English presentation Culture课件.ppt

The difference between Chinese and English Color, animal, number In Chinese In Chinese language, red is associated with success and victory In English Red will always arouse Western people with violence, danger, blood and extreme. In English ★blue is often associated with high social status or being aristocratic “blue book” , “he is real blue blood” ★Blue has the associative meaning of being sexy or obscene “blue jokes”, “blue films and videos” ★blue also arouse the feeling of sorrow Winter blue, in blue blue In Chinese ★ Blue often have good meaning. the blue sky and the blue ocean always make people comfortable. ★ The blue sky often can stimulate our potential, blue ocean always induced our imagination. In English white has associations of purity and innocence. a white soul 纯洁的心灵; a white spirit 正直的精神, white men高尚、有教养的人; white market 合法市场, a w hite lie 无害的谎言。 In Chinese White is always associated with something unhappy. that is to say that mentioning white, Chinese people will associate with death, sorrow first. In Chinese The color “black” always has a heavy mystery feelings to Chinese people , which used to carry a positive sense, implying “honor, resolution , justice and mystery” . for example ,in operas, the black facial make-up always implies “honest and straight forward” and “upright and above flattery”. In English In English speaking country, “black” is an evil word, and just like “white” in Chinese. It is always related to “bad, evil, and wicked”. wear black 戴孝, black words 不吉利的话; blackmail 敲榨、勒索; a black mark 污点; black sheep 败家子; black dog 沮丧情绪, She gave me a black look. 他怒气冲冲地看着我。 Animal Dog in Chinese dog symbolizes the person who is always abused or has the base and evil conduct such as “走狗”, “丧家狗”, “ 狗仗人势”. In English People use dog to refer to the reliable person A lucky dog”, “love me love my dog”, “as faithful as a dog” dragon In Chinese In the Chinese culture, the animal“龙”is a totem of the Chinese nation.