Similes and metaphors must have two components: the tenor and vehicle. The tenor refers to the creature, idea or object to be compared to something else. In the sentence “My hands are as cold as ice”, “_______”is the tenor.

Please use “green-eyed”&“眼红” and “green light”& “绿灯" to discuss the similar or the different metaphorical associations in English and Chinese.

Find out the grammatical contrast between English and Chinese as manifested in the following pair of sentences and discuss how English and Chinese speakers look at the action and represent it in language.

A. He hit me hard on the shoulder.

B. 他重重地打在我肩上。

他抓住了我的胳膊。

对不起，他正忙。你愿意留个口信吗?(电话用语)

I feel blue today.

久仰大名。

a white lie

How is the combination of letters “wh”pronounced in American and British English?

What are the three qualities of eye behaviour?

Great men are not always wise.