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1、Goodmorning,allappraisercommitteemembersandschoolmates.IamLiJuxingfrom0801andmysupervisorisProfessorZhangMeijuan.Withherconstantencouragementandguidance,Ihavefinishedmypaper.Now,itistheshowtime.Iwillpresentmyeffortstoyouandwelcomeanycorrection.Thetitleofmypaperisanan
2、alysisofdifferentculturalconnotationsabouttheanimalwordsinEnglishandChinese.Ichoosethisasmytopicduetothefollowingreasons.Firstly,Iamfondofanimals.Ihaveraisedlotsofanimalslikedogs,rabbitsandbirdssinceIwasveryyoung.AndIaminterestedineverythingaboutanimalsverymuch.Secon
3、dly,intheCross-CultureclassgivenbyProfessorYanChuanhai,IknowthereexistssomeculturalconnotationdifferencesaboutanimalwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese,andIwanttoknowmoreaboutit.Lastbutnottheleast,culturaldifferencesexistinlanguagesofallnationsandduetotheinfluenceofdiffere
4、ntfactors,suchashistory,religionandconvention,animalwordsofdifferentlanguageshavespecialculturalconnotationsofdifferentcultures.InChineseandEnglish,animalwordswiththeirestablishedrichculturalconnotationsmayresultinmisunderstandingincommunication.Forexample,dogsareusu
5、allyregardedasprettyvaluedcompanionsinthewest.SupposethataChinesepersonwinsthefirstprizeinalotteryticket,hisfriendsfromBritainmaysaythat“youarereallyaluckdog!”tocongratulatehim.ButtheChinesepersonmaybegetsangrybecauseinChina,“dog”istraditionallyregardedasakindofdisgu
6、stinganimalinmanypeople’seyes,andtheword“dog”inmostChinesemindsisassociatedwithsomederogatoryconnotations.However,inthewest,dogsareregardedasprettyvaluedcompanionsand“dog”canbeusedtomakepeoplegettheexpressionoffriendship,sincerityandfaithinEnglish.Inordertoimprovepeo
7、ples’abilityoflanguageusingandreducethecommunicativemisunderstanding,itisworthwhiletomakeananalysisofculturalconnotationsaboutanimalwordsinEnglishandChinese.Ihopebystudyingthistopic,peoplecanknowmoreaboutthedifferencesofdifferentculturesmoreclearlyandexactly.Andhelpp
8、eoplehaveabetterunderstandingofbothEnglishandChinesecultures,whichtosomeextent,candeveloppeoples’interculturalcommunicationcompeten