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本年度至今為大家句譯的比喻詞，總是由「as…as…」引入，猶記得此類以物喻物的屬甚麼比喻詞？
Simile：記得了吧！是「直喻、明喻」哩。
再讀句譯，望有助應用活化文章或語言。
The cabin in the woods was discarded and the place as silent as the grave.
森林裡的小屋被棄置，而周邊環境則寂靜如墓地。
He is as silly as a goose and does not seem to be able to be serious.
他很愚笨，似乎為人很不認真。
We Can never pin him down for he is as slippery as an eel.
我們從來不能取得他的承諾，他真難以捉摸。
He is always the last to finish: he is as slow as a snail.
他經常「包尾」：說是慢如蝸牛。
His tongue is as smooth as silk.
他口甜舌滑柔如絲。
We should exercise daily to be healthy and to stay as sound as a bell.
我們要每天運動，以保持身體健康，狀態完美。
He never relaxes and is as stiff as a poker.
他從不放鬆，時常態度生硬不自然。
The weight lifters is as strong as an ox.
舉重健兒強壯如公牛。
It is impossible to persuade him. He is as stubborn as a mule.
他極之頑固、固執，因此難以說服他。
No one can move him, he is as sturdy as an oak.
沒有人可以動搖他的，他穩固有如橡樹。
He is always punctual and arrives on the dot as sure as fate.
他很準時，往往準確無誤抵埗。
His fiancee is docile and sweet as honey.
他的未婚妻很溫順，甜美如蜜。
In the race he ran as swift as lightning.
在比賽中，他飛跑得快如閃電。
Many basketball players seem to be as tall as a giraffe.
很多籃球運動員身材高大有如長頸鹿。
People suffering starvation are thin as a sake.
缺糧饑餓者瘦削如藤。
She is as tough as nails and does not yield to pressure.
她堅韌不屈，不向壓力低頭。
The poor lady was so frightened that she turned as white as sheet.
可憐的女士驚慌至臉色蒼白。
After years of experience, the old man is as wise as an owl.
酒精滄桑，老伯伯極具智慧。
以物比物，取材無限怎不妙筆生花，生色不少？■余黎青萍 前教育署署長
各位讀者，本欄從下學期（1/1/2013）起會由現時星期五刊登轉為星期三刊登，敬希垂注。
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