Culture Taboo

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1、TabooinWesternCountry西方国家的禁忌TabooaboutRacialdiscriminationlanguageTabooaboutAnimalTabooaboutFlowerTabooaboutNumber13&FridayTabooaboutLanguageTabooaboutGestureTabooaboutHolidayTabooaboutRacialdiscriminationlanguageNigger——是侮辱性色彩强烈的完全禁忌语Negro——有蔑视意味Black——英语中还有一些含有“black”的词语也是禁忌语。“black”与“邪恶”“罪孽”“肮

2、脏”等有关TabooaboutanimalElephant——clumsy/foolish(Britain)Peafowl（孔雀）——祸鸟、（Britain/France）Cranes（仙鹤）——stupidpeopleBlackcat——unlucky(Itisunluckytohaveablackcatcrosstheroadinfrontofyou.)Rabbit——unlucky(Australia)TabooaboutFlowerLily（百合）——thesymbolofdeath(Britain/Canada/USA)YellowRose——aseparationformfa

3、milyorfriends(Britain)Chrysanthemum（菊花）—sadness/painYou’dbetterdon’tsendpeopleflowersinevennumber.Tabooaboutnumber13&FridayThenumberof13FridayTabooaboutlanguage？thebigC/LongillnessCancer？socialdiseaseADIS？Answernature’scall/PasswaterTabooaboutgestureInGreatBritain,you'dbetternotdo"V"gestureswithp

4、alminward.Becauseitisconsideredtobeprovocativeorinsult.Youcan’tmakethegesturetoforeigners.Thismeansyouareinsultinghim/her.Becausethisgestureisonlyusedtodog.InAmerica,itmeansOK.ButinBrazil,Russia,Turkey,itmeansyouareagay.InFranceandBelgiumItmeansyouareworthless.TabooaboutHolidayChristmasisabigwest

5、ernholiday,theholiday'stabooandtheChristmaspuddingmainrelated.Manywesternersbelievethat,stirring,puddingcanmakeoneselfinthecomingyearsallthebest.Butweneedtotakenote,stirringpuddingcanonlyclockwisedirection,can'tanti-clockwisedirection.Makingawishcannottotellanyone.ThankyouGoodbye