英语每日听写练习 Day 20

A: Adriana, you look as fresh as summer's day today.

B: Thanks Helli, That was very poetic.

A: I know, I've been reading some lovely poetry and all these words and descriptions are stuck in my head.

B: I enjoy poetry too. I recently did a class on figures of speech. You just used a simile, didn't you?

A: Did I? I didn't notice. What's a simile?

B: It's a figure of speech where you compare two things using the words "like" or "as". There're others, would you like me to teach you more?

A: That would be great, thanks.

poetic [pəu'etik] adj. 诗的，诗歌的；诗意的；诗人的 n. 诗学，诗论

be stuck in困住；陷于

poetry ['pəuitri] n. 诗；诗意，诗情；诗歌艺术

figures of speech: 修辞格；修辞手法；形象化比喻

simile ['simili] n. 明喻；直喻