethesubtitlemoreattractivesothatpeoplewanttoreadthearticle.Whenwedonotwanttouseadirectwordorphrasewhichmightupsetorembarrassothers,weoftenprefertouseapolitewordorphraseinstead,andthisiscalledeuphemism.Aeuphemismisusuallyapolitewaytosaysomethingthatise

3、mbarrassingorunpleasant.Tomakeaeuphemism,youreplacewordsthatareconsideredharsh,oroffensivewithotherwordsthatvagueandlessdirect.ThedefinitionofEuphemismWeoftenuseeuphemismtorefertotabooorverysensitivesubjects.Hisgrandfatherpassedawaylastweek.ThefuneralwillbeheldthisFriday.“passaway”means_

4、______.todieAschairmanofthecommunitycentre,hehassetupacommitteetohelpSeniorCitizensinthearea.“SeniorCitizen”means____________.Theschoolisforpeoplewhoarephysicallychallenged.“physicallychallenged”means_____________________________anoldpersonpeoplehavingaphysicaldisability.2.Weoftenuseeuph

5、emismtotalkaboutthestatusofsomeoneorsomething.Thesanitaryworkerscleanedthehospital.“Sanitaryworker”referto_____________________________.apersonwhocleansdirtyplacesMyfatherhasalotoffreetimebecauseheisbetweenjobsatthemoment.“betweenjobs”means___________.unemployed3.Weoftenuseeuphemismtoind

6、icatesituationsthatwedonotwanttomentiondirectlyinpublic.Iamjustgoingtowashmyhands.“washone’shands”means______________________.togotothetoiletThebattleissaidtohavethehighestbodycountofanywar.“bodycount”means___________________________________.Themurdererwouldspendtherestofhislifeinacorrec

7、tionalfacility.“correctionalfacility”means_______.prisonthenumberofdeadbodiesfoundonthesceneReadtheinstructionsinPartAonpage41,andthenthenineeuphemismsinthebox.Andfillintheblanksusingeuphemismsfromtheboxtoreplacetheunderlinedwordsorphrases.PartA.Answers:1.bodycount2.acor