3. The Reading…
•Focused mostly on connotations that certain
animals have in Chinese and Western
cultures
•Some animals have similar connotations in
East and West
– Lambs
– Pigs
– Deer
4. But…
•Some animals lack connotations in one
culture
– Crane
– Tortoise
•Some animals have different connotations
from culture to culture
– Bat
– Owl
5. • “ ” “ ” ,
, , ;
, ; ,
; ,
,
• bat ,
bat , as
blind as a bat ,as crazy as a bat ,have
bats in the belfry ,come to bat
bat , bat
Bat
6. Owl
• , , ,
, “ , ” “ , ”
• owl ,
, ,
,
, as wise as an owl (
) owlish
20. New things I learned
不同的词汇教学方法,比较法,分类法,发现法等.
分类法:根据文化对词汇的影响,把词汇分成几类进
行教学。
完全对等的为第一类 :pigeon(鸽子),Fox (狐狸),
Put new wine into old bottles (旧瓶装新酒),等等,
空缺的为第二类:zeus (宙斯),Hip-hop(街舞)
,apple of ones eye(掌上明珠 )等。
冲突的为第三类,如 owl(猫头鹰),peacock(孔雀
)等。