高三课文中有这样一句话：“Silk from China found its way over land along the Silk Road to India, the Middle East and Rome...”，句中 “find its way ” 表示 “to reach someplace by discovering the right way to get there”。这里运用了拟人手法。把silk比拟做有思想的人，主动地寻找自己的路线，显得生动有活力。全句可译为: “中国的丝绸沿着丝绸之路到达印度﹑中东和罗马……”。英语中有许多含有way的短语，生动形象，意味深长，具有汉语达不到的效果，值得品味：
① make one’s way: The team slowly made their way through the jungle.
这一队人艰难地行走在丛林中。
② push one’s way: He pushed his way through the crowd.他推开人群挤出去了。
③ lose one’s way: He lost his way in the big city.
在这个大城市里，他迷失了方向。
④ pick one’s way: He had to pick his way along the muddy path. 在泥泞的小路上，他只得择路而行。
⑤ fight one’s way: The surrounded soldiers fought their way out.
这些被包围的士兵杀出了一条生路。
⑥ feel one’s way: We couldn’t see anything in the cave, so we had to feel our way out.我们在洞里什么也看不到，只得摸着出去。 |
