1. Love in the Eyes of Poets: Metaphors and Similes in Poetry
You are my sunshine.
LT 201 Vocabulary

2. (1) Ed keeps many dogs as pets. He is a dog lover!
a(n) music/animal lover 音樂／動物愛好者
(2) If the weather is fair, we can go out and have a picnic in the garden.
fair →fine/sunny
She tries to be fair to all of her students.
fair (adj.) → (opposite) unfair
a book fair → fair (n.) 展覽、市集

3. Q: What do we call an event where people go to get information about different kinds of jobs?
A: A job fair.
(3) praise sb. for (doing) sth.
(5) compare A to B 比喻
Trans: 他把女朋友的眼睛比擬成閃爍的星星。
He compares his girlfriend’s eyes to twinkling stars.

4. Dictation:
Children hate to be compared with their brothers and sisters.
compare A with/to B 把A跟B比較
(6) Johnny took part in the speech contest and won the second place.
(8) concrete examples/information
→ (opposite) abstract

5. a brick wall
a concrete wall
concrete (n./adj.) 混凝土(的)
concrete jungle 都會叢林

6. (9) Dictation:
Nowadays, it is very difficult for many people to live without electronic devices like cell phones and computers.
device (n.) 裝置/儀器/器材
省水裝置
water-saving device

7. (11) deep vs. deeply Her lies hurt my father _____.
The workers are working _____ underground to build the tunnel.
Her lies hurt my father deeply.
The workers are working deep underground to build the tunnel.
The depth of the shelves is about 35 cm.

8. (12)
a dove
a pigeon

9. (16) There's a great film on TV at midnight.
(15) surrendered to sb
surrendered sth to sb
Dictation: She surrendered her dream of becoming a model .
(16) There's a great film  on TV at midnight.
Dictation:
I had to burn the midnight oil to prepare for the midterm exam.
burn the midnight oil: to work or study until late at night  

10. (16) There's a great film on TV at midnight.
(15) surrendered to sb
surrendered sth to sb
Dictation: She surrendered her dream of becoming a model .
(16) There's a great film  on TV at midnight.
Dictation:
I had to burn the midnight oil to prepare for the midterm exam.
burn the midnight oil: to work or study until late at night  

11. a scoop of/ two scoops of an ice cream scoop杓子
Dictation:
The paparazzi followed the movie star wherever he went, hoping for a scoop.
獨家新聞

12. (18) an ice cream cone
a cone-shaped party hat
cone (n.) 圓錐體; 圓錐形

13. (20) Harry tickled his baby girl, and she laughed happily
(20) Harry tickled his baby girl, and she laughed happily. (= gave his baby girl a tickle)
tickle sb → give sb a tickle

14. metaphor (n.)
You are my sunshine.

15. (1) You are my sunshine.
(2) Her home was a prison.
(3) All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances
--William Shakespeare

16. simile (n.)
He is as strong as an ox.
He is sleeping like a log.

17. A simile or a metaphor? America is a melting pot.
Your eyes are like the sun.
He eats like a pig.
He is a pig.
John is a real pig when he eats.
Life is like a journey.
My father is a rock.
He lives like a pig.

18. as busy as a bee
as easy as A.B.C. as easy as pie
as sly as a fox
as smart/wise as an owl
as smooth as silk
as white as a sheet