陕西省洛南县中学谢景林张秀丹
TherearemanywordsinEnglishwhichcanbeusedtoshowallkindsofcolor,suchaswhite,blue,red,green,black.Arethesewordsonlyusedtodescribecolorinnature?Youmayfeelpuzzledwhenyouareaskedthisquestion.Weoftenusethesewordstodescribethecolorfulnature,andwecanoftenusethemtoshowoursensitiveandchangeablemoodaswellassomeotherthingsthatwejudgebyourhumanmorals.
Whenwedescribeapieceofcleanpaper,orabagofflour,wesaytheyarewhite.Whenitissnowinginwinter,wesaythewhiteflakesofsnowarefalling.However,whenDecemberisdrawingnear,wesaythattheWhiteChristmasiscoming.Tomissick,andwesaythathelookswhite.Wemeanthathisfacelookspale.Maybeheisnotfeelingwell.WhenTomsaysthathewouldlikesomewhitecoffee,hemeansthathewantssomecoffeewithmilk.AndTomtoldawhitelie,whichmeansonethatwaskindbutnotharmfultoothers.Thatbookisawhiteelephanttome,thatistosaythebookisbigbutuselesstome.Awhitedayisaluckydayinthewest.
Lookatthesky！Whatcolorisit?Itisblue.Now！Tomissad,andwesayhelooksblue.Abluefilmisonethatisunhealthy,andabluejokeisabadjoke.
Bloodisred.Applesinautumnarered.However,aredbattleisveryfierce,aredhandisahandfullofblood,ared-letterdayisanimportantday,andared-bloodedstoryisveryexciting.
Thegrassinthefieldsisgreen.IfTomisanewcomerhere,wesayheisagreenhandhere.Ifheisgoodatfarming,wesaythathehasagreenthumb.Hiseyeswillturngreenwhenhenoticestoomuchmoney.Thewetpaintonthewallisgreen,thenewlymadewineisgreen,andhehadagreenwoundonhislegjustnow.
Asisknowntoall,coalisblack.WhenwesayTom’sfuturelooksblack,whatdowemean?Wemeanhisfutureseemshopeless.Thus,heisofteninablackmood,andheissad.Helookedblackatme,becausehewasangry.Hewasbeatenblackandblue,that’stosay,hewasinjuredallover.
InspokenEnglish,thereareallkindsofphrasesusingcolors,makingEnglishcolorful.Isn’tEnglishcolorful?Asaresult,thewordsofcolorarenotonlyusedtodescribecolorinnature.