英汉习语中的六大文化差异

On Six Cultural Differences in Chinese and English Idioms

从语言世界观的角度看,不同民族的语言文化之间具有一定的共性。但是,因物质环境和所处地域不同,社会文化的哲学渊源不同,也必然存在各自独特的民族个性。而作为语言文化精华的习语表现更为突出。英汉习语中的差异主要表现在:生存环境、习俗文化、宗教信仰、历史典故、客观事物认知和数字认识六个方面。

According to language outlook,there are some general characters among different cultures of different nations.Because of the different material surroundings,locations and philosophical sources of social cultures,there must be some individual characters.Idioms being the cultural cream of languages are more outstanding.The differences between Chinese and English are mainly in the following six fields：living environment,customary culture,religious belief,historical allusions,objective reality and numeral recognition,etc.