From Englsh idioms see British and American culture.docVIP

PAGE  PAGE 5 Seeing British and American culture from English idioms 二外附中 洪博 [Abstract]: The English idiom is an important part of English language culture，which should not be neglected. It reflects the rich cultural information and unique cultural characteristics of the national English language in geography, history, religion, living custom and the other aspects. Mastering English idiom accurately can help us to understand the culture connotation and cultural differences in the English vocabulary deeply, and use English more accurately. [Keywords]: English idioms; British and American culture. I.?Introduction Language is one of the creation in labor, idiom is the concentrated reflection of linguistic features, it comes from the ordinary people of production and life experience, is the essence of language, the epitome of language; Language is a any system of signs, idiom is the long-term language practices; Language is for the purpose of communication, the origin of the idioms in verbal communication is the most frequent use of slang and saying; Language is the performance of human wisdom, idioms is typifies language means of rhetoric and the technique of expression (which is quite part of literature masters’ wonderful words); Language serves any human activity, and idioms just reflect human every aspect of life vividly.General idioms contains figurative phrase, slang, maxim, saying, proverbs, allusion and so on, is the crystallization of the development of language. The English language has a long history, contains many idioms, they are implicative and humorous or serious and elegant, not only concise, but also vivid and wit, which graces language too much. Because of the geography, history, religion and life custom and so on various factors, idioms is loading the English language nationalitys cultural information and cultural characteristics, and with their traditional culture are closely linked, inseparable. And th