文档介绍：Unit6
SectionA
As His Name Is,So Is He!
Detailed study of the Text
As His Name Is ,So Is He!(Title)
Meaning:A man’s name suggests something about his nature or manner.
→The “as…so…”structure here is used to express parallelism or proportionality.()More examples:
As the desert is like a sea ,so is the camel like a ,骆驼似舟。
As is the teacher ,so is the 。
In the above two examples ,there is inversion in the second clause ,but it is also OK to use the normal order .For example:
As you treat me ,so I shall treat ,我也将怎样对待你。
As time went on ,so their hopes began to ,他们的希望开始变得越来
越小。
I just don’t feel like a Debbie.()
Meaning:I just don’t think the name Debbie can show my character.
→In English-speaking countries ,the name “Debbie” often makes people think of profession of
is why the writer does not like her name.
feel like sth./doing sth.
We all feel like 。
One day ,while filling out an application form for a publishing job ,the young woman
impulsively substituted her middle name ,Lynne ,for her first name Debbie. ()
Meaning:One day ,when she was filling out an application form for a publishing job ,the young woman replaced her first name Debbie with her middle name Lynne without thinking much.
→Note that middle names are chosen by parents at the same time as the first name