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1、AComparisonofDailyTaboosBetweenChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountries中国和英语国家之间禁忌之比较I.IntroductionEverycountryhasitsowntaboo.Tabooisaculturalorreligiouscustomthatdoesnotallowpeopletodo,useortalkaboutaparticularthingaspeoplefinditoffensiveorembarrassingHornby1796.Wealwaysmeetpr
2、oblemswhencommunicatingwithpeoplefromothercountriesifwedon’tunderstandtheirtaboos.Inordertomakecommunicationsuccessful,wemustlearnthemcarefully.Therearemanykindsoftaboossuchastaboosindailylife,businessanddiplomacy.AndthispaperwillmainlytalkabouttaboosindailylifeinChinaand
3、Englishspeakingcountries.Taboosindailylifeconcludefourparts:food,sociality,holidaysandnumbersanddatesForalltheacademicstudiesIhavecolleccted,Iclassifythestudiesoftaboosinwesterncountriesintotwocategories.Oneistalkingaboutstudiesoftaboos’origin,andtheotherisrelatedtothestu
4、diesoftaboocustoms.Asfarasstudiesoftaboos’priginisconcerned,thebookwrittenbyWardhoughclaimathattaboosareoriginallynothingthananobjectifiedfearofademonicpower.Expertswhostudyoftaboos’intermsofcustomsandbahaviorsinasocietyinvolvespecifictaboosofallsorts.Rogerfocusesonthosew
5、hichremaineffectivetourgethattheexistenttaboocustomsindiffeentculturesshouldkeepsensitiveandbecautiousofhisbehaviorincommunication.InthebookofTheComparisonofCustomsinChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountries,DuXuezengsaysthattabooshavedissimilaritieseveninthesameculturebecauseof
6、differentplaces,sodotaboosindifferentculture.Sotabooshavebecometheobstaclesthatimpedepeople’scross-culturecommunication.II.TaboosinDailyLifeinChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountriesA.AboutFoodFoodisavitalpartofourdailylife,soasthetaboosonfood.AstheoldChinesesayinggoes,foodisth
7、efirstnecessityofhumanbeing.Thefoodcustomisdifferentbetweencountries.Therearetwoaspectsaboutthetaboosonfood,oneisthecontentsoffood,andtheotheristhemannerwhenhavingfood1.ContentsofFoodAsitisknowntoall,aMoslemdoesn’thavepork,aHindudoesn’thavebeef,andaBuddhistdoesn’thavemeat
8、.PeopleinEnglishspeakingcountriesavoideatingfat,stickybonesandtheskinsofchickensorducksexceptfor
