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论外国文化知识在外语学习中的重要性
论外国文化知识在外语学习中的重要性
湖北汽车工业学院科技学院毕业设计
(论文)
论英语文化对于英语学习的重要意义
学生姓名王靖指导教师朱战炜
二级学院外语系专业名称英语(商贸)
班级KT693-1学号2006K930121
提交日期2010年5月26日答辩日期2010年6月10日
2010年5月26日
OntheImportanceofEnglishCultureKnowledgein
EnglishLanguageLearning.
By
WangJing
RegisteredNo.2006k930121
DepartmentofForeignLanguagesHubeiUniversityofAutomotiveTechnology
March2010
Contents
1(Introduction.........................................................................................................12.TheComparisonBetweenChineseCultureandEnglishCulture.............................1
2.1DefinitionofCulture.....................................................................................1
2.2TheCultureofWordsandExpressions..........................................................2
2.2.1Culture-SpecificConceptsEmbodiedintheWords...............................2
2.2.2DifferentCulturalConnotationofthePhrasewiththeSameDenotation
....................................................................................................................2
2.2.3ACertainCulturalContentReflectintheIdioms.................................3
2.3DiscourseCulture..........................................................................................4
2.4CultureofThinking.......................................................................................43.TheCultivationofComprehensiveAbility..............................................................5
3.1TheCultivationofThinkingAbilityofEnglish..............................................5
3.1.1TheCultivationofAnOpenMind........................................................5
3.1.2TheCultivationofThinkingFlexibility................................................6
3.2TheCultivationofSelf-LearningAbilityofEnglish.......................................7
3.3TheCultivationofEnglishStudyingAbility...................................................7
3.3.1ContibutiontotheProperUseofVocabulary........................................8
3.3.2FacilitationtheCorrectUseofEnglish.................................................94.HowtoEnhancethePenetrationofCulturalBackgroundKnowledge...................10
4.1CourseIntroduction.....................................................................................10
4.2AdditionalSourceforClassUse...................................................................11
4.3SceneTeaching............................................................................................11
4.4ExtracurricularInput...................................................................................12
4.5ExtracurricularReading..............................................................................12
4.6UsetheModernEquipmentandNetworkResources...................................13
5.Conclusion...........................................................................................................13References...............................................................................................................15
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OntheImportanceofEnglishCultureKnowledgein
EnglishLanguageLearning
Abstract:
Thearticlestartswiththeintroductionoftheforeignculture’sdefinition.
ThencomparethedifferencebetweenChinesecultureandEnglishculture,whichdividedintothecultureofwordsandexpressions,discourseculture,thecultureof
thinking.BycomparingtheculturaldifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishintermsofthe3aspects,thispaperexpoundstheimportantsignificanceaboutlearningforeignculture.Andthenthispaperputsforwardsomegoodwaysoflearningforeignculturesandmethodstoavoidlearninglanguageandcultureintotheerror,inordertoachievethepurposeoffullygraspforeignlanguages.
Keywords:
EnglishCulture,EnglishLanguagePhenomenon,EnglishLearning.
论英语文化对于英语学习的重要意义
摘要:
本文从介绍文化的定义出发,然后比较中西方文化的不同之处,可分
为词语文化,话语文化,思维文化等方面,通过比较中西文化在这些方面的差异
与文化碰撞,阐述外语学习中了解英语文化的重要意义。
接着提出一些学习英语
文化的良好途径和方法,避免学习语言步入文化盲点的误区,以达到全方面充分
掌握英语的目的。
关键词:
英语文化,英语现象,英语学习。
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1(Introduction
WithfurtheraccelerationofthepaceofChina'sopening,ChinesepeopleputmoreandmoreemphasisonEnglishlanguagelearning.Thaneverbefore,theenthusiasmoftheChinesepeoplelearningEnglishismuchhigherandavarietyofEnglisheducationresourcesaremoreabundant.However,moreEnglishlearnersviewEnglishonlyasatoolandonlytrainlanguageskills,sotheylackEnglishculturaleducation,andtheyareignoringthedeep-seatedculturalenrichmentofthenurture.ManyofeventhemostbasicofEnglishmajorshavenotyetreadtheEnglishclassics.LearningAnglo-AmericanculturesismainlytounderstandtheAnglo-Americanculturalheritageandculturaltradition,arisingfromworks.
ThefirstreferstoAnglo-AmericanculturaltraditionofgloriousculturalheritageofancientGreece,theotheristhatembodiedtheChristianideology.Anglo-Americanculture,nurturedontheimpactoflearningEnglishareobvious,mainlyinthefollowingAnglo-Americanculturalphenomenon.
2.TheComparisonBetweenChineseCultureandEnglishCulture
2.1DefinitionofCulture
Cultureisthereflectionofhumanlife,historyrecordsoftheactivities,andtheneedsandrequirementsofpeople.Itispeople'sseniorspirituallife.Peoplethinkthatisnatural,isthepersonspiritsupportingframe.Itcontainscertainideologicalandtheoretical,people'sethics,moralandorder,andthatisthewaypeoplelivewithsurvival.Thoughtandtheoryisthecoreandsoul.Withoutthoughtandtheory,theculturedoesn'texist.Anykindofculturecontainsakindofthoughtandtheory,thewayandmethodoftheliving.(刘宓庆,1998:
421-427)
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2.2TheCultureofWordsandExpressions
TherearemanydifferencesbetweenEnglishcultureandChineseculture,whicharemostlyreflectonthewordsandexpressions.Theyarethesmallestelementsineveryday’scommunication.Sotheresearchisverynecessary.
2.2.1Culture-SpecificConceptsEmbodiedintheWords
TherearemanydifferencesbetweenAnglo-AmericancultureandChineseculture,whichembodiedintheunderstandingconceptsofwords.Thisisaresultofthedifferentculturaltraditionbetweenthem.
AthensOlympicGamesathleteswinningawardsceremonywearingtheolivebranchsymbolizespeace,buttheaudiencedoesnotknowthestoryoforiginsintheGreekmyth.BellonaAthenafornamingtheCityofAthenspresentedanolivebranch,shewishedthecityofpeaceisalwaysfertile.
InChina'sfeudalera,peopleofthedragonsandphoenixasasymbolofimperialauthority.Dragonstandsfor"king",phoenixstandsfor"Princess."However,theWesternersthoughtthatthedragonisasymbolofevil.PhoenixintheWesternmythrepresentregenerationandresurrection.AccordingtoGreekmyth,phoenixcanliveformanyyears.Thus,whenoneofthemainbuildingsdestroyed,theGood-heartedpeoplewillwishitwaslikethelegendaryphoenix,asanewlookrisesfromtherubble."AllroadsleadtoRome",hereRomerefersnotonlyto“罗马”,butalso
referstothedestinationpeoplewanttoachieve.AstheYellowRivernotonlyrefertotheYellowRiver,butalsoasymboloftheChinesenation.
2.2.2DifferentCulturalConnotationofthePhrasewiththeSameDenotation
Denotation:
thedirect,explicitmeaningorreferenceofawordorterm.Connotation:
ideaornotionsuggestedbyorassociatedwithaword,phrase,etc.inadditiontoitsexplicitmeaning,ordenotation:
“politician”hasdifferentconnotations
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from“statesman”.(赵静,1993:
279-283)
SuchasEnglishinthemanager,worker,farmerandChineseinthe经理,工人,
农民,theculturalmeaningisnotidentical.ManagerinEnglishgenerallyrefersto
salesman,butinChinesemeans"经理"。
Storm(n.),it’soriginalmeaningis“aroughweatherconditionwithwind,rain,andoftenlightning”.Forexample:
1.Theislanderswerewarnedthatastormwascoming.岛民们已经得到警报,暴
风雨即将来临。
2.Theforecastsaystherewillbestorms.预报称将有暴风雨。
Nowreadthefollowingsentences:
3.Buthislastwordsbroughtonanotherstorm.可是,他最后的言辞引起了激烈的
反响。
4.Thebookprovokedastormofcontroversy.这本书挑起了一场热烈的争论。
5.HersingingtookNewYorkbystorm.她的歌唱在纽约引起了轰动。
6.Wethoughtthattheyhaddecidednottogetmarriedbuttheirquarrelwasjusta
storminateacup.我们想他们已经决定不结婚了,可是,他们的争吵不过是小题
大做而已。
Whenwereadabove3,4,5,6sentences,theword“storm”isbasedonits
originalmeaningandacquiredbyassociationitsimpliedmeaningandmetaphor
meanin.(胡文仲,1998:
421-427g.)
2.2.3ACertainCulturalContentReflectintheIdioms
Themeaningofidiomscannotbeunderstoodfromtheliteralsense,suchas
“givesbabighand”notrefersto“给某人一只大手”,butrefersto“Welcometoaperson'sspeech”.Weoftensay,“eyeforeye,toothfortooth",butdonotnecessarily
knowitfromtheBible.“You’realuckydog”notmeans“你是一只幸运的狗”,but
refersto“你是一个幸运儿”.BecausethedogintheAnglo-Americancultureismankind'sfaithfulfriend;intheeyesofChinesepeople,itiscursewords.
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Therefore,inthelanguagestudy,wecannotunderstandasentencemeaningonlybyitsliteralmeaning,butshouldlearnitsdeepculturalconnotation.
2.3DiscourseCulture
Discourseofculturalcommunicationismainlyreflectedineverydaylife,itisthroughculturaldiscoursetobeembodiedintheAppropriateness.
Ineveryday'scommunication,theAnglo-Americanpeopleoftendemonstraterespectforothers,notshowofftheirvalues.BritishandAmericanpeopletoexpresshumilityinthewaythatisdifferentfrom
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