15. to sit by(L56)袖手旁观;守护照料 If you sit by while others' lives are being endangered, you will live with a guilty 如果你在他人的生命受到威胁时袖手旁观,你将会愧疚 VI. Paragraph Writing How to Succeed in Doing Something 通过举例说明如何才能成功地做某事,从而使你的说明更具说服力。 写作模式(举例说明) 1)It seems impossible for anyone to succeed in doing something unless he /she nough about it to succeed. 2) For example, sb. made one fruitless attempt after another all those years to do something until he had a heart-felt need to do so. 3)At first,..4)That attempt made an impression, but . 5)Then, he was on his way to trying again -...6) All his quest, however, turned out to be in vain despite all the . he spent on it. 7)And finally he realized that his success in anything, including .. depended basically on internal factors. 8) Now he has succeeded in as confirmed in his quotation How to Succeed in Quitting Smoking 通过举例说明如何才能成功地戒烟,从而使你的说明更具说服力。 How to Succeed in Quitting Smoking 1)It seems impossible for anyone to succeed in quitting the habit of smoking unless he /she is serious enough about it to succeed. 2)For example, John Hermann made one fruitless attempt after another all those years to kick the habit until he had a heart-felt need to do so. 3)At first, he attended seminars whose purpose was to convince him that smoking was a form of self-battering. 4)That attempt made an impression, but he stopped for only two months. 5) Then, he was on his way to trying again- paying people to send him into sleep therapy, stick needles in his ears, and even treat him with electroshocks. 6)All his quest, however, turned out to be in vain despite all the time and money he spent on it. 7) And finally he realized that his success in anything, including habit-breaking, depended basically on internal factors &)Now he has succeeded in breaking with the bad habit, as confirmed in his quotation"Al those years I was looking for the magic things, as I call them. But there's no magic out there Until a person figures that out, he' ll never succeed V. Reading Skills: Understanding Figurative Language There are many different ways of using figurative language. Listed here are just a few of them: (Look at the following examples taken from Reading Passage.) a) Similes(明喻,直喻). These are figurative expressions which directly compare one thing to another by using the words as or like. Look at the following example taken from Reading Passage The tobacco industry, coupled with Hollywood movies in which both male and female heroes smoked like chimneys.(Para. 3, Reading Passage A, Unit 5) In this sentence,……. smoked like chimney” means“ smoked heavily and continuously, but the comparison between the two makes the idea clearer and more imaginative. b)Metaphors(4A), in which comparisons are only implied or: suggested, without using as4 15. to sit by (L. 56)袖手旁观；守护照料 If you sit by while others’ lives are being endangered, you will live with a guilty . 如果你在他人的生命受到威胁时袖手旁观, 你将会愧疚。 VI. Paragraph Writing How to Succeed in Doing Something 通过举例说明如何才能成功地做某事，从而使你的说明更具说服力。 写作模式（举例说明） 1) It seems impossible for anyone to succeed in doing something unless he / she is serious enough about it to succeed. 2) For example, sb. made one fruitless attempt after another all those years to do something until he had a heart-felt need to do so. 3) At first, …. 4) That attempt made an impression, but …. 5) Then, he was on his way to trying again — …. 6) All his quest, however, turned out to be in vain despite all the … he spent on it. 7) And finally he realized that his success in anything, including …, depended basically on internal factors. 8) Now he has succeeded in …, as confirmed in his quotation “…” How to Succeed in Quitting Smoking 通过举例说明如何才能成功地戒烟，从而使你的说明更具说服力。 How to Succeed in Quitting Smoking 1) It seems impossible for anyone to succeed in quitting the habit of smoking unless he / she is serious enough about it to succeed. 2) For example, John Hermann made one fruitless attempt after another all those years to kick the habit until he had a heart-felt need to do so. 3) At first, he attended seminars whose purpose was to convince him that smoking was a form of self-battering. 4) That attempt made an impression, but he stopped for only two months. 5) Then, he was on his way to trying again — paying people to send him into sleep therapy, stick needles in his ears, and even treat him with electroshocks. 6) All his quest, however, turned out to be in vain despite all the time and money he spent on it. 7) And finally he realized that his success in anything, including habit-breaking, depended basically on internal factors. 8) Now he has succeeded in breaking with the bad habit, as confirmed in his quotation “All those years I was looking for the magic things, as I call them. But there’s no magic out there. Until a person figures that out, he’ll never succeed.” V. Reading Skills: Understanding Figurative Language There are many different ways of using figurative language. Listed here are just a few of them: (Look at the following examples taken from Reading Passage.) a) Similes (明喻, 直喻). These are figurative expressions which directly compare one thing to another by using the words as or like. Look at the following example taken from Reading Passage A: The tobacco industry, coupled with Hollywood movies in which both male and female heroes smoked like chimneys ... (Para. 3, Reading Passage A, Unit 5) In this sentence, “... smoked like chimney” means “... smoked heavily and continuously”, but the comparison between the two makes the idea clearer and more imaginative. b) Metaphors (暗喻), in which comparisons are only implied or: suggested, without using as