趣味英美文化.ppt

WelcomeToOurClass welcometoourEnglishclass EnglishforFun LiantangNO 1SeniorHighSchool Heyuting BriefIntroduction QuestiontothinkaboutHowmanycountriesarethereintheworldinwhichEnglishisspokenasthefirstlanguage Givethenames Answers theUKtheRepublicofIrelandtheUSACanadaAustraliaNewZealand 1 theUK2 theRepublicofIreland3 Australia4 NewZealand5 theUSA6 Canada o WhatisthefullnameOftheUK England Wales Scotland NorthernIreland England Wales Scotland NorthernIreland theRepublicofIreland Let senjoysomepicturesoftheUnitedKingdom Doyouknowthem TheBritishMuseum大英博物馆 BigBen大本钟 BuckinghamPalace白金汉宫 St Paul sCathedral圣保罗大教堂 WestminsterAbbey威斯敏斯特教堂 RoyalObservatoryGreenwich格林威治天文台 TowerBridge塔桥 Stonehenge巨石阵 LondonEye TheRiverThames泰晤士河 SomecitiesintheUnitedKingdom Oxford CambridgeUniversity剑桥大学 WhatdoesUSAstandsfor A TheUnitedStatesofAmericaB Usuallystupidandannoying Hawaii Alaska UnitedStates USA StatueofLiberty WhiteHouse PresidentHill ThefourpresidentsareGeorgeWashington ThomasJefferson TheodoreRoosevelt AbrahamLincoln UnitedNationsHeadquarters BroadwayTheaterDistrict ThebillboardoftheWinterGardenTheaterontheAvenueoftheAmericaninNewYorkCityadvertisestheBroadwayshowCats GoldenGateBridge 金门大桥 YellowStoneNationalPark TheNiagaraFalls ItliesontheNiagaraRiver Competition Group1girls 1 美国的绰号是 英国的绰号是 A AuntSam UncleJohnB NewContinent GreatBritainC Washington ElizabethD UncleSam JohnBull Justforfun DifferenttypesofUncleSam ChristmasSam OlympicSam SoldierSam MickySam Supermansam DogSam WorkerSam CowboySam 2 中央电视台屏幕上经常会有CCTV的字样 它的完整形式是 ChinaCentralTelevisionCentralCommunicationTelevisionC ChinaControlTelevisionD CentralCommitteeTelevision 3 Whathastwolegsbutcan twalk compass 圆规 4 Whatisyours butisusedbyothersmorethanbyyourself Yourname 6 改换一个字母变成新单词evermarchstoreevenmatchstory 5 What stheChinesefor sixofoneandhalfadozenoftheother A 六分之一B 人云亦云C 半斤八两D 见一面分一半 C 半斤八两 B 7 HowdoEnglishpeoplecall 钞票 A billB note C 8 isthelargeststateinareaintheU S A A FloridaB LouisianaC Alaska 9 WhoisthePresidentofAmericanow A B C D GeorgeW Bush GeorgeH W Bush BillClinton BarackObama B Redbreast知更鸟 10 WhichisthenationalanimaloftheUK A Beaver海狸 C Baldeagle秃头鹰 A B C D 11 WhichbelongstotheUK StatueofLiberty GoldenBridge EiffelTower BigBen 12 WhoareAmericans A B C D E KeanuReeves DavidBeckham StevenSpeilberg Ronaldinho Britain Brazil 13 两种或两种以上的酒或酒与其他饮料 如苏打水 桔子原汁 牛奶等 配成 当然你也可以添加水果或其他辅料 考究一点的是将酒或其他饮料按一定操作方法逐一加入 形成色彩各异的分层 十分富有情调 请问这是哪种饮料 Cocktail 14 有一种草叫 勿忘我 文人常用它来描述相思与痴情 这种草的英语名字叫 A Don tforgetmeB forget me notC no forgettinggrassD not forget me 15 美国之音 的英语形式是 A AmericanSoundB theSoundofAmericaC theVoiceofAmericaD FreeVoice B forget me not C theVoiceofAmerica 16 近几年 许多中国人 尤其是年轻人 开始慢慢喜欢上西方的洋节日 请问 下面哪个西方节日的时间是在每年的2月 EasterB HolySaturdayC St Valentine sDayD AprilFool sDay C 17 HowmanygoldmetalsdidMichaelPhelpswonintheOlympicsin2008 A4B3C8D6 A 18 isbasicallyahomeandfamilyfestival A ChristmasB BoxingDayC EasterMonday A 19 ArthurMiller sMasterpieceis A DeathofaSalesmanB TheCrucibleC ThePrice 20 Guessthenameofthemovie Group2boys Group2boys 1 许多同学都有电子邮箱 如168 其中的 表示什么意思 怎么读 A 的意思是 电脑 读 a外一个圈 B 的意思是 邮箱 读 圈内一个a C 的意思是 为 读音与for相同 D 的意思是 在 读音与at相同 2 你给一个手机关机的人打电话 你在电话中听到的英语是 A Sorry thephoneyouwaitedispoweredoff B Sorry thephoneyoudialedispoweringoff C Sorry thephoneyoucalledispoweredoff D Sorry thephoneyoulikedispoweringoff 3 whatnumbercanyoutakehalfandleavenothing 8 4 Wellwhatgoesupandnevergoesdown Yourage 5 What sChinesemeaningof awhiteelephant A 一件无用而累赘的东西B 一头白象C 白给的东西D 白色陷阱6 改换一个字母变成新单词witchfanstagewatchfunstate A 7 WhichistheAmericanexpression A Ihaveacar B Ihavegotacar B 8 Edinburghisthecapitalof A EnglandB ScotlandC Wales A B C D 9 WhichstandsfortheUSA NationalEmblem 国徽 10 WhichisthenationalfloweroftheUK A Cherry B Rose C Peony 牡丹 11 WhoisanEnglishfootballplayer B D Beckham Ronaldinho German Brazilian A C Italian Totti Podolski 12 WhichareAmericanbrands A B C D E F G Germany Germany Finland 13 随着计算机网络化的发展 犯罪分子也开始利用高科技 进行犯罪活动 出现了许多所谓的 黑客 黑客 指凭借目已的高科技知识 采用非法手段逃过计登机网络系统的存取控制而进入访一算机网络 进行非法及破坏活动 请问网络上的黑客怎么说 hacker 14 whatkindofdogneverbite hotdog15 Whatletterisananimal B BEE 16 IfyouthrowastoneintotheRedSea whatwillitbecome Wet17 Whichmonthhas28days EveryMonth A 18 table tennisfirststartedinABritainBChinaCFranceDAmerica A 19 JenifferAnistonbecamefamousforherperformanceinAFriendsBGossipgirlCPrisonBreakDTransformers 20 Guessthenameofthemovie IdiomsandEnglishculture IdiomsandEnglishculture castsheep seyesatsomeoneheadswillroll 字面含义 向某人投羊眼 实际意义 向某人暗送秋波 字面含义 头要滚了 实际意义 某人 要倒霉了 burryone sheadinthesandonthecarpet 字面含义 把某人的头埋在沙子里 实际意义 采取逃避态度 字面含义 在地毯上 实际意义 在考虑中 受训斥 be feelundertheweather 感觉不舒服 生病 pourcatsanddogscutoffone snosetospiteone sfaceplaycardsclosetoone schest 倾盆大雨 为了泄愤反而害己 损人不利己 保守秘密 不透露任何讯息 习语的来源 英 美国家是基督教文化 希伯来文化为基础背景文化的国家 在这样的文化背景条件下生成的习语在很大程度上也富含有浓郁的宗教色彩 追其根源看习语主要来源于以下几个方面 1 文学名著 manFriday screwone scourage pondofflesh 忠仆 得力助手 出自 鲁滨逊漂流记 鼓起勇气 壮起胆子 出自莎士比亚 麦克白 合情但悖于情理的要求 出自莎士比亚 威尼斯商人 2 圣经故事 Judas skiss犹大之吻 比喻出卖朋友 muchcryandlittlewool雷声大 雨点小 比喻空叫喊 turntheothercheek忍受暴力 忍受侮辱 thewidow scruse寡妇的坛子 比喻取之不尽的财源 3 希腊 古罗马神话传说 Midas stouch事事都能挣大钱的本领 点石成金 Pandora sbox潘多拉的盒子 引申为灾祸之源 paythepiper付出惨痛的代价 自食其果 4 古代寓言故事 nakedtruth原原本本的事实 赤裸裸的事实 sourgrapes聊以自慰的话 cat spaw被别人利用的人 4 古代寓言故事 thelion sshare bellthecat killthegoosethatlaidthegoldeneggs 替别人冒风险 最大的份额 杀鸡取卵 涸泽而渔 5 历史故事 meetone swaterloo 遭遇惨败 拿破仑在滑铁卢的惨败 类似于中国的败走麦城 2 圣经故事 6 名人轶事 Mickeymouse 米老鼠无关紧要的人物 7 习尚风俗 featherinone scap炫耀荣誉 getupfromthewrongsideofbed一大早就发脾气 心情不好 8 动物习性 astimidasrabbit aswiseasowls swan ssong nospringchicken 聪明 胆小如鼠 告别演出 已不再年轻的女人 9 航海 ontherocks触礁 频临毁灭 keepone sheadabovethewater管理好个人 理好财 allatsea茫然 gowithstream随波逐流 10 农业植物 hearthroughthegrapevine道听途说 bedofroses舒适的生活 letsleepingdogslie切莫惹是生非 11 日常生活 adarkhorse gofishing fallheadoverheelsinlove 盲目地到处寻找信息 黑马 爆出冷门的获胜者 爱得神魂颠倒 carrycoaltoNewcastle sendowlstoAthens画蛇添足 多此一举 对两个城市物产特色的描述和记载 Tostrikewhiletheironishot趁热打铁tohitthenailonthehead敲钉子敲在钉头上 引申为话说的中肯 正中要害 一针见血 反映了特定历史时期民族手工业文化特色 ThedifferencebetweenChineseandEnglish Color animal number Colour InChineseInChineselanguage redisassociatedwithsuccessandvictory red InEnglishRedwillalwaysarouseWesternpeoplewithviolence danger bloodandextreme InEnglish blueisoftenassociatedwithhighsocialstatusorbeingaristocratic bluebook heisrealblueblood bluealsoarousethefeelingofsorrowWinterblue inblue blue InChinese Blueoftenhavegoodmeaning theblueskyandtheblueoceanalwaysmakepeoplecomfortable Theblueskyoftencanstimulateourpotential blueoceanalwaysinducedourimagination InEnglishwhitehasassociationsofpurityandinnocence awhitesoul纯洁的心灵 awhitespirit正直的精神 whitemen高尚 有教养的人 whitemarket合法市场 awhitelie无害的谎言 white InChineseWhiteisalwaysassociatedwithsomethingunhappy thatistosaythatmentioningwhite Chinesepeoplewillassociatewithdeath sorrowfirst InChineseYellow thecolorofhonorable representthepowerofemperorwhosealmosteverythingisyellow It stherepresentationofoldChina yellow InEnglishculturePeopleprefertodescribeyellowasthecolorofcreamorbutter Yellowmeansdepression hated andmorbid yellow bellied 胆小的 ayellowstreak 生性怯懦 yellowcard 黄牌 theyellowpress 低级报刊 yellowdog卑鄙的人 InChineseThecolor black alwayshasaheavymysteryfeelingstoChinesepeople whichusedtocarryapositivesense implying honor resolution justiceandmystery forexample inoperas theblackfacialmake upalwaysimplies honestandstraightforward and uprightandaboveflattery black InEnglishInEnglishspeakingcountry black isanevilword andjustlike white inChinese Itisalwaysrelatedto bad evil andwicked wearblack戴孝 blackwords不吉利的话 blackmail敲榨 勒索 ablackmark污点 blacksheep败家子 blackdog沮丧情绪 Shegavemeablacklook 他怒气冲冲地看着我 Animal Dog inChineseDogssymbolizesthepersonwhoisalwaysabusedorhasthebaseandevilconductsuchas 走狗 丧家狗 狗仗人势 InEnglishPeopleusedogtorefertothereliablepersonAluckydog lovemelovemydog asfaithfulasadog dragon InChineseIntheChineseculture theanimal 龙 isatotemoftheChinesenation Itisamysticalanimalthathasenormouspower Itisalsothesymbolofthefeudalemperor InEnglishItisamonsterthatrepresentedasagiganticreptile havingalion sjaws thebodyifaserpent withwingsandscalyskinandcanbreatheoutfire Ifyoucallawomanadragon youmeanthatsheisfierceandunpleasant Chinesedragon Long Numbers Numbersare infact originallycomingfromtheearlyhuntingpractice Numbersarealwaysculturallyconnotative Peoplebelievethatsomenumberscanbringfortuneandluck andsomemaybringmisfortuneandevendisasterthem Inchina themysteryofnumbershasbeenmuchinfluencedbytheconceptofYinandYang theevennumbersareYang implying theHeaven themale whiletheoddnumbersareyin implying theEarth thefemale What smore whenpeoplechoosecarlicensetags phonenumbers androomnumbers theytrytoavoid 4 buteagerfor 6 aswellas 8 13alwaysgivespeopleinauspicious n sp s adj 不祥的 凶兆的 不幸的 倒霉的associations TheyfearthisnumberjustlikeChinesepeoplefearghost InEnglish 3representsbalanceinwesternculture sowesternpeoplelikethenumber3 here thereandeverywhere 到处 Ready Aim Fire 预备 瞄准 射击 运动场上Ready Set Go 各就各位 预备 跑 拍卖场上Going Going Gone 卖出 林肯讲话中的ofthepeopleBythepeople andforthepeople 民有 民治 民享 Thenumber 7 ispeople sfavoriteinthewesternculture Itisendowedwithstrongreligioussenseandpenetrateseveryaspectofsociety Godspentsevendaysincreation 七大美德 thesevenVirtues 信任 faith