Teacher Li Fang teaches Xiao Mei to use “like...just like...” to make comparisons. Xiao Mei practices with things around her to make sentences more vivid.
Xiao Mei, today we’ll learn a very interesting expression: similes, using “like...just like...”.
Similes? Is that describing one thing as another?
Yes. For example: clouds are like cotton.
I know! Cotton is soft, and clouds are soft too.
Very good. Now you make a sentence: what is like what?
A little rabbit’s tail is like a small ball!
Very vivid. Try another one using something you saw today.
The sun is like a big lamp, so bright.
Excellent. Remember: say “like” first and “just like” after, and the sentence becomes more vivid.
Then when I go home I’ll say: Mom’s smile is like a flower!
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