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1、CulturalComparisonbetweenEnglishandChineseAnimalIdioms英汉动物习语文化比较摘要:语言是文化的载体，习语是习俗化的短语和句子。英汉习语承载着不同的民族文化特色和文化信息。由于动物在人类生活中的重要性，这些习语中有很多采用了动物形象。为了更清澈的理解这类习语，本文将从地域文化、习俗文化、历史典故、宗教文化四方面来分析存在的差异性并提出导致文化相似性的原因。关键词:英汉习语；动物；文化比较；差异性；相似性Abstract：Languageisthemaincarrierofculture.Idiomsa
2、reconventionalizedphrasesandsentences.EnglishandChineseidiomscarrythedifferentnationalculturalcharacteristicsandculturalinformation.Amongtheseidioms,alargenumberofthememploytheanimalimagesbecauseofthesignificanceofanimalsinpeople’slife.Inordertounderstandtheseidiomsclearly,this
3、paperwillanalyzeculturaldifferencesfromfouraspectsofgeography,customs,historicalallusionandreligion,andthenputforwardthereasonswhytheyhavethecultrualsimilarities.Keywords：EnglishandChineseidioms;animals;culturalcomparison;difference;similarityI.IntroductionIdiomisafixedgroupofw
4、ordsorasingleword,orevenasentencewithaspecialmeaningthatcannotbeguessedfromtheliteralmeaningofitscomponents.“Languageisthecarriercontainerofculture,andisstronglyinfluencedandshapedbyculture.”SoinordertolearnEnglishidioms,onecannotignoretheimportanceoftheculturalmeaningstheycont
5、ain.Astheessenceoflanguages,idiomshavetwofeatures:semanticunityandstructuralstability.Onitsbroadsense,idiomsincludingsetphrases,proverbs,sayings,colloquialisms,allusionsandsoonareanimportantpartofthelanguageandculture.Human’slifeiscloselyrelatedtoanimals,andthereareanincreasing
6、numberofEnglishandChineseidiomsaboutanimalswhichareconcise,readableandvivid.Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolisminpeople’sthinking,andthissymbolismisreflectedinthelanguage.However,becauseofdifferenthistoryandculture,theconnotationsofanimalwordsinonelanguagedonotparallelwiththo
7、seinanother.Duetotheculturaldifferencesofgeography,customs,historicalallusion,religionandsoon,suchidiomsembodythedistinctivecharacteristicsofnationalculture.Andwiththedevelopmentofeconomyandscience,globalizationisamoreandmoreobviousphenomenon.Therelationshipbetweencountriesisbe
8、comingcloserandcloser.Inordertounderstandtheseidiomsmo
