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1、英语和汉语的颜色差异摘要：不同语言中的颜色词汇具有不同的文化内涵。本文从文化的角度探讨了英语和汉语的颜色词汇存在的差异，通过对各种颜色词汇的对比分析，指出学生掌握颜色词汇文化内涵的重要意义。关键词：颜色词汇文化内涵比较1.IntroductionColortermsoftenhavesymbolicmeaningsthatvaryfromculturetoculture.ColortermsbothinChineseandEnglishrelatecloselytotheirnativeculturesandh
2、avedistinctculturalassociations,sotheyofteninfluencepeople’swayofthinking.Withthedevelopmentoflanguageandpeople’srepeateduseofassociation,colortermshavedevelopedrelativelyfixedimages,whichreflectanation’slikeanddislike,positiveandnegativeaspects.What’smore,t
3、hesefixedimagesandculturalconnotationswillactonpeople’sdailythinkinganddeterminepeoplesdailybehaviorinaspecificcontext.Inthissense,studyingtheculturalmeaningsofcolortermsisquitenecessaryforcommunication;otherwise,wewillfallintosomeerrorsarisingfromthemisuseo
4、fcolorterms.AsforEnglishlanguageteaching,theteachershouldencourageandhelpstudentstosummarizeandcomparethedifferentculturalconnotationsbetweenChineseandEnglishtoavoidpossiblemisunderstandingandmisuseofcolorterms.2.ComparisonofEnglishandChineseColorVocabularyT
5、hecolorredRedisthemostexhilaratingcolor,whichstimulatesvividemotionsofpeople.Thewordredisusuallyassociatedwithcelebrationsandjoyfuloccasions.ThisistrueinEnglishspeakingcountriesaswellasinChina.Forinstance,Chineseexpressionshongduilian(红对联)(antitheticalcouple
6、t)，hongshuanxi(红双喜)(doublehappinesswritteninred---thetraditionalsymbolforaneventofspecialjoy,suchasawedding)，kaimenhong(开门红)(getofftoagoodstart,makeagoodbeginning);Englishoneslike:red-letterdays---holidayssuchasChristmasandotherspecialdays;toputouttheredcarp
7、etforsb.---togivealavishwelcome;topaintthetownred---tocelebratewildly.Inaddition,inbothcultures,redplacessomerestrictionsonpeople’sdailylife,suchasthetrafficsignalredlight,theredlightoffiretruckandambulance,ortheredcardinsportsgames.InChinese,redisalsothecol
8、orassociatedwithrevolution,socialismandsuccess,suchashongjun(红军)(theChineseWorkers’andPeasants’RedArmy,1928-1937)，hongsezhengquan(红色政权)(red4politicalpower)，honghuo(红火)(flourishing/prosperous)，ho
