初中英语阅读教学中利用隐喻理论培养学生的文化意识

Using the Theory of Metaphor in Junior Middle School English Reading Teaching to Cultivate the Students＇ Cultural Awareness

隐喻不仅是一种修辞方式，更是一种认知方式。通过隐喻进行文化教学是初中英语阅读教学中文化教学的一种有效途径。笔者结合具体的阅读课教学案例展示了如何在读前、读中和读后三个环节通过英汉动植物词汇层面隐喻对比，使学生了解中西方文化间存在的差异，从而训练学生的隐喻思维，提高对中外文化异同的敏感性和鉴别能力，增强学生的文化意识。将隐喻理论应用于初中英语阅读课教学中能够有效提高学生的文化意识。

teaching is an Metaphor is not only a kind of rhetoric, but also a cognitive style. Through metaphor culture effective way of teaching culture teaching in junior high school English reading teaching. The author combines case specific reading course shows how in the pre reading, while reading and post reading three aspects of animal and plant metaphors through English and Chinese lexical level the students, cultural differences exist between the metaphorical thinking and understanding, training of students, improve the sensitivity and the ability to identify the similarities and differences between Chinese and foreign culture, enhance cultural awareness of students. The application of metaphor theory in junior middle school English reading teaching can effectively improve students＇ cultural awareness.