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英语学习中了解背景文化的必要性

摘要：

语言是文化的载体，文化是语言的呈现，同时也是语言所负载的内容。

目前，对于国内的学生来讲，学习英语的过程同样也是文化积累的过程。

语言基本功的掌握是非常必要的，但同时也应该明白，学习一门语言的目的毕竟不是为了记忆词汇、语法规则。

语言是交际的工具，人们学习语言的主要目的是交际。

而中国学生是在中国文化氛围中学习英语的，母语或多或少地影响着英语的学习，两种文化在英语学习中，势必导致文化在教学中的各种差异。

学生缺乏对西方文化背景的了解，存在着因语言、民族、文化传统和思维方式等不同而造成的语言交流障碍，因此，在英语学习过程中应该引导学生了解关注英语国家的各种文化背景，激发学生学习英语的兴趣，消除文化障碍，提高学生的综合应用能力。

本文从现今英语学习中遇到的文化障碍问题出发，以翻译板块为切入点，通过列举实例，对比中西方文化的差异，说明了解背景文化的必要性。

关键词：

英语学习；

文化背景；

必要性

Contents

AbstractinEnglish...........................................................................................................I

AbstractinChinese.........................................................................................................II

1.Introduction1

2.LanguageCultureandThought2

2.1Definitionoflanguage2

2.2TheEnglishLanguage2

2.3TheRelationshipbetweenLanguageandCulture3

3.CultureinWordClasses6

3.1ChineseandEnglishVocabularies6

3.2ColorWordsandTheirCulturalBackgrounds6

3.2.1TheSimilaritiesofExpressingRedinEnglishandChinese8

3.2.2TheDissimilaritiesofExpressingRedinEnglishandChinese9

4.TheConceptofTranslationandCulture10

4.1TheApplicationofCulturalBackgroundinTranslation11

4.2TheRelationshipbetweenCultureandTranslation15

5.Conclusion17

Bibliography18

Acknowledgements19

1.Introduction

Englishasaninternationalcommonlanguage,inpeople'

ssociallifeplaysanimportantrole.Alanguageisasystemofcommunicationusedbythepeopleofaparticularcountryoraregiontalkingorwritingpurposes.Alanguagesystemconsistsofasetofcodesthataresoundsandwrittensymbols.Peopleinonecountryorregionmayspeakalanguagefromthoseinanothercountryorregion.Weoftenhavethedifficultycommunicatingwithpeoplewhospeakadifferentlanguage,whichformsthelanguagebarrier.Thatwhywehavetolearnaforeignlanguagethatisspokenbythepeoplefromanothercountry.

Mostlanguageshavebothoralorspoken,andwrittenforms.EnglishisspokenbytheEnglish-speakingpeopleorbytheEnglish-speakingpopulationastheirmothertongue.Whenwesaymothertongue,wereferittothelanguagethatwelearnedfromourparentswhenwewerechildren.Mothertongueisincontrasttoforeignlanguage.Itcanalsobecallednativetongueornativelanguage.

DuringthecourseoflearningEnglish,payattentiontothedifferencesinWesternculture,tostrengthenculturalbackgroundisverynecessary,itcanhelplearnersreducethemisunderstandinginWesternculture,maketheirowntoovercomethe"

mothertongueinterference"

todevelopgoodhabitsofmind,.

Thedifferentfeaturesofnationsresultfromthedifferencebetweentheircultureandhistory.Accordingtostatistics，about"

culture"

atleast，ithasmorethantwohundredkindsofdifferentdefinition.Broadlyspeaking，cultureisasocialphenomenon,whichisthecreationoftheproductsforalongtime.Butitisalsoakindofhistoricalphenomenonandisthesocialhistoryremains.Rather,culturereferstoastateornationalhistory,geography，localconditionsandpeople,custom,traditions,lifestyles，societysystem,literatureand，behaviorstandards,wayofthinking,values.Whenwetranslatesomething，thebackgroundofthecultureandthebackgroundofhistoryshouldbeconsidered.

2.LanguageCultureandThought

Language,cultureandthoughtareinter-relatedandinteract,influencingandshapingoneanother,thougheachisanindependentsystem.Therefore,itisnotenoughtostudyalanguagejustasasubjectifathoroughanddeepunderstandingoflanguageiswanted.Ratherthestudyshouldbesetinaframeworkformedbylanguage,cultureandthoughtsoastolearnthecomplicatedrelationbetweenthethreeandnatureoflanguage.

2.1Definitionoflanguage

Whatislanguage?

Whatarethefeaturesoflanguage?

Manyphilosophers,linguistsandhistorianshaveoffereddifferentanswerstothequestionsanddifferentdefinitionsoflanguageinaccordancewiththeiremphasisonthedifferentaspectsoflanguage.Nomatterhowdifferenttheirviewsare,“manylinguistshaveagreedtoaccepttheviewthatlanguageisasystemofsymbolsdesignedforthepurposeofhumancommunication.”“Languageisameansofverbalcommunication,”asissaidbyDaiWeidong.

Bothdefinitionsemphasizethemostimportantfactthatlanguageisusedtocommunicatepurposefully,byspeakingorwriting,expressingideasandemotions.Communicationisthefundamentalfunctionoflanguage.Humansocietywouldn’toperatenormallywithoutlanguageasamediumofcommunication.

Languageisaverbalsinceitisasystemofvocalsoundstowhichmeaningisattributed.Spokenlanguageispriortowrittenlanguage.Itisasetofsymbolusedforthetransmissionofinformation.

2.2TheEnglishLanguage

Alanguageisasystemofcommunicationusedbythepeopleofaparticularcountryoraregiontalkingorwritingpurposes.Alanguagesystemconsistsofasetofcodesthataresoundsandwrittensymbols.Peopleinonecountryorregionmayspeakalanguagefromthoseinanothercountryorregion.Weoftenhavethedifficultycommunicatingwithpeoplewhospeakadifferentlanguage.Thisformsthelanguagebarrier.Thatwhywehavetolearnaforeignlanguagethatisspokenbythepeoplefromanothercountry.

Advertisingisareflectionofmodernspiritualculture.Asmeasuresofshowingthereality,thelanguageofadvertisingalsoistheconstituentpartofculture.Advertisementsadaptthepublicactivityorpresenttherespondofsociety.Advertisementisatoolofmufti-languageartsthatdeliverinformationandmakelanguageasthecarrier（Chen,2000）.Hence,theadvertisinglanguageshouldbesimpleandeasilytounderstand,fluentlyandclear,atthesametime,therhetoricalmannershouldbepayattention.ChineseandWesternadvertisementusedallkindsofrhetoricaltoreachtheresultofmerchandisepromotion.Consumershavenoawarenesstoaddandknowtheimpressionofgoodsafterobtainingthespiritualenjoy,andthentheyplantobuyit.

ThankstothedifferencesofChineseandWesternculture,theformofrepresentationisdiverse.Advertisinglanguagealsomanifestsdifferentculturevaluesandthinkingpattern.ChineseandWesternculturehasdifferentculturalbackground,customs,behaviorandwaysoflife.Therefore,advertiserswillnodoubtconsiderthedemandsofconsumersthroughtheirculturalbackground.HerearesomeexamplesofadvertisementtocompareandanalyzehowtheChineseandWesternnationalcultureinfluencetheiradvertisinglanguage.

2.3TheRelationshipbetweenLanguageandCulture

Asapartofculture,languageisthecarrierandcontainerofculture.Wehumanuselanguagetodescribeknowledgeandexperiences,analyzeaperson’scustomandbehavioralmodeandcommentsocialsystem,value,beliefs,worldoutlooksandartssuchaspainting,sculpture,dance,musicandetc.

Asapartofculture,languageisameansofexpressingculturecustoms,itplaysanimportantroleinculture.Languagecannotseparatefromrelatedculturetobeindependent.Fromanotheraspect,languageisaffectedbycultureandreflectedtheculture.Languageisbasedonthehistoricalandculturefactors.Thenation’swayofthinking,values,concepts,behaviorandhabitswillaffectthedevelopmentoflanguage.Languageandcultureinfluenceeachother,weshouldtrytounderstandlanguageandcultureandtomasterthem.Everynationhasitsowncultureandlanguageislikeamirrorwhichreflectsthewholeculture.Asthecarrierandideaofculture,therepresentationformoflanguageisinfluencedandrestrictedbyculture.Understandtheirabundantculturalbackgroundtomasterthelanguagefeatureseasily.Onlymoreexposuretoforeigncultures,familiarwithdifferentlanguagenationalhistory,wayoflife,valueandnationalpsychology,canhelpwidenlearners’sights,knowmoreabouttheculturalandlanguagedifferences.Culturepromotesthedevelopmentofadvertisinglanguage,thelanguageofadvertisingshowitsculturetosomeextend.

ChineseandWesternadvertisinglanguagehasitsownuniqueformoflanguagewhichcontainthebeautifulsceneryoflanguageandculture.Meanwhile,theChineseandWesternsocialand