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2、inesesmarties,nextdoortoidiotic,TheyarebeinglaughedatbyChinesesmartiesforthetremendousamountofenergytheyputintotheiractivities.Whilewesternersgoaboutwhateverworktheydomethodicallyandpatiently,neverdreamingofreachinggreatheightsinonestep,weChinesearealwaysgiventoseekingashortcutandregardthea
3、bilitytoboastasthemasterkeytoit.Boastingisanessentialartoflifejustashyperboleisanindispensablerhetoricalfigure.TheTangpoetLiBai’sfamouslines“TheYellowRivercomesfromthesky”and“Mywhitehairofthirtythousandfeet”,examplesofhyperbole,which,tothosewhoknowlittleabouttheartofrhetoric,maysoundlikeagr
4、ossexaggerationofthepartofthepoet.(2010)我想那是五月的一個周日的早晨;那天是復(fù)活節(jié),一個大清早上。我站在自家小屋的門口。就在我的面前展現(xiàn)出了那么一番景色,從我那個位置其實能夠盡收眼底,可是夢里的感覺往往如此,由于夢幻的力量,這番景象顯得超凡出塵,一派肅穆氣象。群山形狀相同,其山腳下都有著同樣可愛的山谷;不過群山挺然參天,高于阿爾卑斯峰,諸山相距空曠,豐草如茵,林地開闊,錯落其間;樹籬上的白玫瑰娟娟彌望;遠(yuǎn)近看不見任何生物,唯有蒼翠的教堂庭院里,牛群靜靜地臥躺在那片郁郁蔥蔥的墓地歇息,好幾頭圍繞著一個小孩的墳?zāi)?。我曾對她一腔柔情,那年夏?/p>
5、是在旭日東升的前一刻,那孩子死去了,我如同當(dāng)年那樣望著牛群。l(2008)But,ashasbeentrueinmanyothercases,whentheywereatlastmarried,themostidealofsituationswasfoundtohavebeenchangedtothemostpractical.Insteadofhavingsharedtheiroriginalduties,andasschool-boyswouldsay,goinghalves,theydiscoveredthatthecaresoflifehadbeendoubled.T
6、hisledtosomedistressingmomentsforbothourfriends;theyunderstoodsuddenlythatinsteadofdwellinginheaventheywerestilluponearth,andhadmadethemselvesslavestonewlawsandlimitations.Insteadofbeingfreerandhappierthaneverbefore,theyhadassumednewresponsibilities;theyhadestablishedanewhousehold,andmustfu
7、lfillinsomewayoranothertheobligationsofit.Theylookedbackwithaffectiontotheirengagement;theyhadbeenlongingtohaveeachothertothemselves,apartfromtheworld,butitseemedtheyneverfeltsokeenlythattheywerestillunitsinmodernsociety.但是正如其他許多已經(jīng)發(fā)生過的事情一樣,當(dāng)他們最終結(jié)婚后,發(fā)現(xiàn)最憧憬