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1、OntheSourcesandInfluenceofEnglishAllusions【摘要】日常生活中，人们常常喜欢引用历史，传说，文学或宗教中的人物或事件，即典故。典故有着丰富的文化内涵和文化价值，是英语语言文化的重要组成部分。运用典故不仅可以使语言丰富多彩、生动清晰，而且使人们更易于沟通思想。英语中有大量的典故，但这些典故往往不易理解，也难于欣赏。因此我的论文将从典故的来源及其影响着手，重点分析典故的来源并运用一些典型的例子来说明其文化背景。同时也会分析英语典故对西方文化的影响，以便我们能够更好地理解与使用典故，提高跨文化交际能力。【关
2、键词】英语典故；来源；语言影响；文化AbstractPeopleliketoquotethefiguresoreventsfromthehistory,legends,literatureorreligionintheirdailylife,whichareknownasallusion.EnglishallusionwithculturalvalueandconnotationsisanimportantpartofEnglishlanguageculture.Allusionsnotonlymakethelanguagericher,b
3、utalsomakethecommunicationmuchmorevividandOfeneasier.TherearealotofallusionsinEnglish,buttheyarenotalwayseasytounderstand,andwithoutunderstandingtherecanbelittleappreciation.SomyessaywillfocusonthesourcesandinfluenceofEnglishallusions.Itpaysmuchattentiontothesourcesandsupp
4、ortsthembytypicalexamplestoexplaintheculturalbackgrounds.Meanwhile,myessayalsoanalysestheinfluenceofEnglishallusionsuponthewesternsocietysoastohelpusunderstandandusethemappropriatelyandimprovetheabilityininterculturalcommunication.KeyWordsEnglishallusion；source；languageinf
5、luence;culture。1.IntroductionAsXuYulansaidthatallusionisanimpliedorindirectreference,especially,whenusedinliteratureisbasedontheknowledgeorbeliefthattheirreaderssharewiththemacommonhistorical,culturalandliteraryheritage,whichenablethereaderstoidentifytheallusionsandtounder
6、standtheirsignificance.(XuYulan2003:1)Allusionssharethefollowingcommonfeatures:shortandbrief,indirectandcryptic,vividandforcible.(XuYulan2003:7)Theyhavesuccinctformsandprofoundmeaningswhichmakesthemselvesmoreconciseandexpressive.Peopleliketousetheindirectreferencestocharac
7、tersoreventsfromculture:legends,literature,history,religion,andsoon,toenrichtheirspeechorwriting,andthenallusionscametobeing.ThesourcesofEnglishallusionsareinexhaustible.Wecanfindthemnotonlyfromthenewspapers,literature,butalsoinpeople’sdailyconversations.Everyaspectofhuman
8、lifeisasourceofallusions.Meanwhile,theyaffectthewesternculturegreatly.Asmanyallusionshave
