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1、AComparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseAnimalProverbsI.IntroductionInLongmanModernEnglishDictionary,proverbis“abrieffamiliarmaximoffolkwisdom,usuallycompressedinform,ofteninvolvingaboldimageandfrequentlyajinglethatcatchesthememory.”Aproverb,whichsuccinctlysumsuphu

2、manexperienceandobservationoftheworld,statesageneraltruthandgivesadviceorwarning.Aproverb,ofteninvolvingaboldimage,musicalrhythmandcompressedform,canbringvividnesstothereadersandsotheyareeasytorememberandspread.Proverbsaresummingupoffolkwisdom,theyareusuallypit

3、hy,andhaveuniversalappeals.Peoplelovetopickupproverbswhentheytrytoreasonthingsoutandtheproperuseofproverbscanmaketheirviewsmoreconvincing.Proverbsarethecrystalofthenationalwisdom.Theyareanimportantpartofanationallanguageandtheyappropriatelyreflecttherelationbet

4、weencultureandlanguage.Theyhavebeenconnectedcloselywiththenationalcharacteristicseversincetheircomingintobeingandintheirdevelopment.Itisgenerallyacknowledgedthatdifferentpeopleshavegreatdifferencesintheircultures.Butsincedifferentpeoplesliveonthesameearthwithro

5、ughlysimilarneedsandsomeofthemhaveevenexperiencedsimilarsocialdevelopmentstage,theirexperiences,emotionalreflectionandobservationoftheworldareinmanyaspectssimilar.Thisshowsthatdifferentpeoplesmayhaveculturalgeneralitybesidesculturaldifference.Proverbs,asthecrea

6、mofalanguage,inevitablycarrytheimprintofculturaldifferenceandgenerality.ThedifferenceandgeneralityrespectivelyleadtothedissimilaritiesandsimilaritiesbetweenEnglishandChineseanimalproverbsandmakingacomparativestudyofthemisofgreatsignificance.16I.AnimalsProverbsw

7、ithIdenticalMeaningsSomeanimalproverbsinEnglishandChineseareidenticalinmeaning.Theproverbsinthiscategoryarelimitedinnumber.Theyaretheresultofeithercoincidenceortranslationloansfromonelanguagetoanother.Theseproverbsarenothinderedbynationalboundariesorculturebarr

8、iers,insteadtheyhavetakeonuniversalsignificance.Thefollowingaresomeexamples.1.English:Anassisknownbyhisears./Chinese:见耳识驴，听话知愚。2.English:Itisasadhousewherethehencrowsloudert