On the Cultural Comparison between Chinese and English——The Analogy of Animal Words

Languages convey cultural information while they are used as tools to communicate.With the development of human society and the frequencies of intercultural communication,cultural differences may impact on people’s normal communications.Cultural differences between English and Chinese appear in many aspects of languages.Animal words are influenced by such cultural factors as geographical conditions,historical developments,traditional customs,mythology and fables,etc.So they are endowed with abundant cultural connotations.A similar animal word may have different connotative meanings in English and Chinese respectively,but sometimes different animal words have the same connotations.Whether they are different or not will reflect cultural differences between Chinese and English.Thus,through illustration,classification and comparison of English and Chinese animal words,the thesis aims to explore the cultural differences between English and Chinese.What’s more,the thesis aims to help English learns have a better understanding of English culture and develop the abilities of English language study.     

Chinese College Students’ Use of Copular Verbs——A Corpus-based Study

Adopting corpus-based approach, the use of copular verbs by Chinese college English learners is studied through a comparison between the COLEC and the LOCNESS. The main findings are: 1)Chinese college English learners under-use copular verbs; 2) Chinese college English learners select a limited variety of copular verbs; 3) Types of complement after most copular verbs used by Chinese college English learners lack variety; 4) Chinese college English learners use less various and more simpler complements than native speakers.     

Time: The Eternal Theme of Poetry——A Comparative Study of Chinese and English Poetry

<正> Space and time are the existent forms of matter. Space is vast and time has nobeginning nor end. From ancient times, people, generation to generation, have triedto examine infinite time from philosophical, scientific and literary angles. When weread Chinese and English poetry, we 've found time is the most common theme ofpoets. In Chinese poetry, the images about time are various. For example: Lu Lun     

Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spnng Festival because it starts trom the beginning otspring. Though there are some sayings about its origin (起源), all agree that the word Nian, which inmodern Chinese means “year”, was originally the name of a beast (野兽) that started to eat people thenight before the beginning of a new year.     

Turn-Taking Modelinthe Chinese Recruitment Reality show——Belong to You

Based on the theories of conversational analysis proposed by Sacks et al,this paper chooses excerpts of candidates’ interview from the Chinese recruitment reality TV show Belong to You in Tianjin TV. Through analyzing the excerpt, how the rules of turn-taking are applied in this program will be demonstrated. And the features of turn-taking strategies used by the host,candidates and bosses will be concluded.     

The Influence of Confucianism on Traditional Chinese Fami lies

Since the time Confucianism was generally accepted by the Chinese populace in the Han Dynasty(2nd century B.C.), it has become an integral part of Chinese society and what it means to be Chinese. Three aspects of traditional Chinese family under the influence of Confucianism are observed: the family and the state, positional role behavior and ancestor worship.     

The Reasons for Different Results of Acquiring English and Chinese in China——One case of a Korean student

This article mainly presents the phenomenon of results of acquiring different language in China as a Korean student.Obviously,the acquiring of Chinese is much easier in China.Moreover,it puts forward reasons of different languages’effects,which are attitude,motivation between Chinese and English.     

Chinese feminist epistemology： Studies of Chinese mothers＇ experiences in immigration and education

This paper examines theoretical frameworks with which to study newly-immigrated mothers from China and calls for the need to make Chinese mothers become knowers and agents of knowledge. Although there are black and Chicana feminist epistemologies, currently there is no comparable discourse in the study of Chinese feminist epistemology, particularly on newly-immigrated Chinese mothers in the USA. By examining Chinese mothers＇ experiences immigrating to the United States and educating their children in the transnational context, the paper agrees that both endarkened feminist epistemology and transnational feminism cannot fully interpret and address newly-immigrated Chinese mothers＇ experiences. Drawing the research data directly from Chinese mothers, the paper describes different challenges Chinese mothers faced in immigrating and their children＇s education due to various factors, such as language, historical and cultural roots, to highlight Chinese mothers＇ various experiences in immigration and their children＇s education in the transnational context.     

Chinese New Year

In China every year has ananimal's name. They are rat,ox,tiger,rabbit,dragon,snake,horse,sheep,monkey,rooster,dog and pig.A Chinese legend says thatthese twelve animals have a race.The year will be named in theorder in which the animals arrive.The rat jumps onto the ox'sback,so it arrives first.Chinese believe that a person born inyear of an animal has the characterof that animal.     

An Empirical Study on the Productive Vocabulary of Advanced Chinese EFL Learners——Based on A Contras tive Analysis of model Compositions of Advanced Chinese EFL Learners and American university Students

By contrasting the model compositions by advanced Chinese EFL learners and American university students in the cor pus approach,the present study analyzes the use of productive vocabulary by Chinese EFL learners both quantitatively and qualita tively.It is found that except the first 1000 most frequently used words,there is no statistically significant difference between the frequency distribution of the productive vocabulary used by both types of English learners.But in terms of the usages of the Eng lish words,the Chinese EFL learners exhibit inadequacy in understanding and employing them,especially with regard to semantic prosody and collocation.These findings are significant for the teaching of vocabulary in China.     

Chinese table manners

The main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that's only superficial. Besides, in decent restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares. If you are being treated to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you're in the country for …     

Chinese Native Speakers'''' Counterfactuals Revisited

1.IntroductionI have found,in my teaching experience,that English counterfactuals are among the most diffi-cult problems for Chinese native speaker EFL learners. A recent survey of EFL teachers in Guilin,China also supports these findings. In response to the question“What do you think is the most diffi-cult for your students to learn in English”,5 6out of 71 ,or 79% said the English subjunctive verbsare. To the question“Do you think the English subjunctives are difficultfor your students”,1 0 0 % ofthe EFL ...     

A Glimpse to the Differences between Chinese and American Education——From the Perspective of Michael Phelps

Over the long process of history,education has always been considered as the reflection of civilization in any society.The first Chinese educational monograph On Learning states that "building a country,teaching for the first".In recent years,Chinese leaders even put forward the idea of "developing the country through science and education".It is clear that education is important for a country’s development.It plays a more strategically vital role in a world superpower like the United States.Chinese and American education,to some extent,represent eastern and western education.Under which,there are many different talents coming out.In 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics,his unprecedented achievement of eight gold medals makes Michael Phelps one of them.As an American legend,his education is a typical case,but also an epitome of American education.Based on Michael Phelps’s story and education,the thesis concentrates on differences between Chinese and American education.From his childhood education,performance before competitions,and his night life,the thesis analyses characteristics of American education,compares differences in Chinese and American primary and family education,educational essence and curriculums,and probes the causes and effects of those differences.In the end,the thesis puts forward some constructive advice for the reform of Chinese education under current condition in China.     

Evaluating Chinese College Students’ English Compositions:Different Writing Corrective Feedbacks between a Chinese Teacher and a Foreign Teacher & the Attitudes of College Students

The study aims to uncover the differences between a Chinese writing teacher and a foreign writing teacher in evaluating Chinese college students’ English compositions and find out students’ attitudes towards different kinds of feedbacks. The data collection method, sample analysis and questionnaire have been implemented to probe for the results. The results are supposed to give some suggestions to the English writing class in Chinese universities.     

Pondering over Some Chinese And Western Poems about Old Age

Through a comparative appreciation of Chinese and Western poems about old age,the present article tends to present a general convey of the western and eastern poets' attitudes and feelings towards old age,which is an aspect of human culture.The main themes are almost the same:reminiscence(sweet or bitter) ,solitude,contentment,detachment,sorrow and sentiment.But the Western are more optimistic and admire youth,regard old age as a natural stage of life.The Chinese,more conservative and perfectionist,show much more respect to the old,and think more about the past unfulfilled.     

Analyzing the Humor in Zhao Benshan’s Sketch Comedies—A Pragmatic View

Zhao Benshan’s sketch comedies are full of humorous elements.But the studies of the mechanisms causing humor in these Chinese contexts are relatively rare in the pragmatic domain at home.This essay,appealing to several pragmatic theories—mainly cooperative principle and polite principle,aims to exemplify and explicate the underlying systems that make up the humorous language.     

Chinese Americans

For many years it was common in the United States to associate Chinese Americans with restaurantsand laundres1.People did not realize that the Chinese had been driven into these occupations by theprejudice2 and discrimination that faced them in this country. The first Chinese to reach the United States came during the California Gold Rush3 of 1849.Like mostof the other people there,they had come to search for gold.In that largely unoccupied land,the men staked4a claim for themselves by placing markers in the ground.However.either because the Chinese were so     

The Cultrual Implication of the Chinese Cuisine Naming with Translation

The article first of all briefly pcesents the cnltural connotation of four categories of the Chinese cuisine. It then offers two characteristics of the Chinese cuisine naming with specific cultural implications.First,its primary motivation is characterized with straight-forwardness;Next,its secondary motivations of the Chinese cuisine naming consisting of the initiator’s name,the animal’s name,the plant’s name,the verse’s name and the special meaning’s name,We should follow the principles of stability and consistency in cuisine naming and its translation.The findings are not only interesting but provide a sound basis for a further understanding of one another.     

A Comparative Study on David Hawkes and Xianyi/Gladys Yang’s Translations of Chinese Common Sayings in Hong Lou Meng

Honglou Meng is an encyclopedia of Chinese language in which includes many different Chinese linguistic features, e.g. idioms, common sayings, poems etc. There are 109 Chinese common sayings in the first 80 chapters of the novel. Most Chinese common sayings contain figurative meanings and the images involved are usually vivid and culture-specific; therefore it is very difficult to translate them. It is found that David Hawkes is more creative and use more free translation while the Yangs use more literal translation. This supports Feng Qinghua’s suggestion that the Yangs prefer to use literal translation while David Hawkes is inclined to use free translation.     

Imitation and Innovation——on the Influence of Indo-European Gram mar on Chinese Grammar

The publication of the ten-chapter work Ma Shi Wen Tong by Ma Jianzhong marks the establishment of Chinese grammatical rules.For ages,in a way comparable to what was done in western languages,the study of Chinese grammar tends more or less to imitate Indo-European grammar.This paper made an attempt to discuss the influence produced by Indo-European grammatical theories on Chinese grammar and pointed that Chinese grammatical study is bound to be carried out on the basis of language self characteristics.