《时间机器》始终以*人称进行叙事，因此读者始终以接近受述者的地位存在，两者之间的心理距离始终得到弱化。值得注意的是，这其中也存在一个级次问题，即读者先听到叙述者 我 的叙述声音，接着听到时间旅行家的叙述声音，*后又听到 我 的叙述声音。这个级次的转换是借助无名叙述者 我 来实现的。 我 的*人称叙述明显意味着时间旅行家的神奇经历他是亲耳所闻，也就是说，他当时是 在场 的，而这位 牵涉其中的叙述者 的在场，使得读者得以跟随他的叙述如同身临时间旅行家家中。从这个意义上讲，无名叙述者 我 构成读者和时间旅行家发生关系的桥梁，正是借助这位不知名的 我 ，时间旅行家的叙述声音有了言说向度，读者参与意识或曰 在场 意识得到进一步强化，对时间旅行家的讲述也就更有可能感同身受。同时，两位叙述者叙述过程中明显的自我意识

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Compiled from G.L. Apperson's original and painstaking research of nearly three thousand works dating as far back as the twelfth century and earlier, and built upon the foundations of the great Oxford English Dictionary, the Dictionary of Proverbs traces the origins and history of English proverbs and proverbial phrases. The original author has avoided the purely aphoristic and moral, which have little claim to proverbial use, and has codified this notoriously verbal rather than literary form in a way which earned the gratitude of the compilers of the Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs. The proverbs are grouped alphabetically and by subject, with copious cross-references throughout, rendering the dictionary as great a joy to consult as it is to browse through. This new edition includes over 500 new entries covering new examples, such as The customer is always right, There's no such thing as a free lunch, If it ain't broke, don't fix it, Life is too short to stuff a mushroom, and The family that prays togethe

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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms is a concise guide to the understanding and use of synonyms. It is intended for people who wish to appreciate the shades of difference that exist among English words having the same or nearly the same meaning and who wish to be able to choose the precisely suitable word for a particular purpose.

This edition of Webster's New World Thesaurus derives ulti-mately from Charlton Laird's original thesaurus, which was firstpublished in 1948 under the title Laird's Promptory. A ioneer-ing work, the Promptory established the pattern of arrangingentries in alphabetical order, thus making it unnecessary to con-sult a separate index. This arrangement has since been widelyadopted by other publishers. The entry arrangement and editorial principles of the origi-nal are still much in evidence in the present edition. The workdraws heavily on the successful innovations of its redecessorsand offers new contributions drawn from the evolving database ofnew words in American English recorded by the staff of Webster'sNew World College Dictionary, Fourth Edition. The style of thethesaurus entries now corresponds to that of the larger, hard-cover edition (Webster's New World Roget A-Z Thesaurus, 1999),and the typefaces and page layout match those of the companionpaperback volume, Webster's New World Dictionary (200

Have you ever wondered what phrases such as 'square meal', 'load of old codswallop', 'egg on your face' or 'in the limelight' mean? Where do they come from? Have you ever taken a moment to wonder what we say actually means? The origins of hundreds of common phrases are explained in this irreverent journey through the most fascinating and richest regions of the English language. In a book that takes you all over the world, from nautical origins to food and drink terms, once you have learnt one phrase, you will be eager to learn them all! From the drop of a hat to the bitter end - you'll be surprised and intrigued and you'll never speak English in the same way again. 作者简介： Albert Jack is a writer and researcher in pop culture whose favourite phrase is 'doolally'. He is 39 years old and has two children.