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1、CulturalComparisonbetweenEnglishandChineseAnimalIdiomsAbstract：Languageisthemaincarrierofculture.Idiomsareconventionalizedphrasesandsentences.EnglishandChineseidiomscarrythedifferentnationalculturalcharacteristicsandculturalinformation.Amongtheseidioms,alargenumberofthememp
2、loytheanimalimagesbecauseofthesignificanceofanimalsinpeople’slife.Inordertounderstandtheseidiomsclearly,thispaperwillanalyzeculturaldifferencesfromfouraspectsofgeography,customs,historicalallusionandreligion,andthenputforwardthereasonswhytheyhavethecultrualsimilarities.Keyw
3、ords：EnglishandChineseidioms;animals;culturalcomparison;difference;similarityI.IntroductionIdiomisafixedgroupofwordsorasingleword,orevenasentencewithaspecialmeaningthatcannotbeguessedfromtheliteralmeaningofitscomponents.“Languageisthecarriercontainerofculture,andisstronglyi
4、nfluencedandshapedbyculture.”SoinordertolearnEnglishidioms,onecannotignoretheimportanceoftheculturalmeaningstheycontain.Astheessenceoflanguages,idiomshavetwofeatures:semanticunityandstructuralstability.Onitsbroadsense,idiomsincludingsetphrases,proverbs,sayings,colloquialism
5、s,allusionsandsoonareanimportantpartofthelanguageandculture.Human’slifeiscloselyrelatedtoanimals,andthereareanincreasingnumberofEnglishandChineseidiomsaboutanimalswhichareconcise,readableandvivid.Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolisminpeople’sthinking,andthissymbolismisrefl
6、ectedinthelanguage.However,becauseofdifferenthistoryandculture,theconnotationsofanimalwordsinonelanguagedonotparallelwiththoseinanother.Duetotheculturaldifferencesofgeography,customs,historicalallusion,religionandsoon,suchidiomsembodythedistinctivecharacteristicsofnationalc
7、ulture.Andwiththedevelopmentofeconomyandscience,globalizationisamoreandmoreobviousphenomenon.Therelationshipbetweencountriesisbecomingcloserandcloser.Inordertounderstandtheseidiomsmoreclearlyandmaketheinternationalcommunicationmoreeffectively,itisusefulandnecessarytocompare
8、suchidioms.ThepaperwillmakeacomparativestudyofanimalsemployedinEnglishandChineseid
