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1、OntheOriginsofEnglishIdiomsandcomparisondifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseidiomsI.IntroductionAsanEnglishlearner,westudyEnglisheveryday;learningitsliteraryworks,grammaticalfunctions,usethemandsoon.Sometimes,wecomecrosssomesentencesthatwecan’tunderstand,suchas,“Thereisablackshe
2、ep”or“Don’tbeabadapple”,“goovermyhead”,“Don’tputyourproblemsatmydoorstep”,“justbearwithme”,“heapcoaloffireonone’shead”etc.Ofcoursewecancomprehendthemeaningofeverysingleword.Whydidwemeetsuchadifficultytounderstandthem?SotheyrepresentnativeEnglishidioms!Howcanweunderstandthephras
3、esmeaning?“Thereisablacksheep”(害群之马),“goovermyhead”(无法理解)(乔恩（Choong,G,G.）2003.2),“Don’tputyourproblemsatmydoorstep”(归咎于我)(卢思源，2006，1.p290)，“justbearwithme”(容忍我),“heapcoaloffireonone’shead”(以德抱怨).InfactEnglishidiomsarenotstrangetousinourstudyanddailylife,wecanoftenmentionoruseth
4、emwithwhichwearefamiliar.Idiomsarefixedphrasesthatgothroughthetestofhistoryandcannotbetreatedseparately,theyareakindoflanguagethatBritainandAmericausetoexpresstheirideas.AnEnglishidiomisagroupofwordswithaspecialmeaningdifferentfromthemeaningofitsconstituentwords.Mostoftheseidio
5、maticexpressionsarephrasesoftwoormorewordsthatfunctionasaunitofmeaningandmustbelearnedasawhole.InEnglish-speakingcountries,idiomsareheardandreadeverywherefromdebatestoeverydayconversations.Agoodmasteryofidiomsbecomesasignificantsymbolofaperson’scommandofthelanguage.However,beca
6、useofalowleveloflinguisticcompetenceinthetargetlanguage,peoplewholearnEnglishasasecondlanguageareatadistinctdisadvantageinunderstandingEnglishidioms.WemustknowtheoriginsofEnglishidiomssothatwecanlearnEnglishwell.Idiomsasaspecialformoflanguagecarriedalargeamountofculturalinforma
7、tion,suchashistory,geography,religion,custom,nationality,psychology,thoughtpatternandsoon,andthereforearecloselyrelatedtoculture.Theyaretheheritageofhistoryandtheproductofculturalevolvement.Generalspeaking,Englishidiomscamefromsociety,cultureandhistory;theyincludedineverythinga
8、ndrelatedtooursociety’slifeandplayedanimportantroleinc
