Analysis on the Cultural Differences between English and Chinese Idioms.doc

1、本科毕业论文（设计）开题报告题目ANALYSISONTHECULTURALDIFFERENCESBETWEENENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS学院XXXXXXX专业XXXX姓名XX学号XXXXXX指导教师XXXI研究内容与方法（包括实验设计）IDIOMSAREIMPORTANT,PECULIARANDDISPENSABLEPARTOFALANGUAGE,WHICHARECHARACTERIZEDBYTHEIRRICHANDVIVIDEXPRESSIONS,INVOLVINGREGION,CUSTOMANDHABITS,RELIGIOUSBELIEFANDALLUSIONIDIOM

2、STAKEAPROMINENTPOSITIONINTHESWORDLANGUAGEANDCULTURE,WITHOUTIDIOMS,OURLANGUAGEWOULDLACKCOLORANDINTERESTINGASAENGLISHMAJORSTUDENTS,WESHOULDAPPLYENGLISHCORRECTLY,FLUENTLYANDAPPROPRIATELYINCROSSCULTURALCOMMUNICATIONHOWEVER,DUETOLACKOFKNOWLEDGEOFCULTURALDIFFERENCES,MANYCOLLEGESTUDENTSFAILTOACHIEVETHISPUR

3、POSEDURINGTHEACTUALCOMMUNICATINGACTIVITIESITISNECESSARYFORUSTOSTUDYTHECULTURALDIFFERENCESINSOMEFIELDSBETWEENCHINESEANDWESTERNCOUNTRIESIDIOMS,WHICHREFLECTCUSTOMS,ARETHEESSENCEOFCULTUREINEVERYCOUNTRYSOIWILLDISCUSSTHEIDIOMSREFLECTINGTHEDIFFERENCESOFENGLISHANDCHINESECULTURESINFOURLEVELSDIFFERENCEOFCUSTO

4、MS,DIFFERENCEOFREGION,DIFFERENCEOFSYSTEMCULTURE,ANDDIFFERENCEOFPSYCHOLOGYCULTUREANDINTHEDIFFERENCEOFPSYCHOLOGYCULTURE,IWILLTAKESOMEEXAMPLESANDTHENANALYZERELIGIONSANDHISTORICALCULTURE主要内容提纲）1INTRODUCTION2THECONCEPTOFENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS21DEFINITIONOFCHINESEIDIOMS22DEFINITIONOFENGLISHIDIOMS23THERHE

5、TORICOFIDIOMS3ANALYSISONTHERELATIONSHIPBETWEENENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS31SIMILARITIESBETWEENENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS32DIFFERENCESBETWEENCHINESEANDENGLISHIDIOMS321DIFFERENTLYINGCIRCUMSTANCE322DIFFERENTHISTORICALALLUSION323DIFFERENTRELIGIONSANDBELIEFS324DIFFERENTTRADITIONSANDCUSTOMS4SUGGESTIONSOFDEALINGW

6、ITHDIFFERENCESBETWEENLEARNINGENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS5CONCLUSION研究方法1LITERATURERESEARCHMETHODREADRELEVANTBOOKS,JOURNALSANDNETSFORRESEARCH2COMPARATIVEANALYSISMETHODCOMPARETHEENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMSINDIFFERENTCULTURES研究手段COLLECT,SORTANDSEARCHBOOKS,JOURNALSANDDATESFROMTHELIBRARYANDONTHEINTERN关键难点及拟采取的解决

7、措施关键的难点是对于资料的整合以及自己的论点的概述和分析，对于这些问题最主要的是要对各类文献资料进行深入的分析整合，争取与自己的论点相吻合。论文工作总体日程安排序号要求完成的内容及质量要求完成的日期备注1附表12013年12月15日2开题答辩2013年12月15日3交论文第一稿2014年4月1日4交论文第二稿2014年4月30日5定稿2014年5月30日6答辩2014年6月初指导教师意见字年月日开题报告会专家组意见组长签字年月日I学校代码专业代码本科毕业论文（设计）题目ANALYSISONTHECULTURALDIFFERENCESBETWEENENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS学

8、院XXXXXXXXXXX专业XX学号XXXXXXXXXX姓名XXXXX指导教师XXXXXXXXXXX年X月XXCONTENTSABSTRACTI摘要II1INTRODUCTION12THECONCEPTOFENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS121DEFINITIONOFCHINESEIDIOMS122DEFINITIONOFENGLISHIDIOMS123THERHETORICOFIDIOMS23ANALYSISONTHERELATIONSHIPBETWEENENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS231SIMILARITIESBETWEENENGLISHANDCHINESE

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12、ARRIERTOSTUDENTSWHOHAVEDIFFERENTCULTUREBACKGROUNDOFENGLISHTHISPAPERMAINLYTALKSABOUTTHECULTURALDIFFERENCESEMBODIEDINENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMSTOREMINDENGLISHMAJORSOFTHESTRONGCULTURALCHARACTERISTICSOFIDIOMSFORBETTERUNDERSTANDINGANDSMOOTHCOMMUNICATIONKEYWORDIDIOMCULTURECOLOR,HISTORYII摘要习语是语言的文化的重要体现。英语和汉语

13、中都拥有丰富的习语。然而，由于不同的文化因素，文化信息，体现在他们各自的习语中自然显示出很大的差异，然而同时也包含一定的相似性。习语，这反映了习俗，是各国文化的精髓。来自不同文化的人对相同的句子可能有不同的理解，因为他们是对于目标文化相对了解较少。汉语和英语习语的语言都十分丰富。相同的习语反映了中国和英国之间的文化差异，然而，对于学生来说，习语是同时是对不同文化背景的学生学习水平以及交往水平的一种阻碍。本文主要讨论体现在英语和汉语习语之间不同的文化特征以及对于英语专业的学生更好地理解和学习习语的文化及语言的沟通。关键词习语；文化；颜色；历史1ANALYSISONTHECULTURALDIFFE

14、RENCESBETWEENENGLISHANDCHINESEIDIOMS1INTRODUCTIONLANGUAGEISINSEPARABLEFROMCULTUREFORONETHING,LANGUAGEISAPARTOFCULTUREANDPLAYSANIMPORTANTROLEINITFORANOTHER,ASAMIRROROFCULTURE,LANGUAGEISSTRONGLYINFLUENCEDANDSHAPEDBYCULTUREMEANWHILE,ITEVENREFLECTSCULTUREIDIOMSINCLUDEMETAPHORICALPHRASES,SLANG,COLLOQUIAL

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