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1、CulturalDifferencesoftheColorRedbetweenEnglishandChineseAbstract:Inhumanlanguagethereexistanumberofcolortermsthatmaketheworldcolorful.Thecolorwordsnotonlyexpressthecolor,butalsoimplythecultureofeachcountry,differentculturescanreflectonecountry'shistory,
2、aesthetictasteandnationalpsychology.Itisnoticedthatdifferentpeoplehavedifferentcultureshavedifferentsensetocolors.ThispaperdealswiththeculturalconnotationsofthecolorredinEnglishandChinese,which,tosomeextent,canhelpreadersreduceembarrassmentincommunicati
3、onandunderstanding.Keywords:CultureRedMeaningEnglishChineseⅠ.IntroductionInthelongprocessofproductionandlife,outofnecessity,mankindhascreatedcolorwords.Thehistoryofcolorwordshasgonethroughalong-termchange;nowthecolorwordsnotonlyexpressthecolor,butalsoim
4、plythecultureofeachcountry,differentculturescanreflectonecountry'shistory,aesthetictasteandnationalpsychology.Itisthebrightandcolorfulnaturewhichprovidestheplaceforlifeandthefoundationfordeveloping.Colorisapresentfromnaturetohuman.Theredsun,bluesky,gree
5、ngrassland,everythinghasitscolor.Wecannotimaginewhattheworldwouldbeifthereisnocolorofgreatvariety.FromtheEnglishlearning,wecanfindthatdifferentcountrieshavedifferentmeaningofsomecolorwords.Colorplaysanimportantpartintheculture.Almosteverythingcanbedescr
6、ibedwithcolorwords,includingeconomy,political,culture,andemotion.SometimeswecannotunderstandsomeEnglishstatements,becauseeverylanguageisrootedinitsownculture.ThepapermainlyattemptstomakeacomparisonofthecolorredbetweenEnglishandChinese.Ⅱ.Themeaningofredi
7、nthewesterncountriesInwesterncountries,theredisthecoloroflife,fireandblood.Thered,likethefireandblood,hasdualnatureinthesymbolic.Dazzlingandcentrifugalpaleredhasthecharactersofdiurnal,maleandtonicstimulatingactivity.Thered,likethesun,canencouragepeople.
8、Fromthismeaning,theredrepresentsthelife,birth,love,warmth,inspiredpassionandcelebration.·Forexample,“red-letterdays”meansholidayssuchasChristmasandotherspecialdays.Suchdaysareprintedinredoncalendars,ratherthaninblankforordinaryda