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Unit FourLanguage and CulturePart OneTeaching ContentsI. Warm-upII. Cultural DifferencesIII. Identifying DifferenceIV. Reading ComprehensionWarm-upI In a physics class Professor: What is matter? Students: Never mind. Professor: Then what is mind? Students: It doesnt matter.English to Chinese TranslationVersion I教授:什么是物质呀?学生:非精神也。教授:什么是精神呢?学生:不是物质,就是精神 。Version II教授:什么是物质呀?学生:没什么要紧的啦!教授:什么是精神呢?学生:没什么关系的啦!Can your translation be as humorous as the original?II.Cultural Differences2.1. Theoretical Background2.2. Color Terms in Chinese and English2.3. Animal Words in English and ChineseTheoretical BackgroundCultural Differences of Languages1. Lexical Level2. Pragmatic Level3. Discoursal Level4. Stylistic LevelCulturally Loaded Words 文化负载词 (Cultural Loaning Words) 1.是指标志某种文化中特有事物的 词组和短语. 2.文化负载词是反映一个国家、一 个民族特有的文化和历史的一些词 汇. 2.2 Color Terms in Chinese and English Group Work1.红糖2.红茶 3.眼红4.开门红5.红白喜事1. brown sugar 2. black-tea 3. green-eyed 4. to begin well, to make a good start 5. weddings and funerals 1. 清白2.白眼 3.青天4.背黑锅5.黄色书 刊1.pure/clean/stainless 2.supercilious look 3.blue sky 4.be made a scapegoat/ be unjustly blamed 5.filthy books blue book a blue Monday a white lie a green wound red-letter days 蓝皮书(美) 刊载知名人士 的书 倒霉的星期一 善意的谎言 新伤,未痊愈 的伤口 喜庆的日子Translating the Underlined Part 1) Hes just a green recruit fresh from college 2) I tried to call her many times but she was in a brown study and didnt hear me 3) One day, out of the blue, a girl rang up and said she was my sister 4) The new office block has unfortunately become an expensive white elephant 5 Mary was always regarded as the black sheep of the family 6 Youd better do something to prove youre not 7 Can you see the green in her eyes? 8 The mere thought of her husband with the secretary made her see yellow 9) I got some black looks from the shopkeeper when I cancelled my order. 10) When Im feeling blue, all I have to do is take a look at you, and then Im not so blue 11) Dont tell me any white lie to make me feel good 12) It may cost over a week to go through all the red tape to get permission 13 His type of humor is a bit too black for my tastes 14 Are you all right? You look absolutely white 15 He based his judgment on headlines and yellow journalism yellow journalism 指不择手段的夸张,渲染以招揽或 影响读者的黄色新闻编辑作风。如 突出社会丑闻,把普通新闻写得耸 人听闻,有时甚至歪曲事实以引起 轰动等。ExerciseWork together to make a tentative summary of the potential cultural implications of the following color terms.Red Yellow Green Blue Black WhiteSharing Knowledge: Language as an environmentColor ChineseEnglishRedlucky, revolution, progressive, successfulstrength, health, vigor, sexual love, passion, protection, courage, danger, warning, anger, fireYellow sunshine, openness, beauty, floweringcoward, baseness, fear, effeminacy, funk, soft, spiritless, poltroonery, pusillanimity, timidity, milksop, recreant, sneak, lilyliveredGreenpeace, environment- protection, vigorousfinance, fertility, luck, growth, employment, element of earth, goddess oriented, feminineBluewisdom, reasonabletranquility, happiness, understanding, patience, health, water, Goddess oriented, feminineBlack justice, dirty, blackness, acrimony, horrible, criminalblot, blotch, blight, smut, smudge, sully, begrime, soot, becloud, obscure, dingy, murky, threatening, frowning, foreboding, forbidden, sinister, baneful, dismal, evil, wicked, malignant, deadly, secretive, unclean, unwashed, foul, blacklist, black book, black-heartedWhitecleanliness, bloodless, coldness, frigidity, absence of feeling, weakness purity, cleanness, bright, shining, fair, blonde, stainless, chaste, unblemished, unsullied, innocent, honorable, upright, just, straightforward, genuine, trustworthy, honestyChinese Zodiac mouseoxtigersnakedragonrabbitChinese ZodiachorsesheepdogpigroostermonkeyAnimalChineseEnglishmousedisgust, timid, dirty, smart and agile pleasantly quiet, cunning, dishonest, selfish ox devotion/hardworking /strong food/comfort and quiet of a country home tigerroyalty, power, courage, ferocity, strength, wrath, cruelty, treachery, authority ferocity rabbit cute and docilelovely, reproductivedragonmajestyevilsnakeslithery/harmfulslithery/evilAnimalChineseEnglishhorsesuccess/ devotion/ hardworkingdevotion/hardworking/beauty, strength sheepdocile and weak food monkeyclever, agile and a little impatient African-Americansrooster prostitute strong and proud doghumblelovepigstupid, lazy, dirty dirty, eats a lot, selfish and shallow AnimalChineseEnglishAntsolidarityhardworkingBeehardworkingbusyPhoenixqueenlyrebirth/resurrectionOwlbad luckwisdomTurtle/ Cranelongevitylovely Elephanthuge clumsy/useless longevityMagpiesymbol of good luckgossipAnimalChineseEnglishBeaver eager/anxious impatient/diligentSwangraceful/noblegraceful/noblePeacocksymbol of luck/beautyproud/showyAss/goosestupid stupidBatgood fortune happinessugly/frighte
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