Table 2.
Findings of the analysis of the WORK metaphor.
| Conceptual Domain: WORK (f:36) | Exact words of students' responses |
|---|---|
| REWARDING TASK | An interesting task |
| the most important task of my day. | |
| a good task | |
| Spending much efforts to reach success | |
| supporting all scientists in society in creating a better world, regardless of nationality. | |
| Doing a nice job of tiding the room | |
| to collect a coin with different date, and then to compare in order to see the wealth | |
| managing a theatre, many things need to be conducted together in order to present a good show. Hard work always has its reward. | |
| Project | |
| taking a lot of much time to have good results | |
| expressing your scientific findings and views to your peers which could help you in developing more critical thinking. | |
| helpful tool and indispensable for science.it allows people to study internationally or read the scientific works right after they are published using them when they are necessary in their own researchers. | |
| Rainbow | |
| Enjoyment now | |
| The enjoyable moments of life | |
| …..giving a wonderful gift to myself. | |
| A dream comes true since my research experiments need months to be able to produce results | |
| Giving birth | |
| CREATIVE WORK | carving a statue |
| creating a statue; first the rough shape is molded, followed by shaping the details and finally finetuning it to its final complexion. | |
| creating a statue out of clay. It seems easy but needs critical skills | |
| Writing an academic paper in English is like indulging into a crafting activity, whereby you would use all of your materials and skills to yield a nicely finished output. | |
| an art: it is difficult to master, but once you have the hang of it, it takes only practice. | |
| painting an attractive and informative art. | |
| HARD WORK | a stressful work, requiring so much of endurance, determination, and readiness to improving the text |
| one week of hard work | |
| a very tedious work, which I do not feel prepared for | |
| a tough and detailed work. | |
| well organizing a work scenario. | |
| similar to creative and completely analytical work, which takes quite a lot of time | |
| A difficult job but still possible to do. | |
| hard as digging a hole | |
| Writing an academic paper in English is like running 5 km. | |
| learning how to write in the primary school | |
| doing a hardest thing |