中英文化差异--动植物词.ppt

Apple An Apple of Discord --Eris Goddess of Discord --Hera Wife of Zeus --Athena Goddess of Wisdom --Aphrodite Goddess of Love and Beauty Apple --Paris (Trojan Prince) --Helen (Wife of King of Sparta) -- Troy --Trojan war Apple --The forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden --In the story of Adam and Eve, the apple became a symbol for knowledge, temptation, the fall of man into sin, and sin itself. --In Latin, the words for apple and for “evil are similar. Apple --An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Apple in Chinese Culure --“苹”与 “平” Bamboo Bamboo Bamboo, by Xu Wei, Ming Dansty (徐渭) (1521–1593) Bamboo Symbolism of Bamboo -- Bamboo: a behaviour model of the gentleman -- hollow-hearted → A man should open his heart to accept anything of benefit --bamboo joint → integrity, moral courage Bamboo Symbolism of Bamboo -- cold-resistant, evergreen → perseverant -- tall and straight → upright and unfraid -- pretty and graceful → a man of noble character, a gentleman Bamboo -- Bai Juyi’s remarks about bamboo -- Bamboo’s role in Buddism -- A necessary element of Chinese culture -- 苏东坡 “可使食无肉，不可居无竹。无肉令人瘦，无竹令人俗。” -- 竹报平安（竹爆平安） Bamboo Chinese Idioms with “Bamboo” --青梅竹马 1. a friendship formed in childhood 2. green plums and a bamboo horse -- childhood games of riding on a bamboo stick for a horse --势如破竹 push forward with an overwhelming momentum smash into enemy territory like splitting a bamboo --胸有成竹 have a preconceived idea at heart Bamboo -- Bamboo Curtain an ideological barrier around communist China --Iron Curtain a Cold War euphemism for the political demarcation between the Communist and non-communist states -- spotted bamboo Spotted bamboo -- spotted bamboo Bamboo Spotted bamboo --Xiang River goddesses --Ehuang (娥皇)，Nüying(女英) --Emperor Yao