Hi there~ 我是小池, 週一的你們還好嗎) The best way you can beat with Monday blues is something cool 今天我們就來點有趣的, 讓你的週一亮起來~
先上兩句:
Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
Hover through the fog and filthy air.
美即醜惡醜即美,
翱翔毒霧妖雲裡。
沒錯了,
頭韻alliteration指the repetition of the same consonant sound in a line, especially at the beginning of successive words 句子中相同的輔音重複出現, 尤其是在相近詞的詞頭。 押頭韻的句子聽起來更琅琅上口, 也很好記。 總之就是一個字, 爽。
除了詩, 我們在生活中也處處能發現alliteration的身影。 俚語、廣告標語甚至是品牌名都大量運用alliteration。
品牌名:
PayPal貝寶
Coca-Cola可口可樂
Dunkin’ Donuts百多滋/ 唐恩都樂
廣告標語:
Sacrifice Sale(清倉甩賣)
Bigger than bigger(豈止於大 iphone)
Not all cars are created equal(三菱汽車)
口語中, 我們可以積累押頭韻的英文搭配, 又好記又有節奏, 感覺這個對話都活起來了~
l To be as cool as a cucumber鎮定自若
不是字面上看到的像黃瓜一樣涼爽哈哈, 黃瓜算是比喻一種冷靜的狀態~
Ø I can’t believe that! How could she keep as cool as a cucumber when cursed by her boyfriend?
真不敢相信!她的男友這樣咒駡她, 她還能保持鎮定。
l Green as grass少不更事;像青草般綠
綠色代表生命力, 新的事物, 所以我們有green hand 表示新手, green as grass描述人少不更事, 沒有經驗, 當然也可以是字面上的像青草般綠。
Ø Who do you think you are? You’re still green as grass!
你以為自己是誰?你還嫩著呢!
l Beer belly 啤酒肚
Ø Look at all the old guys with their beer bellies hanging out of their tye dye shirts and leather jackets. I love them!
看看那些穿著印花衫和皮夾克的老夥計們, 大腹便便的, 我可愛死他們了!
l Make a mountain out of a molehill小題大做
Molehill 是鼴鼠丘, 鼴鼠撥出來的小土堆。 Molehill和Mountain比起來絕對是小巫見大巫, 但是能把鼴鼠丘當成一座山, 那絕對是小題大做, 沒必要了。
Ø You don't have to be that worried about this simple situation, don't make a mountain out of a molehill.
你沒必要這麼擔心, 這件事很簡單, 不要小題大做。
l Last laugh 笑到最後
形容歷經困難, 堅持到最後並取得勝利。
Ø "I used to laugh at my roommate in college -- he'd stay in and study on weekends while I went out for a good time. But I guess he has the last laugh on me. He's a famous brain surgeon and I; I'm selling used cars and barely make enough to live on."
"我過去在大學的時候總是笑話我同宿舍的同學, 因為他週末老是呆在學校念書,
l Neck and neck競爭激烈
出自賽馬場, 賽馬時由於競爭激烈往往馬是幾乎同時到達終點的, 它們齊頭並進(neck and neck),那麼是以脖子過了終點還是以頭過了終點為標準呢, 這很難決出勝負。
Ø Right now, only a week from the election, the republicans and the democrats are running neck and neck and none of the experts can predict which party will win."
現在離選舉只有一個星期了, 但是, 共和黨和民主黨在競選方面仍然不分上下, 沒有一個專家能預測到底哪個黨會在競選中獲勝。
l Come clean坦白一切
Clean 清白的 變的清白就是坦白一切。
Ø I'm the type of person who comes clean rather quickly because I’m not good at lying.
因為不擅長撒謊, 所以我如果做錯什麼事很快就招了。
你還知道哪些押頭韻的品牌名?
本篇推文主創簡介
美化排版|陳夢彥
封面圖片|黍離
資料、圖片參考|百度