中西方文化中动物象征意义的差异.ppt

Contrast in Animals Connotation Between Chinese and English 中英动物象征意义差异的比较 主讲内容 foreword Content Else Introduction Abstract Significance Conclusion similarities differences a snake in the grass like a cat on hot bricks???????? Lion –hearted??????????? Get sb’s goat Separate the sheep from the goats top dog cat and dog life A cat may look like a king The vocabulary in different languages can reflect the developments of different languages. There are many expressions connected with animals in both English and Chinese because of history, customs, value and religion beliefs. This PPT analyzes the differences between the English and Chinese expressions connected with animals, vividly showing the cultural influence on vocabulary and the differences between the Chinese and English culture. And it will be helpful for English learners’ intercultural communication. In the long course of human history, animals keep a close relationship with our human being and have a deep effect on human living and growth. This relationship brings people all kinds of complicated emotion such as love, sympathy, disgust and fear. Moreover, people also often repose their mood on animals to express their feeling. Owing to the differences of geographical environments and customs, these words and phrases, whose denotations are similar in the two languages, have different cultural backgrounds in English and Chinese languages, consequently their cultural connotations will be different from each other. This PPT will mainly contrast the divergences of cultural connotations for animal words to explain the cultural differences between Chinese and English. Significance of contrast of animal words between English and Chinese 1.Learning about the cultural differences between English and Chinese appearing in animal words can help people understand the emotional meaning of language and the two cultures fu