中西文化差异数字英文课件

CulturalDifferencesOnNumbersA1201杨晓倩CulturalDifferencesOnNumber1Numbersareoriginallythesignsforcalculating,buttheyhavedifferentconnotationsunderdifferentcultures.Bycomparingthemindifferentcountries,wecanhaveabetterunderstandingaboutdifferentcultures.Thus,wecancommunicatewithforeignerswell.Introduction1

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…NumbersareoriginallythesigPart.1SymbolofNumbersPart.1SymbolofNumbers3NumberChinaWestencountriesOneisthechildofthedivinelaw.Afteronecometwo,Aftertwocomethree,Afterthreecomeallthings.道生一，一生二，二生三，三生万物。1Pythagoreamholdsthattheoriginofallthingsisone.毕达哥拉斯学派认为万物的本源是一。Onegoodturndeservesanother.

礼尚往来,善有善报。Onetodayisworthtwotomorrow.今日事,今日毕。Seeonemountainandseeall.

窥一斑而见全豹。NumberChinaWestencountries1PNumberChinaWestencountrieskilltwobirdswithonestone一箭双雕Goodthingscomeinpairs.双喜临门bestofbothworlds两全其美flywingtowing比翼双飞2two-time欺骗，出卖two-timer骗子，爱情不专一的人twoofatradeneveragree同行相轻puttwofingersupatsb.生气diceNumberChinaWestencountries2dNumberChinaWestencountriesluckforthreeincarnations三生有幸almightiness三头六臂writteninaforcefulhand入木三分3threebluebeansinabluebladder

虚张声势的空话threesheetsinthewind酩酊大醉threesquares衣食无忧的日子trinity三位一体三NumberChinaWestencountriesluNumberChinaWestencountries“四”=“死”Amuffledcatcatchesnomice.四体不勤betornapart

四分五裂

underfirefromallquarters四面楚歌

fallonhisback四脚朝天4fourflush

吹牛four-letter下流的

Heisatotal404.他一头雾水。404notfound搜寻未果fourstar极好的fourhundred名流afourleafclover幸运四叶草f@@ksh@@NumberChinaWestencountries“四NumberChinaWestencountriestheOlympicRings奥运五环abumpergrainharvest五谷丰登ariotofcolour五彩缤纷bewealthyinknowledge学富五车fiveelements

五行5five-fingers

小偷，扒手thefifthwheel多余的人或物

blackFriday

黑色星期五（耶稣死去的日子）thefifthcolumn

(第五纵队)通敌的内奸NumberChinaWestencountriesthNumberChinaWestencountriesEverythingwillgosmoothly.

六六大顺。bepregnant

身怀六甲acycleofsixtyyears六十甲子6atsixesandsevens

乱七八糟；迷糊的hit/knocksb.forsix给某人以毁灭性的打击

besixfeetunder

到死sixofthebest

惩罚NumberChinaWestencountriesEvPart.2ApplicationsofNumbersPart.2ApplicationsofNumbers10ApplicationChinaWestencountries100000000Thenamechangeseveryfourdigits.thousand1,000million1,000,000billion1,000,000,000Thenamechangeseverythreedigits.亿万千百十个ApplicationChinaWestencountriApplicationPartsofEuropeanstilluseRomannumbers.MostpeopleuseArabicnumbers.ApplicationPartsofEuropeansWecan'tjudgeforeigners'attitudestowardssomethingthroughourownviewaboutourculture.Weneedtoandshouldrespectthedifferencesandputourselvesintheirshoes.Conclusion1

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…Wecan'tjudge