1. Metaphor of Food 食“喻” New College English II 新编大学英语2 Unit 6 Food 桂林医学院
大学外语部
学科作者：雷梦洁， 周俊海， 骆欢，陈懿
技术作者：梁雪清，赵永

2. content 1. 2. 3. 4. How is metaphor of food used in real situation?
What is metaphor? 3.
How do we understand metaphor of food? 4.
Exercise

3. 1. How is metaphor used in daily life?
Doctor Brown
Tom

4. Tom, what do you eat recently?
Nothing, but…

5. ！？ Remember, we are what we eat !
Look at you. You are a sack of potatoes now！
Obesity caused you a lot of health problems.
See? That's why you are overweight.
We are what we eat ?
I don't understand. ！？

6. The food that we eat everyday has a great influence on our body.
Metaphor
The food that we eat everyday has a great influence on our body.
We are what we eat.

7. B A 2. What is a metaphor? is structure of metaphor: hidden comparison
unrelated
but
share common characteristics
target (本体)
source (喻体) A
（本体） B
（喻体）
structure of metaphor: is

8. Factors influencing our understanding
3. How do we understand metaphor of food?
Factors influencing our understanding
1） common sense
2） cultural
differences
3）cognitive
differences

9. 1） common sense salt food
useful to the society.
社会栋梁
Eg.
He is the salt of the earth.
salt A.
Characteristics
people who is ordinary but indispensable for the society
ordinary but indispensable for cooking and human body
不可或缺
food

10. 1） common sense apple food
掌上明珠
Lauren is the apple of my eye.
Eg.
apple
I love Lauren. B.
emotion
food
love makes people happy
taste of apple and sweet make people happy

11. 1） common sense salad life food
Grandpa is always talking about his salad days.
Eg.
salad my
days C.
life
Salad:
Fresh fruits &vegetables (green)
food
The time when sb. is young without much experience
青葱岁月

12. 1） common sense Energy food
After rest, he began to feel his oats again.
Eg.
精神抖擞
oats
I feel energetic.
I'm in high
spirits.
healthy
nutritious D.
Energy
energizing
food

13. 2） cultural differences
a place with rich natural resources
2） cultural
differences
Chinese-鱼米(rice)之乡
English-A land flowing with milk and honey

14. 3）cognitive
differences
English:
specific
（具体）
Chinese:
general
(概括）
a piece of cake
小菜一碟
How we think affects how we talk.

15. 4. Exercise
Jimmy had a good sleep last night.
Now he is full of beans.
A. He is full of energy.
B. He had a lot of beans.

16. Thank You for Your Attention!
制作团队
材料收集：陈懿，骆欢，周俊海，雷梦洁
脚本制作：骆欢
课件制作：周俊海
主讲：雷梦洁
后期制作：赵永，梁雪清