Unit 3 比喻句型
Lesson 26 A is to B what C is to D A对于B就像C对于D一样
句型“A is to B what C is to D”中,A、B均为本体,C、D均为喻体,“what”作为连词使用,意思是“恰如、好像”。本体中通常用“be”作谓语,喻体中的“be”可以省略,翻译为“A对于B就像C对于D一样”。
征服句型
●Food is to the body what reading is to the knowledge.
食物对于身体正如读书对于知识。
●Oxygen is to the human beings what water is to the fish.
氧气对于人类就像水对于鱼。
●Beethoven is to music what Edison is to invention.
贝多芬对音乐就像爱迪生对于发明创造一样。
●Painting brush is to painters what piano is to pianists.
画笔对于画家来说正如钢琴对于钢琴家一样。
●The soldier is to the people’s army what people is to a country.
军队离不开士兵,就像国家离不开人民一样。
征服对话
●Your love is to me what my love is to you.
●We love each other very much.
你对我的爱,就像我对你的爱。我们相亲相爱。
●The village is to me what city is to you.
●Yes, we are in different fields.
乡村对于我的意义,就像城市对于你的意义。是的,我们是两个不同领域的人。
●Love is to you what career is to me.
●We have different dreams.
爱情对于你就像事业对于我来说一样重要。我们的理想不同。