中西方内涵意思动物比较(英文)知识讲稿.pptVIP

The cultural differences between Chinese and western about animals Connotative meaning of words ——Animal made by 贾婷婷 Wolf 英语：凶残贪婪 as greedy as a wolf贪得无厌 Eg. The fairy tales story-The?little?red?hat童话故事《小红帽》中的大灰狼形象 汉语： fierce凶残greedy贪婪 如:狼心狗肺 狼子野心 白眼狼 The same animal words have different cultural connotations It is natural that under different culture, different backgrounds cause different association to the same words. The most impressing animal is dragon. As we all known, dragon is the most suitable image presented the Chinese tradition. Once Chinese people mentioned dragon, the phrase like “望子成龙”, “龙腾虎跃”, “龙的传人” come to their minds. In addition, Chinese people have special affection for this animal. While in Western culture, dragon is seen as horrible and evil. In the famous old English heroic epic poem, Beowulf, the dragon was depicted as a great evil which finally killed by the hero Beowulf. In western culture, dragon is going to be a bloodthirsty嗜杀的；残忍的 incarnate化身. But in Chinese culture, the dragon is the symbol of luck. Anyhow, the dragon in Oriental 东方人的 cultures are praise idea. Dragon 帝王、帝王、权力、 富贵的象征 象征魔鬼、 邪恶、悍妇 . Crane is the symbol of longevity in Chinese traditional culture. People like presented a picture of crane and pine to someone as a birthday gift in the past, which represented the wish of longevity. Crane in Chinese culture symbol propitious and longevity. But in Western culture, the image of crane will not bring such a kind of recognition. 在中国： long life长寿、 Propitious吉祥、 在西方： Ordinary bird Crane Westerners saw owls as a symbol of wisdom. In children’s books and comics, the owl is usually very serious and has a good brain. However, the Chinese to owls have different views. They fear saw owls or hear it, and thought came across it to have bad luck. Different opinions about dogs Chinese dog, such as ‘a dog looks down other people’, it’s derogato