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1、OntheCulturalSimilaritiesandDifferencesinChineseandEnglishProverbsofAnimalAbstractProverbsincludemanyaspectsfromthesun,themoon,wind,rain,mountain,lake,flower,animalandsoon.Amongthese,themostnumerousquantitiesareproverbsofanimal.Ontheonehand,withthedevelop
2、mentofthehistory,animalsalwaysconnectwithpeopletightlyandgivethestrongaffectiononpeople’slifeanddevelopment.Usually,peopleusesomeanimalstoexpresstheirfeelings,sotherearemanyproverbswhichhavetherelationshipbetweenChineseandEnglish.Ontheotherhand,becauseoft
3、hedifferentcultures,theseproverbsofanimalaregiventhespecificcultureconnotationinChineseandEnglish.Eachlanguagehasitsprofoundculturalbackgroundrelativetoitsownphysiology,convention,religiousbeliefandsoon.ThesedifferencesareapparentintheEnglishandChinesepro
4、verbsofanimal.Someanimalsmayhavecertainassociatedcharacteristicsinoneculturebutnotintheother.KeyWordsproverbsofanimalChineseculturesimilaritiesWesternculturedifferencesI.IntroductionLanguagecannotbeviewedinisolationfromotherfactorssuchassociologyandpsycho
5、logy.Socialscientiststellusthatculturesdifferfromoneanother,thateachcultureisunique.Asculturesarediverse,languagesarediverse.Itisnaturalthatwithdifferencesinculturesanddifferencesinlanguages,difficultiesoftenariseincommunicatingbetweenculturesandacrosscul
6、tures.Understandingisnotalwayseasy.Whatneedstobestressedhereisthattwointeract,andthatunderstandingofonerequiresunderstandingoftheother.Hudsonsaidthatasapartoflanguage,proverbischaracterizedbytheirconciseexpressions,richandvivid,involvingplace,history,andr
7、eligious10beliefandlivingconvention.It’sakindofhumancrystallizationofwisdom.Proverbisshortsayingoffolkwisdom—ofwell-knowfactsortruths—expressedsuccinctlyandinawaythatmakesthemeasytoremember,becausetheyarepithyandhaveuniversalappeal.Therelationsbetweenhuma
8、nsandanimalsaresotightthathumansarefamiliarwiththeircharacteristicverywell.Peoplewillmakesomerelationsbetweenanimalsandsomephenomenaindailylife.II.SimilaritiesinChineseandEnglishAnimalProverbsHumanexperiencesandobse
