analysis of the english vocabulary and culture（分析英语词汇和文化）.doc

Analysis of the English vocabulary and culture [Papers Keywords cultural differences Vocabulary [Abstract] In this paper, the differences between the different cultures begin to discuss the English and Chinese languages, the similarities and differences between semantic meaning of words, illustrates the cultural import in the importance of teaching vocabulary, and made in the cultural vocabulary teaching import of several methods designed to encourage students in cross-cultural communication can be properly understood in the terms used. Foreign language vocabulary teaching has always been an important part of teaching, especially in the early stages of foreign language teaching, how to make vocabulary teaching service in the language of communication for the purpose of foreign language teaching has become the majority of workers in foreign language teaching pursued from the language of social functional point of view, cultural differences in vocabulary level often experience the most prominent, but also covers a wide area while the vocabulary words or concepts in addition to its meaning, has a rich social and cultural connotations, so vocabulary teaching is inseparable from cultural orientation, profound to grasp the cultural meaning of words can improve students’ language and communication skills. What is the meaning of words mean? lt;lt;Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishgt;gt; (Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English of “connotation” interpretation of the word is: “the feeling or ideas that are suggest by a woed, rather than the actual meaning of the word. “In other words, the meaning of words meaning different from its literal meaning, it is the implied meaning of the word, is the concept of meaning attached to the above, with the nation’s historical and cultural background, and contains the ethnic view of life, lifestyle and ways of thinking, such as: In China, the dragon is a symbol of the emperor, representing the noble, sacred, many