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1、OnCulturalDifferencesBetweenChineseandEnglishIdiomsAbstractLanguageisthecarrierofculture.People’swordsanddeedsreflectcertaincultureconnotationconsciouslyorsubconsciously.Theidiomistheuniqueregularexpressionintheusingprocess.Thispaperdiscussesidiomswhich,inbroadsense,includeidiom,proverb,tw
2、o-partallegoricalsaying,allusion,etc.Notonlythewordingispreciseandtothepoint,butalsotheimageisvividandwitty.Becauseofthedifferenceincustom,lives,geography,history,religiousbelief,etc,understandingofidiomsbearsthetaskofconveyingnationalcharacteristicsandcultureinformation.Differentpeoplefro
3、mdifferentculturesmayhavedifferentunderstandingsofthesamesentencebecausetheyknowlittleaboutthetargetcultures.WhiletheultimateaimofEnglishteachingasaforeignlanguageistocultivatestudents'competencetoapplyEnglishcorrectly,fluently,andappropriatelyincross-culturalcommunication.However,duetolac
4、kofknowledgeofculturaldifferences,manycollegestudentsfailtoachievethispurposeduringtheactualcommunicatingactivities.ItisnecessaryforustostudytheculturaldifferencesinsomefieldsbetweenChinaandWesterncountries.Languageisthemostprincipalmeansforinter-culturalcommunication.Idioms,apartoflanguag
5、e,aretheessenceofcultureineverycountry.Usinglanguageinsuchcommunication,peopleoftencomeacrosssomeidiomswithdistinctiveculturalcharacteristics,soitisaveryimportantandcomplicatedthingforustounderstandandusetheseidiomscorrectly.Therefore,inthispaper,thispaperwilldiscusstheidiomsreflectingthed
6、ifferencesofChineseandWesternculturesinvariouslevelswithmanylively,important,andinterestingexamplesofidioms.KeyWords:idioms;origins;English;Chinese;culturaldifferences摘要语言是文化的载体，人们的言行反应了一种意识或潜意识的文化涵义。而成语是被独特的表达并运用在它的使用过程中的习语。本论文论述的习语从广义上讲,包括成语、谚语,双寓言说,暗示,等等。语言的措词不仅要很精确,切中要点,而且要形象，生动，风趣。但由于
7、习惯上的差异,生活、地理、历史、宗教信仰等因素,习语则承担起了民族性传达信息的任务。同一句话，不同文化背景的人的反应有时是不同的，甚至会截然相反。究其原因，是说话双方没有真正掌握对方的文化。大学英语教学的目的，是使学生在跨文化交流中可以正确、流利与恰当的运用英语。而大学生在实际交流活动中，往往不能达到这一目的，这是因为他们对中两方文化差异不够了解。因此，完全有必要对中西文化差异进行详细的研究。语言是跨文化交际中最主要的手段。在运用语言进行跨文化交际时,由于民族文化差异,难免会遇到具有鲜明文化特色的成语和习语,而对此
