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1、汉英谚语的比较与对照摘要:本文通过对汉英谚语在起源、修辞及内容三方面进行归类、举例和分析,发现汉英谚语在诸多方面存在共同点,而汉英谚语中的共同点均发源于相似的文化背景,从而印证中西方深层次文化在其形成过程中存在着大量的共性,使人们通过谚语对中西方的传统文化有一个全面的印象,有助于树立跨文化交际的思想。关键词:谚语;对照;起源;修辞;语言;文化ComparisonbetweenChineseandEnglishProverbsAbstract:ThispaperisadescriptiveanalysisofculturalsimilaritiesbetweenChineseandEnglish
2、proverbs.Altogetherthepapercontainsthreeparts.Thefirstpartprovidesageneralintroductiontothetopicandtheculturalbackgroundofthispaper.ParttwomainlyfocusesonthesimilaritiesbetweenChineseandEnglishproverbsinthreeaspects.First,astudyismadeontheoriginsofChineseandEnglishproverbs.Then,rhetoricaldevices,inc
3、ludingfiguresofspeechandemphaticmeans,arestudied.Finally,ChineseandEnglishproverbsarecomparedintherespectofcontent.Partthreeisageneralconclusionforthispaper.Thispaper,throughanalysis,findsthattherearesomesimilaritiesbetweenChineseandEnglishproverbsinorigins,rhetoricaldevicesandcontent.Thepresentstud
4、ywillbehelpfultoEnglishlearningandcross-culturalcommunication.KeyWords:Proverbs;Similarities;Origins;RhetoricalDevices;Languages;Culture1 IntroductionFrancisBaconsaid,“Geniuswitandspiritofanationarediscoveredbytheirproverbs”.Proverbsareoldestaswellasmostvaluablelanguageformsthatbelongtoourhumanbeing
5、s.Variousproverbsexistinvariousnationsinvariousforms.Chinaisanageoldcountrythatisrichinculturesandclassics.Therefore,inChinese,plentyofproverbsareshininglikepearls.Similarly,English,whichalsohasalonghistoryandnowenjoysgreatpopularityintheworld,isalsoproudofitsextraordinaryandsplendidproverbs.Aswekno
6、w,therearegreatdifferencesbetweenChineselanguageandEnglishlanguage.Therefore,manydifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishproverbsareinevitablebecauseproverbiscertainlyapartoflanguage.Consequently,thiswilldefinitelymakesomeobstaclesanddifficultiesforpeoplefromdifferentculturesandofdifferentlanguagestounde
7、rstandeachother.However,nowadays,moreandmorecommutationsacrossdifferentculturesandlanguagesaregreatlyneeded.Therefore,theaimofthispaperistoanalyzethesimilaritiesbetweenChineseandEnglishproverbs.Furthe
