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1、Comparison of Chinese and English Animal WordsInthelongadvancementofhumanhistorydevelopment,animalscontinuouslykeepclosecontactwithhumanity’ssurvival,andhaveprofoundinfluenceonthedevelopmentofthehumanity.Graduallyanimalshavebecomepartofpeople’slife,andthereforeanimalwordsar
2、edestinedtobecomeabasicalpartoflanguage.Languagesofallnationscontainalotofwordsdenotinganimal,andsodoChineseandEnglish.However,becauseofdifferenthistoryandculture,theconnotationsofsomeanimalwordsinChinesearequitedifferentfromthoseinEnglishwhilesomehavethesamemeaningintheset
3、wodifferentcultures.Therefore,bycomparison,peoplecanknowmoreaboutforeigncultureandcommunicatesmoothlyandcorrectlyinacross-cultureanditalsohelpstoavoidculturalshock.Manypeopleintheworldlearnallkindsofanimalsbytheirbasiccharacters;naturallysomeanimalshavethesamemeaningsinChin
4、eseandEnglishculture.Forexample,parrotisakindofbirdthatcanimitatepeople’ssound.EnglishpeopleandChinesepeopleuse‘parrot’torefertothosepeoplerepeatsomeoneelse’swordandideaswithoutreallyunderstandingwhattheyaresaying,e.g.‘Hedoesn’thaveanideaofhisown.Hejustparrotswhatotherpeopl
5、esay.Foxisthesymbolofcrafty.InEnglish,thereisasaying‘Sheisascunningasafox.’InChinese,“oldfox”meanssomeonewhoisverycrafty.Thisexampleshowsthatthefoxstandsforsly,doubt,craftyinbothEnglishandChinese.Asthetwonationalitiesliveindifferentculturalbackgrounds,differentsocialandregi
6、onalenvironments,andreceivedifferenthistory,naturallyanimalwordsoftenappearindifferentmeanings.Asweknow,Englishpeopleregarddogsastheirreliablegoodfriends.And‘dogs’areusedtodescribesomethinggood,suchasluckydog.However,inChinese,‘dogs’arerelatedwithbadthingsorbadguys,andtheyh
7、avederogatorysense,forexample,‘Crowlikeacockandsnatchlikeadog.ButnowmoreandmoreChinesepeopleregardeddogsasman’sfaithfulfriends.Thewesternersdonotlikedragonatall.InEnglish,dragonsaresymbolsofevil,regardedasfiercemonsterswhichcanspitfireanddestroyeverything.However,itisopposi
8、teinChinese.Dragonsstandforpropitious,authority,andrarenessinChinese.Infeudalsocie
