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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.ColortermsbothinChineseandEnglishrelatecloselytotheirnativeculturesandhavedistinctcultural
2、associations,sotheyofteninfluencepeople’sentoflanguageandpeople’srepeateduseofassociation,colortermshavedevelopedrelativelyfixedimages,ore,thesefixedimagesandculturalconnotationsinepeoplesdailybehaviorinaspecificcontext.Inthissense,studyingtheculturalmeaningsofcolortermsisquit
3、enecessaryformunication;othereerrorsarisingfromthemisuseofcolorterms.AsforEnglishlanguageteaching,theteachershouldencourageandhelpstudentstosummarizeandparethedifferentculturalconnotationsbetisunderstandingandmisuseofcolorterms.2.parisonofEnglishandChineseColorVocabularyThecol
4、orredRedisthemostexhilaratingcolor,ulatesvividemotionsofpeople.Thebolforaneventofspecialjoy,suchasaenhong(开门红)(getofftoagoodstart,makeagoodbeginning);Englishoneslike:red-letterdays---holidayssuchasChristmasandotherspecialdays;toputouttheredcarpetforsb.---togivealavisherestrict
5、ionsonpeople’sdailylife,suchasthetrafficsignalredlight,theredlightoffiretruckandambulance,ortheredcardinsportsgames.InChinese,redisalsothecolorassociatedandsuccess,suchashongjun(红军)(theChinesey,1928-1937),hongsezhengquan(红色政权)(redpoliticalpooreliabilitiesthanassets;seered---be
6、everyangry.Duetothedifferences,iftheexamplesherearetranslatedliterally,peoplefromtheothercultureisled.ThecolorblackBlackisthecolorofmysteryandtheunknosindicatingthatblackisoftenassociatedarketandheishi(黑市)---illegalbuyingandsellinggoods;blacklistandheimingdan(黑名单)---listofpeop
7、leind.SomeindividualexamplesinEnglishandChinese:blacklook---angrystare;blackday---unluckyday;blackfuture---gloomyfuture.heibang(黑帮)---reactionarygang;heihuo(黑货)---sinisterstuffInterestingly,thetermbeintheredmeansrunningabusinessataloss,notmeaningaprofit,eanshavingmoneyinone’sb
8、ankaccount,thatis,runningabusinessprofitably.Besides,blackcof