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1、IdiomsRelatedtoSheepinEnglishandChinese与“羊”相关的中英文习语IdiomsRelatedtoSheepinEnglishandChineseAbstract:Languageandcultureareinterwovenwitheachother,asanimportantpartinidioms,animalidiomsreflecttheculturalcharactersdistinctivelyinbothChineseandEnglish,andhaverichexpr
2、essiveness.Thispaperfocusesonsheeprelatedidioms,anddiscusssheep’simage,economic,religion,andhistoryreflectinginidioms.Thepurposeistobetterunderstandculturalelementsandmeaningsofidiomsandimproveinterculturalcommunicativecompetence.Keywords:AnimalIdioms;Sheep;Cult
3、uralCharacters与“羊”相关的中英文习语摘要：语言和文化是密不可分的，作为习语中的一个重要组成部分，动物习语鲜明地体现了汉语与英语语言的文化特色，并具有丰富的表现力。本文从与羊有关的习语入手，探讨羊的形象、经济、宗教和历史在习语中的映射，更好地了解其文化因素及意义，提高跨文化交际能力。关键词：动物习语；羊；文化特色5IdiomsRelatedtoSheepinEnglishandChineseIdiomsRelatedtoSheepinEnglishandChinese1.IntroductionWhatd
4、oesidiommean?Itmeansagroupofwordswhosemeaningisdifferentfromthemeaningsoftheindividualwords(qtd.inAiSuping183).TherearemanyanimalrelatedidiomsinbothEnglishandChinese,andsheepisatypicalkindofanimal.Fortherelationshipbetweenhumanlifeandsheepissoclosethattheidiomsa
5、boutithavebecomeanintegralpartofhumanculture.“Withoutidiomsourlanguagewouldbecomedullanddry,whereasanappropriateuseoftheminourspeechandwritingwilladdtothestrengthandvividnessofourlanguage”(YuFuminandGuoShanglian1).Theyhavethepropertiesofprofoundmoral,brevity,exp
6、ressivenessandrichculturalconnotation.Vividimageofsheep,prominentfeatures,areoftenusedtodescribethequalityandpersonalityofsomethingandsomebody,soit’smorevivid.Thispaperwillfocusonsheeprelatedidiomsbyintroducingreflectionofsheep’simage,economic,religion,andhistor
7、yinthem.Tolearnandstudyanimalidiomsbystudyingtheassociativemeaningofsheep,sheep’simagebothinEnglishandChineseidiomsaswellastheoriginofidiomswillhelptoachieveathoroughunderstanding,apropercommandandasolidgraspofsheepcultureinidiom.2.Culturalreflectioninsheeprelat
8、edidioms2.1ImageofsheepSheepalwaysgiveustheimageofgentle,pure,delicateandinnocent.Peopleoftenuse“likealamb”todescribesomeonewhoisinnocentorbright.Thefable“awolfinshee
