understatement vs. overstatement
An artist went to a beautiful part of the country for a holiday, and stayed with a farmer.
Every day he went out with his paints and his brushes and painted from morning to evening, and then when it got dark, he went back to the farm and had a good dinner before he went to bed.
At the end of his holiday he wanted to pay the farmer, but the farmer said,
'No, I do not want money, but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.'
The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his paintings.
The farmer smiled and answered, 'It is not that. I have a son in London. He wants to become an artist. When he comes here next month, I will show him your picture, and then he will not want to be an artist any more, I think.'
Задание:
Выпишите из текста предложения, которые представляют собой высказывания-overstatement и высказывания-understatement.
Вопрос:
Чем overstatement отличается от understatement?
Discussion
'No, I do not want money, but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.' The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his paintings.
Думаю, что этот абзац, имеет две ситуации : understatement и overstatement.
understatement выражается со стороны фермера:'No, I do not want money, but give me one of your pictures. What is money? In a week it will all be finished, but your painting will still be here.'
Фермер даёт “ложную” интерпретацию художнику о его картине.
overstatement выражается со стороны художника: The artist was very pleased and thanked the farmer for saying such kind things about his paintings.
Художник не правильно понимает фермера, и думает, что его картина настолько хороша, что фермер, предпочел эту картину деньгам, который художник должен был заплатить фермеру.
Чем overstatement отличается от understatement?
overstatement(Преувеличение), understatement(преуменьшение, недосказанность).
Все верно вычитал.
термины преувеличение и преуменьшение не нужно использовать для обозначения overstatement/understatement. Лучше недосказанность для understatement и избыточность для overstatement.
Доп.Вопрос:
Что в эпизоде из мультфильма есть overstatement и/или understatement?
GOLDIMOUSE: Anybody home?
NARRATOR: It was Goldimouse.
GOLDIMOUSE: Porridge!
NARRATOR: After Goldimouse finished the Porridge, she became very sleepy.
GOLDIMOUSE: I'm very sleepy.
NARRATOR: She tried the father cat's bed, but it was too hard. So, she tried the mother's bed.
It was too soft. Then she tried the baby's bed. It's just right. Meanwhile, the cats were returning from their walk.
GOLDIMOUSE: I'm very sleepy.
GOLDIMOUSE: It's just right.
overstatement
Все верно. А в чем, собственно, overstatement, когда GOLDIMOUSE повторяет I'm very sleepy?
Доп. Вопрос:
В чем overstatement|understatement русской и английской надписей:
Повторяет слова рассказчика.
У русских, таблички overstatement. Как бы предсказание, что случиться, если ты пойдёшь. У английских надписей understatement , человека просто предупреждают,но выбор остается за ним.