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1、MetaphorsandAssociationsanimalwords1.Differentculturalbackgroundspresentthesameorsimilarmeaningsofthesamewordsaboutanimals.2.Wordswithdifferentculturalloadsmayleadtodifferentassociations.3.Theconnotativemeaningsofawordmayexistinoneculture,butevaporateinanotherEnglishpeoplewouldsay,“Heisafox.”
2、Similarly,Chinesepeoplecanunderstandthemeaningofthesentence“Heisafox.”inChinese“他是一只狐狸。”ThisexampleshowsthatinEnglish“fox”canbeusedtodescribesomebodywhoiscunninganddishonest.Thisexampleindicatesthatdifferentlanguagesandculturesendow“fox’’thesamemeanings.Wolf(狼)isakindofgreedy,savageandcruelbe
3、ast,soinChinesethereexistsuchexpressions:“狼心狗肺”,“豺狼当道”,“如狼似虎”,“狼吞虎咽”,“狼狈为奸”,“狼子野心”.Similarly,thegreedy,sinister险恶的,dishonestcharacterofwolfalsodisplaysvividlyandincisivelyinwesternculture,e.g.:“awolfinasheep’sclothingorawolfinlamb’sskin”;“wakeasleepingwolf”;“holdawolfbytheears”;“keepthewolffr
4、omthedoor”.披着羊皮的狼自找麻烦骑虎难下，进退两难勉强度日“Ass(驴)”inEnglishandChinesehasthesameconnotationandfigurativemeaning“foolish,stupid”.InChinesetheexpression“笨驴”isusedtoindicateafooloranidiot.InEnglish,mostofthesetphrases,idiomsandproverbsincludingtheword“ass’’allimplythemeaningof“foolish”,e.g.“assingrain(十足
5、的大傻瓜)”;“anassinalion’sskin(fromAesop’sFables,冒充聪明人的傻瓜)”;“allasseswag摇动theirears(谚语：驴子摇耳朵，傻瓜装聪明)”;“asses’bridge(笨人难过的桥)”;“acttheass(做糊涂事)”;“makeanassofoneself(做蠢事)”;“sellyouass(口语：不要这样呆头呆脑)”.“dove”inChineseandEnglishsharesthesamemeaning,andsymbolizesforpeace.Weregardthedoveas“peacedove”.Insome
6、grandcelebrations,weoftenseethesceneoftakingthedovesaway,standingforcherisheddesireforpeaceworldofallofus.Thefollowingaresomeotherfamiliarexamples:asfreeasabird(像鸟儿一样自由);asuglyasatoad(像癞蛤蟆一样丑);asbusyasabee(像蜜蜂一样忙碌);asslowasanail(像蜗牛一样慢).Thiskindoftermswithsameorsimilarmeaningsshowthatindiffer
7、entculturestheredoesexistsomethingincommon,whichreflectsthecommonnessofdifferentnationalcultures.英汉语中对猪的形象和喻义也基本一致，猪给人的印象是脏而丑陋，令人讨厌，其喻义是集“懒”、“馋”、“贪”和“笨”于一身。汉语中“猪猡”、“猪头阿三”、“肥得像头猪”、“懒得像头猪”等粗俗的脏话都是以猪为形象的，在英语中，apig意为agreedy,dirtyorbad-manneredper
