从英语颜色词看中西文化差异
从英语颜色词看中西文化差异
摘要:英语中存在着大量的、丰富多彩的颜色词,这些颜色词不仅被人们运用于社会文化生活的各个方面,更是体现了中西文化差异。本文通过对英语颜色词的探讨,了解中西文化差异,从而对英语以及英语国家了解得更加透彻。
关键词:英语颜色词中西文化差异
英语中存在着大量的颜色词,这些词反映了社会生活的方方面面,汉语中也存在着大量的颜色词,与我们的日常生活也息息相关、密不可分,通过对英语颜色词的探讨,可以看出中西方文化差异。
1 反映消极价值取向的英语颜色词
1.1 红色
英语中的red既有褒义也有贬义。在英语词中,red多为贬义。西方人眼中的“红色”,带有“危险”、“激进”、“流血”、“暴力”的价值取向,这大概与欧洲人的祖先是游牧部落有关,红色总是引起屠杀牲畜及生命的联想。red battle 指血战、激战,red hand 指沾满鲜血的手,red vengeance 意为血腥复仇,see the red light表示大难临头。
汉语对红色的审美与英语有着根本的差异。汉语中的红色只有褒义,象征革命、进步、喜庆等。在中国,红色是十分喜庆、吉祥的颜色。无论是国事还是家事,人们都喜欢使用红色。五星红旗,党旗都是鲜红
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关于中西文化差异与英语教学 论文摘要：语言和文化的关系密不可分，要真正掌握英语这个交际工具，具备熟练的语言交际能力，必须对中西方国家的文化差异有所了解，在英语教学中要努力提高学生的文化敏感性，消除文化差异给英语学习带来的消极影响，在提高文化领悟能力的同时提高语言能力。论文关键词：文化差异英语教学跨文化意识 近年来，随着科学技术的进步和发展，随着人们思想观念的改变，世界日趋全球化。人类正面临一个全新的国际生活，人们之间的交往，无论是商务贸易，还是社会活动，甚至私人交际的机会都比以前多起来，而语言架起了人们沟通的桥梁。随着历史的沉积，社会的发展变迁，中西方国家形成了不同的文化习俗。语言与文化有着密不可分的关系，学生要真正掌握英语交际能力，必须要对英语语言文化有所了解。如果学生在使用英语时只注重形式，忽视文化差异，就会导致语言使用不当，甚至造成误解。要解决这个问题，在英语教学中要注意培养学生在使用英语时对文化差异的感悟能力，增强学生在学习英语过程中的跨文化意识。 1中西文化差异对英语教学的影响 学生在英语学习过程中会感受到中西文化差异给学习和使用英语带来的影响。这些差异往往存在于民俗习惯，生活方式，思维方式，性格特征等，例如下几点。
1．1民俗差异． 在中国，由于几千年来的传统文化和思想，人们非常重视亲属关系，重视辈分的长幼，对老人的称呼不能直呼其名，每一个亲属都有一个称呼。而在英语中，兄弟、姐妹、表(堂)兄弟、表(堂)姐妹等称呼简单的归为brother，sister，cousin。 在我国熟人相见打招呼的方式很多，像最常见的“吃了吗?”、“到哪去?”实际上我们对就针对句子的回答不感兴趣，仅仅是寒暄的一种方式。而对西方人来说，见面就问这样的话，他们会感到很奇怪，要么他们感到这些句子涉及到个人的隐私而反感，要么他们会给与答复。他们打招呼的方式更常用谈论天气。如：“Nice day，jsn’t it?”、“Yes，marvelous．”不用表露自己的感情，也不谈论自己的私事，选择天气这个中性的话题的确是个很好的选择。 1．3谦虚的表达方式 中国人以谦虚为美德，对长辈和上司惟恐不尊，更不愿意过分表现自己，他们在接受赞扬时会推辞甚至自贬，而西方人会接受。如：在中国，有人表扬你，“你的英语说的真好。”得到的回答往往是“不好、不好”或“很一般”。在说英语的国家，对“Your English is perfect!”的回答却是“Thank You．”，如果你的回答是“Oh，no，my English ispoor．”会让对方莫名其妙。 1．4接受礼物 中国人在接受礼物时往往推辞一番，而且不能当客人的面打开，以免显得不礼貌。西方主人收到礼物时会当客人的面打开并称赞一番。
中西文化差异英文
中西文化差异英文 Differences Betwween Chinese And Western Clture As we know,there are many obvious differences between chinese and western clture.Here I will epress some opinions about this. Chinese culture is the collectivist culture.Chinese put the benefit of groung the first place.The value of people can not be allowed to set up over the the benefit of the grounp.On the contrary,western culture is the individualist culture.They spare no efforts to show off themselves. 1、Differences in addressing Chinese put the given name after the family name.While in the western country,their given names were put at the place.We can see that Chinese regard the family name more important than the given name.It reflects that Westerners have a thought that each person is significant in our world and a person should play a important role among our beings. 2、Differences in rendering thanks Generaly,in China the family members hardly say “thanks”.If say it,we will feel strange and have distance beween each other.But Westerners can it on any occasion and beween any people.When someone give they a cup of drink,they will say“Thanks”.What,s more,when someone ask you“Would you like something to eat/dirnk,”Chinese would say a few words of courtesy although they would like.But in th e west,peole will say“Yes,please”if they would like and will say“No,thanks”if they would not.
中美文化差异英语作文｜描写中西文化差异的英语作文满分模板范文.doc
【个人简历范文】 一方水养一方人，中西方的文化也是有差异的，用英语描写一下你所知道德1中西方的文化差异吧。下面是为你整理的有关中西文化差异的高中英语作文，希望你喜欢! 描写中西文化差异的英语作文范文篇1 Through I am a Chinese,I have some west country friends.They lived in China for many years, from their tone ,I know that there are many cultural difference between West and China.Such as difference of dinner manners……In west countries ,when people are having dinner ,if one of them want to go to a WC.He or she shoud say”Excuse me ,I want to go to the toilets…”Only in such a way can others think you are of good manners.And in the bathroom,you can relieve the bowels, wash you faces, refine the make-up ,pick your teeth and so on.When you finished yourself,you can return to you set.A wonderful dinner can be continue.But in China,there are some different of it.When you want to have a bath,you shoud only say”I want to go to washroom”.That just means:I want to go out for a while.If you finished you dinner ,you can also say:”I'm full”That means:I am full ,help youselves.And then ,you can go out to have a rest or walk.That just some of the difference of dinner manners in west and in China.When we face it in the future ,don`t forget that! 描写中西文化差异的英语作文范文篇2 Long history in China in 5000, western social process of world 56 a hundred years.China is brilliant abundant, great and deep food culture;The western nation then has delicately and particularly , from become the food civilization of system.Medium the west food cultural collision, exchanges and melted into whole mankind's civilization to fill up with wear colourful function.Medium the Spanish turn of the difference of educated medium west food culture of difference, but this kind of difference come from medium the west different mode of thinking with conducting philosophy. This text introduced a medium Spanish to turn in the difference of food.West food from the food idea, food object, food method, food ownership and property etc. carry on the comparison of the culture. 描写中西文化差异的英语作文范文篇3 There are many difference between China and America such as in the field of geography ,culture, language ,politics ,economy and education with the development of science and technology .The word get even more smaller ,the communication between them is more frequent . Our country, China absorbs the essence and doesn’t eliminate the bad thing . Because a proverb ever since said when the fresh air come in ,the flies will also accompany it . At times we may not determine our countries’ geography