【毕业论文】中西文化差异━━汉语与英语谚语文化.docVIP

【标题】?中西文化差异━━汉?语?与?英?语?谚?语?文?化 【作者】谢波 【关键词】?不同的历史背景，文学背景，传统背景，价值观念背景，宗教背景。 【指导老师】王露 【专业】英语教育 【正文】1.Introduction1.1 The Definition of the Proverb? A proverb is a short popular saying expressing an obvious truth?(Websters New World Dictionary). Proverbs are based on collective folk wisdom and have been among us for thousands of years as guidelines for life. Theyre delightfully familiar reminders of childhood, and very often-convenient conversational shorthand.???? Since proverbs are handed down by word of mouth from generation to generation, slight variations in wording naturally evolve. Some people might say,?a watched pot doesnt boil, while others know the proverb as?a watched pot never boils. We think that variety is the spice of life?- and it also spices up a good board game!?1.2 The Significance of the ProverbDifferent historical condition makes different culture in every country, when you study one kind of language, but ignore its culture, it means you are studying a body without soul, it’s impossible to master one kind of language really, because the culture is different, even the word is right, people will misunderstand, because the culture of one place is special. There, one thing can show the difference greatly and help us master them, thats proverb, because every proverb is a grain of truth, its the crystal of wisdom of one race, one country, even the world from ancient times to nowadays; Nevertheless, it varies from country to country more or less, because of different history, literature, tradition, value view, religious and so on. China has a history of five thousands, most of proverbs are from folk, they are rich in colorful words, symmetry in pattern, and sound very nice, even an illiterate can talk about proverbs one by one. In fact, in our daily life, we often use oral words, if you care about it more, you will find that a lot of proverbs are oral words, just as?“There is an old man at home, just like having treasure”, but in their mi