Day 27

英文重现

I wanted to smell that Louisiana earth,feel that Louisiana sun,sit under the shade of one of those Louisiana oaks next to one of those Louisiana bayous.I wanted to see on paper those Black parents going to work before the sun came up and coming back home to take care of their children after the sun went down.I wanted to read about the true relationship between Whites and Blacks-about the people that I had known.

——SAT 2009年5月题，Section 7

解析

1.注意本段所用的修辞手法——反复（Repetition）。反复是指有意识地重复某一个词或者句子，以突出感情或加深读者印象。在这里，三个句子都在反复重复“I wanted to…”这个结构，表明作者强烈的愿望。三个句子中，都是动词不定式（to smell…,feel…,sit…;to see…;to read…）作“wanted”的宾语。

2.“next to one of those Louisiana bayous”是介词短语作后置定语修饰“Louisiana oaks”。

3.“see sb.do sth.”是看见某人做某事的全过程，“see sb.doing sth.”是看见某人正在做某事，一般指的是瞬间动作。第二个句子中，“going to work before the sun came up”和“coming back home to take care of their children after the sun went down”都是接在“see”后面的，构成“see sb.doing sth.”结构。（注意：平行结构要保持结构上的对称以及词性上的一致。）

4.破折号后的“about the people that I had known”是对前面的“Whites and Blacks”的进一步解释说明。

词意辨析

参考翻译

我想闻闻路易斯安那州泥土的香气，感受路易斯安那州的阳光，坐在路易斯安那州某条小河边的某棵橡树树荫下。我想要在书本中读到那里的黑人父母们日出而作，日落而息，返回家中照顾他们的孩子方面的文字。我想要（在书本中）读到关于白人和黑人之间关系的真实描述——关于那些我已经熟知的人们。

实战演练

I wanted to smell that Louisiana earth,feel that Louisiana sun,sit under the shade of one of those Louisiana oaks next to one of those Louisiana bayous.I wanted to see on paper those Black parents going to work before the sun came up and coming back home to take care of their children after the sun went down.I wanted to read about the true relationship between Whites and Blacks-about the people that I had known.

Which of the following rhetorical devices does the author use in this paragraph?

(A)Personification

(B)Understatement

(C)Irony

(D)Simile

(E)Repetition

答案：E

答案解析

题目是这段话用了哪种修辞方法。这三个句子都是以“我想要……”开头，很显然这种修辞手法是反复，故选项E“反复”为正确答案。选项A“拟人”，选项B“含蓄陈述”，选项C“讽刺”，选项D“明喻”。