跨文化交际课件nit 4 I.ppt

Unit Four Language and Culture Part One Teaching Contents I. Warm-up II. Cultural Differences III. Identifying Difference IV. Reading Comprehension Warm-up I English to Chinese Translation Version I 教授：什么是物质呀？ 学生：非精神也。 教授：什么是精神呢？ 学生：不是物质，就是精神。 Version II 教授：什么是物质呀？ 学生：没什么要紧的啦! 教授：什么是精神呢？ 学生：没什么关系的啦! Can your translation be as humorous as the original? II.Cultural Differences 2.1. Theoretical Background 2.2. Color Terms in Chinese and English 2.3. Animal Words in English and Chinese Theoretical Background Cultural Differences of Languages 1. Lexical Level 2. Pragmatic Level 3. Discoursal Level 4. Stylistic Level Culturally Loaded Words文化负载词(Cultural Loaning Words) 1.是指标志某种文化中特有事物的词组和短语. 2.文化负载词是反映一个国家、一个民族特有的文化和历史的一些词汇. 2.2 Color Terms in Chinese  and English Group Work 1.红糖 2.红茶 3.眼红 4.开门红 5.红白喜事 1. brown sugar 2. black-tea 3. green-eyed 4. to begin well, to make a good start 5. weddings and funerals 1. 清白 2.白眼 3.青天 4.背黑锅 5.黄色书刊 1.pure/clean/stainless 2.supercilious look 3.blue sky 4.be made a scapegoat/ be unjustly blamed 5.filthy books blue book a blue Monday a white lie a green wound red-letter days 蓝皮书（美）刊载知名人士的书 倒霉的星期一 善意的谎言 新伤，未痊愈的伤口 喜庆的日子 Translating the Underlined Part 1) He’s just a green recruit fresh from college 2) I tried to call her many times but she was in a brown study and didn’t hear me 3) One day, out of the blue, a girl rang up and said she was my sister 4) The new office block has unfortunately become an expensive white elephant 5 Mary was always regarded as the black sheep of the family 6 You’d better do something to prove you’re not 7 Can you see the green in her eyes? 8 The mere thought of her husband with the secretary made her se