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1、TheDifferencebetweenChineseandWesternCultureintheAllusionsofAnimals1.IntroductionLanguageisatoolofcommunicationwhichpeoplecanuseittoexpresstheirthoughts.LanguageispartofCulture,andreflectsitssocialculture,atthesametime;itisconfinedbysocialculture.EnglishandChinesearebothdevelop
2、edlanguages,withextremelyrichvocabulary,includingmanywordsrelatedtoanimals.BothChineseandEnglishcontainalargenumberofanimal-relatedwords,idiomsandexpressions.Someoftheirmeaning,connotationsandapplicationsarethesameorsimilar,somearedifferent.Ontheonehand,theyhavecommonpoint;this
3、isbecausehumanbringshavesimilarthinking;commoncognitiverule;someanimalsinthetwonationallivesintheworkdayequallyimportantposition;andtheircharacteristicsandtheinherentpropertiesoftheseanimals.Ontheotherhand,therespectivereligions;historyandcultureofthetwosocialgroupsaschinaandEn
4、glishintheirlonghistoricalprocess;thedifferentgeographicalenvironment,andcustomsformthediscrepancyofanimalwords.Asweallknowtheeconomicglobalizationdevelopedandcross-culturalinteractionsbecomemoreandmorefrequent.Thoughtheboundariesseparatethelandsintohundredsofcountries,cultural
5、exchangesbetweenthesenationscannotbestoppedbythem.Thelong-termcooperationinallfieldspromotestheexchangesbetweencountries,buttheirsocietiesstillkeeptheirowncharacteristics.Thus,itisveryimportantforustogetaclearmindofthemeaningofanimalallusionswhengetintouchwiththewesterncountrie
6、s.2.ThedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterncultureinthemeaningofanimalItiswellknownthattherearemanyallusionsinEnglishandChinese,especiallyanimalmetaphors.However,becauseofdifferenttraditionalculture,geographicalenvironment,andthinkingmethodandbeautyvaluetheimplicationsofanimalwo
7、rdsaredifferent.Therefore,whatarethedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesterncultureinthemeaningofanimal?Manyscholarsfromdifferentschoolsgiveustheirperspectives.2.1.ThesameallusionsofanimalsinChineseandWesternculture.ZhaoLi(赵丽，2006),sheintroducesthatmanyanimalsweoftenseeindailylifear
8、egivencertainimpliedmeanings,ThesamemeaningofanimalinE
