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1、CulturalComparisonbetweenEnglishandChineseAnimalIdiomsAbstract：Languageisthemaincarrierofculture.Idiomsareconventionalizedphrasesandsentences.EnglishandChineseidiomscarrythedifferentnationalculturalcharacteristicsandculturalinformation.Amongtheseidioms,ala
2、rgenumberofthememploytheanimalimagesbecauseofthesignificanceofanimalsinpeople’slife.Inordertounderstandtheseidiomsclearly,thispaperwillanalyzeculturaldifferencesfromfouraspectsofgeography,customs,historicalallusionandreligion,andthenputforwardthereasonswhy
3、theyhavethecultrualsimilarities.Keywords：EnglishandChineseidioms;animals;culturalcomparison;difference;similarityI.IntroductionIdiomisafixedgroupofwordsorasingleword,orevenasentencewithaspecialmeaningthatcannotbeguessedfromtheliteralmeaningofitscomponents.
4、“Languageisthecarriercontainerofculture,andisstronglyinfluencedandshapedbyculture.”SoinordertolearnEnglishidioms,onecannotignoretheimportanceoftheculturalmeaningstheycontain.Astheessenceoflanguages,idiomshavetwofeatures:semanticunityandstructuralstability.
5、Onitsbroadsense,idiomsincludingsetphrases,proverbs,sayings,colloquialisms,allusionsandsoonareanimportantpartofthelanguageandculture.Human’slifeiscloselyrelatedtoanimals,andthereareanincreasingnumberofEnglishandChineseidiomsaboutanimalswhichareconcise,reada
6、bleandvivid.Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolisminpeople’sthinking,andthissymbolismisreflectedinthelanguage.However,becauseofdifferenthistoryandculture,theconnotationsofanimalwordsinonelanguagedonotparallelwiththoseinanother.Duetotheculturaldifferencesofg
7、eography,customs,historicalallusion,religionandsoon,suchidiomsembodythedistinctivecharacteristicsofnationalculture.Andwiththedevelopmentofeconomyandscience,globalizationisamoreandmoreobviousphenomenon.Therelationshipbetweencountriesisbecomingcloserandclose
8、r.Inordertounderstandtheseidiomsmoreclearlyandmaketheinternationalcommunicationmoreeffectively,itisusefulandnecessarytocomparesuchidioms.ThepaperwillmakeacomparativestudyofanimalsemployedinEnglishandChineseid
