猫的中英文文化.pptVIP

Cultural Connotation Of CAT』 In English and Chinese ?Cat in Chinese is a kind of gentle and lovely small animals, it will not exist terrible association in people’s mind. ?And in Chinese the cat represents leisurely, and cat is a kind of animal who have the special skills ---climbing tree and catch mouse. A tiger and a cat ?In china, people believe that, at the beginning, the tiger and the cat were friends, and the cat was much smarter than the tiger .The cat learned the physical skills quickly, and the tiger was always behind. Gradually, the tiger had to learn from the cat, and the cat was patient to teach the tiger. Day after day, month after month, finally, the tiger could also run, jump, roll, grasp, tear, and strike as well as the cat. One summer afternoon, the cat was taking a nap as the tiger sitting nearby. Looking at the cat, the tiger suddenly thought, why should he keep friendship with such a small animal since he had already learnt all the skills from the cat? ? The evil tiger decided to kill the sleeping cat as a before dinner snack. The tiger stood up and approached the cat viciously. Just as this moment, the cat woke up. Opening up her eyes, the smart cat immediately realized what the tiger was trying to do and swiftly jumped onto a nearby tall tree and climbed to the top branch. The tiger thought he had already learned every skill from the cat .But he never knew that the cat had hidden the tree climbing from him. “I kept the last technique of the tree climbing from you just because I suspected you might be an ungrateful friend.” The cat loudly told the tiger who watched under the tree helplessly. ? 春秋时期的《诗经》还对“猫”名字的由来做了阐释：“鼠善害苗，而猫能捕之，去苗之害，顾字从苗”。 到了战国晚期，不仅田鼠肆虐，家鼠也大有泛滥之势，此时有一种动物成了家鼠的天敌，它就是 “狸”，“狸”为“里居之兽”，应该是介于山猫与家猫间的改良品种了。此时的猫去捕鼠还只是“兼职”，当时主司捕鼠的是家狗。猫专司捕鼠，得从北魏时期说起，因为从那时起，我国才广泛豢养猫。到了唐朝，猫还被请入宫廷，担当“狸奴”。这些猫专门担任各大殿的防鼠工作，李商隐诗中的“鸳鸯瓦上狸奴睡”可说明这一时代的情景。此时，猫亦作为贡品，成为皇帝赏给贵妇们的宠物。 　 ?到了明朝天启年间，皇帝也酷爱养猫，还专门在紫禁城设立院落专门养猫，每天派专人伺候；而民间，“秦淮八艳”