1.Homonyms

Homonyms:

words that happen to have the same sound and often the same spelling but differ in meaning. In dictionaries, they are put in different entries.

1. A ___ is an animal.

a. Bare b. bear

2. When it ___, it pours.

a. Rains b. Reigns c. reins

3. It is dishonest to ___.

a. Steal b. steel

4. A ___ is a type of tree.

a. Beach b. beech

5. Take me ___ your leader!

a. To b. Too c. two

6. What a ___ of good milk!

a. Waist b. waste

7. My ___ is naturally curly.

a. Hair b. hare

8. The team ___ the playoffs.

a. Won b. one

9. She vanished into thin ___.

a. Air b. heir

10. The ___ of France is Paris.

a. Capital b. capitol

11. Come ___ right this minute!

a. Hear b. here

12. The window ___ was cracked.

a. Pain b. pane

2. Antithesis

Antithesis:

the relation between successive units that are put in contrast

Familiarity sometimes makes people physically invisible, for you find yourself talking to the heart—to the essence, as it were, rather than to the face. (26)

Translation. Pay special attention to the italic words.

● Caring for a family member yourself can be enriching and rewarding but also demanding and draining.

● As a spot on the weather map, Rochester is one chilly town. But as a model for educational reform, it's shaping up as the hottest place in America.

● Terms like liberal and conservative do more to muddle than to clarify.

● 自己照顾家人，虽然可以让你在心灵上得到充实和回报，但这也是一份对你要求很高、甚至使你精疲力尽的工作。

● 在气象图上，罗彻斯特只是一个寒冷的小城。但作为教育改革的典范，该城市正渐渐成为全美的炙热焦点。

● 自由、保守等字眼非但没有澄清反倒让人糊涂。

3. Onomatopoeia

… I’d leave the bright sun and the twitter and rustle of insects and animals outside and creep into another world—a vaulted cathedral,…(4)

Onomatopoeia:

the formation of words that are like natural sounds

● the twitter of birds

● the rustle of leaves

● the hiss of the snake

● the gurgle of the water

● the cracking of the fire

● the cracking of the fire

● the fluttering of the flag

● the rumbling of the waves

● the tick-tock of the clock

Tom Carvel, 84, the ice-cream tycoon whose voice—a near-indescribable mix of grumble, mumble, rasp and gasp― peddled his company’s wares in radio and TV ads for 35 years, died in his sleep in Pine Plains, N.Y., Oct. 21.

"What be ye looking at?" asked a man who had not observed the incident.

"Ho-ho-ho!" laughed dark Car.

"Hee-hee-hee!" laughed the tippling bride, as she steadied herself on the arm of her fond husband.

"Heu-heu-heu!" laughed dark Car's mother, stroking her moustache as she explained laconically, "Out of the frying-pan into the fire!"