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1、AComparisonofDailyTaboosBetweenChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountries中国和英语国家之间禁忌之比较I.IntroductionEverycountryhasitsowntaboo.Tabooisaculturalorreligiouscustomthatdoesnotallowpeopletodo,useortalkaboutaparticularthingaspeoplefinditoffensiveorembarrassingHornby1796.Wealw
2、aysmeetproblemswhencommunicatingwithpeoplefromothercountriesifwedon’tunderstandtheirtaboos.Inordertomakecommunicationsuccessful,wemustlearnthemcarefully.Therearemanykindsoftaboossuchastaboosindailylife,businessanddiplomacy.Andthispaperwillmainlytalkabouttaboosind
3、ailylifeinChinaandEnglishspeakingcountries.Taboosindailylifeconcludefourparts:food,sociality,holidaysandnumbersanddatesForalltheacademicstudiesIhavecolleccted,Iclassifythestudiesoftaboosinwesterncountriesintotwocategories.Oneistalkingaboutstudiesoftaboos’origin,a
4、ndtheotherisrelatedtothestudiesoftaboocustoms.Asfarasstudiesoftaboos’priginisconcerned,thebookwrittenbyWardhoughclaimathattaboosareoriginallynothingthananobjectifiedfearofademonicpower.Expertswhostudyoftaboos’intermsofcustomsandbahaviorsinasocietyinvolvespecifict
5、aboosofallsorts.Rogerfocusesonthosewhichremaineffectivetourgethattheexistenttaboocustomsindiffeentculturesshouldkeepsensitiveandbecautiousofhisbehaviorincommunication.InthebookofTheComparisonofCustomsinChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountries,DuXuezengsaysthattabooshav
6、edissimilaritieseveninthesameculturebecauseofdifferentplaces,sodotaboosindifferentculture.Sotabooshavebecometheobstaclesthatimpedepeople’scross-culturecommunication.II.TaboosinDailyLifeinChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountriesA.AboutFoodFoodisavitalpartofourdailylife,
7、soasthetaboosonfood.AstheoldChinesesayinggoes,foodisthefirstnecessityofhumanbeing.Thefoodcustomisdifferentbetweencountries.Therearetwoaspectsaboutthetaboosonfood,oneisthecontentsoffood,andtheotheristhemannerwhenhavingfood1.ContentsofFoodAsitisknowntoall,aMoslemdo
8、esn’thavepork,aHindudoesn’thavebeef,andaBuddhistdoesn’thavemeat.PeopleinEnglishspeakingcountriesavoideatingfat,stickybonesandtheskinsofchickensorducksexceptfor