AnimalIdioms動物習語的課件資料第1頁/共31頁Canyougivesomeanimalidiomsyouknow?第2頁/共31頁IntroductionIdiomisafixedgroupofwordsorasingleword,orevenasentencewithaspecialmeaningthatcannotbeguessedfromtheliteralmeaningofitscomponents.“Languageisthecarriercontainerofculture,andisstronglyinfluencedandshapedbyculture.第3頁/共31頁AnimalIdiomsareverycommoninourdailylife.TheyenrichourEnglishverbalcommunications.Sonow,letusintroducethemforyou.第4頁/共31頁Similaritiesofconnotations

EnglishasslyasafoxasfatasapigasslowassnailascruelasawolfChinese像狐貍一樣狡猾肥得像豬像蝸牛一樣慢像狼一樣殘忍第5頁/共31頁Thereasonswhydifferentanimalwordshavethesimilarculturalmeaning第6頁/共31頁Differencesofconnotations

Chinese噤若寒蟬（cricket)熱鍋上的螞蟻(ant)吹牛(cattle)落湯雞(chick)甕中之鱉(turtle)雞皮疙瘩(chicken)

Englishasmuteasfishlikeacatonhotbrickstalkhorsegooseflesharatinaholewetasadrownedrat第7頁/共31頁Reasonscausingculturalconnotationdifferences1.Differentgeography2.Differentcustoms

3.Influenceofhistoricalallusion

4.Influenceofreligion第8頁/共31頁DifferentThoughtsBetweenChineseandEnglish“Dragon”isadivinetotemintheChineseculture,andisgreatlyadmiredbytheChinesepeopleandtheyconsiderthemselvesasthedescendantsofthedragon.Dragonisthesymbolofallauspiciousanimals.InEnglishtheword“dragon”symbolizesevil.Suchas:“theolddragon”,“dragon’steeth”.Chinesepeopletake“owl”asasymbolofbadluck.ButintheUK,thereis“aswiseasanowl”.“owl”inEnglishstandsforwisdom.第9頁/共31頁SimilarAttitudesTowardsTheSameAnimalBothEnglishandChinesehavethesameattitudetowardsanimals.Theybothcompare“parrot”to“imitate”,compare“pig”to“greedy”or“dirty”,compare“peacock”to“proud”,compare“ass”to“foolish”,compare“wolf”to“cruel”,“l(fā)amb”to“innocent”,“bird”to“free”.

第10頁/共31頁Examples第11頁/共31頁1.Bird(1)Killtwobirdswithonestone.一箭雙雕；一舉兩得。(2)Abirdinthehandisworthtwointhebush.雙鳥在林不如一鳥在手。(3)Birdsofafeatherflocktogether.物以類聚，人以群分。(4)Finefeathersmakefinebirds.人要衣裝，馬要鞍。(5)Abirdisknownbyitsnote,andamanbyhistalk.聽音識鳥，聞言識人。(6)Eachbirdlovestohearhimselfsing.鳥兒都愛聽自己唱。（自我欣賞）第12頁/共31頁2.Cat(1)Acathasninelives.貓有九條命；(吉人天相)

(2)Catshidetheirclaws.知人知面不知心。(3)Whowillbellthecat?誰去給貓系鈴？（誰愿意為大家冒風險？）(4)Thecatshutsitseyeswhenstealingcream.貓偷吃奶油的時候總是閉著眼睛。（掩耳盜鈴）第13頁/共31頁3.Henhen-party女人聚會，Shehasinvitedallhergirlfriendstoahen-partyonFridaynight.hen-pecked懼內的，He’shen-peckedfrommorningtonight.likeahenwithone(only)chicken大驚小怪的，She’slikeahenwithonlyonechicken.motherhen（忙亂、小題大做的）女人，Shefussesoverthemlikeamotherhen.第14頁/共31頁4.Dog(1)Loveme,lovemydog.愛屋及烏.(2)Everydoghashisday.人人皆有得意時。(3)Letsleepingdogslie.勿惹事生非。(4)Deaddogsbitenot.死狗不咬人。(5)Dogdoesnoteatdog.同類不相殘。(6)Asonneverthinkshismotherugly,andadognevershunsitsowner’shomehowevershabbyitis.兒不嫌母丑，狗不嫌家貧。第15頁/共31頁5.FishBigFish大人物eg:Thebossshowssomebigfisharoundthefactory.ColdFish冷冰冰eg:Sueisacoldfish.Fishintroubledwaters混水摸魚eg:Hefishesinthetroubledwatersofmaritalstrife.haveotherfishtofry另有它圖，I’vegotplentyofotherfishtofry.第16頁/共31頁6.Horse(1)Youcantakeahorsetothewater,butyoucan’tmakehimdrink.帶馬到河邊容易，逼馬飲水難。(2)Don’tridethehighhorse.勿擺架子。(3)Ahorsemaystumbleonfourfeet.馬有四條腿，亦有失蹄時。第17頁/共31頁

awolfinsheep'sclothing

“披著羊皮的狼”第18頁/共31頁ablacksheep

“害群之馬”

第19頁/共31頁asheepamongwolves“羊入虎口”第20頁/共31頁enoughtomakeahorselaugh

“笑掉大牙”第21頁/共31頁Itrainscatsanddogs.

“瓢潑大雨”第22頁/共31頁Thecatshutsitseyeswhenstealingcream

“掩耳盜鈴”第23頁/共31頁seehowthecatjumps

“看風使舵,隨機應變”-waitforthecattojump第24頁/共31頁Whenthecat'saway,themicewillplay.“山中無老虎猴子稱霸王”第25頁/共31頁Loveme,lovemydog愛屋及烏第26頁/共31頁Letthecatoutofthebag!!露出馬腳第27頁/共31頁Bleedlikeapig血流如注第28頁/共31頁ConclusionWiththedevelopmentoftheanimalculture,