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1、TheCulturalFeaturesshowninEnglishIdiomsEnglishidiomisoneofthemostimportantcomponentsoftheEnglishlanguageculture.Itiswidelyusedbynativespeakers.Byusingtheidiom,thespeakercaneasilyexpresshisorheremotion,makingtheconversationorthediscoursemorevivid.Whiletoforeignlanguagelearners,sometimesEnglishidioms
2、arehardlytobeunderstood.ThereasonforthemisunderstandingandpuzzleoftheEnglishidiomsisthatmanyculturalfeaturesareincludedintheidioms.Ifsomeoneisnotfamiliarwiththeculturalbackground,heorshewillhavedifficultiesinusingandunderstandingtheidioms.Tosaymorespecifically,thefeaturesinvolvedinEnglishidiomsdemo
3、nstratethegeographical,religional,classical,andhistoricalcharacteristics.Firstofall,somegeographicalfeaturesareintheEnglishidioms.BritishisleslocateintheAtlanticOcean,separatedbyEnglishChannel,theStraightofDover,andtheNorthSeafromtheEuropeancontinent.Asanislandnation,Britishpeople'slivesarecloselyc
4、onnectedtotheocean.Firstly,peoplehavetostruggleagainstthemultivariantclimateonthesea,someidiomsreflectthehardnessoftheconqueringoftheocean,forexampleusingadropintheoceantoindicateatinythingorascrub.Secondly,asBritainisoneofthemostimportantharborcountryinEurope,manyidiomsindicatethebusymaritimecarry
5、ingtrade,suchasallhandstothepumps,meaningeveryonecometohelpfortheharshsituation,andwithflyingcolorswhichmeanshavinggreatsuccess.Thirdly,duetotheabundantoceanresources,peopleusephrasesrelatedtofishasidioms,forinstance,bigfishmeansawealthyandhigh-statusman,whilelikeafishoutofwatershowstheuneasinessin
6、newenvironment.Fourthly,theclimateofBritainisgreatlyinfluencedbyocean,soitoftenrains,manyidiomsshowthischaracteristic,likeasrightasrain,whichmeansmakesomeonefeelsatisfied.Besidesallthese,becauseofthedifferentgeographicsituations,EnglishandChineseidiomsexpressthesamemeaningindifferentways,forexample
7、,Chinesepeoplesay"挥金如土"(spendmoneyliketheyareinfinitesoil)tocriticizeamanspendingtoomuchmoneywithoutrestraint,whileEnglishpeoplesayspendmoneylikewater,forChinaisacountrydependingonagricultureandBritainisaco
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