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Unit4NonverbalCommunications,-byGroupFour,Shoesforstreetwalking.Comeinandhaveafit!,Case1.ShoesforStreetWalkingQuestion:WhydidtheItalianshopownermakesuchablunder?,I.Warm-upcases,StreetWalker-aprostitutewhoattractscustomersbywalkingthestreets.haveafit-tobecomesuddenlyandviolentlyangryorupset,Interpretation,ButIjusthopeIdonotgethustled.,Case1.AMisunderstandingCausedofajokeQuestion:WhydidRosalitanotspeakwithrogerfortherestofthetime?,I.Warm-upcases,hustle1Aswindleinwhichyoucheatatgamblingorpersuadeapersontobuyworthlessproperty2(slang)Tosolicitcustomers.Usedofapimporprostitute.Rogermeamedhehopenotbecheatasajoke.RosalitamisunderstandedRogerwasinsulttoherfriendbecausehustlehasanothermeaninginwhichromanceorsexishinted,Interpretation,Comment:Foreignlanguagelearnersthattheyshouldpayspecialattentiontotheslangandidiomaticexpressionsuesdbynativespeakers.Meaningswillvarydependingonthecontext.,Differencesinculturalthoughtpatterns,CulturallyLoadedWordsCulturallyLoadedWords,Aterminonelanguagedoesnotnecessarilyhaveacounterpartintheotherlanguage.Suchas:一本書(shū)=Abook;樹(shù)=atreeBut（中國(guó)的）龍dragonChinese:“龍”isatotemwithmanyroyalassociationinChineseculture,whichrepresentsgreatthing.English:Butdragonishorrible,disgustingmonsters.,Wordsortermsinbothlanguagesappeartorefertothesameobjectorconceptonlyonthesurface,butactuallyrefertoquitedifferentthings;知識(shí)分子intellectualChinese:“知識(shí)分子”inChineseculturemeanspeoplewhoowncollegeeducation;English:“intellectual”includesonlypeopleofhighacademicstatus,suchascollegeprofessors.,Thingsorconceptsarerepresentedbyoneorperhapstwotermsinonelanguage,butbymanyintheotherlanguage,i.e.Finerdistinctionsexistintheotherlanguage.Chinese:theChinesepracticeisgenerally,butnotalways,touse“公”or“母”toshowwhetheracreatureismaleoffemale.English:morespecifictermsareoftenused,includingtermsfortheyoung.(Dog:Dog公狗、Bitch母狗、Puppy小狗),Termshavemoreorlessthesameprimarymeaning,buthavesecondaryoradditionalmeaningthatmaydifferconsiderablyfromeachother.,ThesourceofChineseproverbsisfromourancestorsproductionlabor.Afteralonghistoricalprocess,throughtthecontinuousaccumulationoftheirpractice,perceptionandexperience,graduallyevolvedintoashortandphilosophicalsentence.,TheoriginsoftheChineseproverbs:,TheoriginsoftheEnglishproverbs:,Originatingfromfolklife(民間生活)OriginatingfromreligionOriginatingfromliteraryworkOriginatingfromGreekandRomanmythology,Taboos,Inverbalcommunication,somewordsorexpressionaretobeavoidedwhichitishardtoacceptbecauseoftraditionorsocialcustom.Theseareverbaltaboos.Euphemistice.g.passedaway/bewithGod=diedwashoneshands=gototoiletimperfecthearing=deaf“Four-letterword”associatedwithsexualandexcreta,beconsideredveryrudeandoffensiveSwearwords:moreoffensiveandunacceptable,CaseThree:,Theproblemresultedfromthemisunderstandingofthephrase“l(fā)ookout”.Inthiscase,themanyelling“l(fā)ookout”meanstowarnthewomantobecarefulforthattherewasdangerabove.However,forthewoman,shehavethoughtthatthemanwastoletherlookoutofthewindow.,Asimilarcase,FreezeUndernormalconditions,itmeanssomethingbecomeverycoldorturntoice.Butinsomecriticalmoment,itmeanstoletsomebodystopmoving.Therefore,whenyoubreakintosomeoneAmericanandtheyyell“freeze”,youhadbettertostopmovingortheymaythinkyouareaintruder!,起源差異,1,地理環(huán)境差異,2,習(xí)俗差異,3,歷史典故差異,4,5,TheculturaldifferencesChineseandEnglishproverbsreflected:,1.起源差異：EnglishproverbsarereflectedbyChristianism.ReflectstheChristianethicsandcodeofconduct.如：Manpropose,Goddisposes.謀事在人，成事在天。ChineseproverbsarereflectedbyRujiao,Daoijiao.如：不看僧面看佛面（佛家思想）,地理環(huán)境的差異：TheUKisaseagirtcountry,sotheEnglishproverbsareconcernedaboutnautics.如：Totakethewindoutofonessail(先發(fā)制人，搶占上風(fēng))Chinaisaninlandcountry,sotherearemanyproverbsareconcernedaboutland,agriculture.如：五谷豐登、瓜熟蒂落、根深蒂固等。,習(xí)俗差異：ThedifferentperformanceoftheEnglishandChinesecustomcanbeshownfromthetypicalwayonthedogsattitude.The”dog“appearsintheChineseproverbsoftenwithirony.如：狐朋狗黨、狗急跳墻、狗腿子等；Andinwesterncountries,thedogisconsideredtobethemostloyalfriends,oftenodescribethebehaviorofpeoplebythedogsimage.如：Everydoghashisday.(人皆有出頭日)、Loveme,lovemydog.（愛(ài)屋及烏）。,歷史典故差異IntheChinesebooks,theproverbmostlyappearinthebookofodes,legends,theseproverbsstructureissimplebutfullofeducationmeaning,如：有朋自遠(yuǎn)方來(lái)，不亦說(shuō)乎？ButtheEnglishproverbsareoftenoriginatedfromTheBible,Aesopsfables如：WeareallAdamschildren.(我們都是亞當(dāng)?shù)淖訉O)Pandorasbox(災(zāi)難、禍害即將來(lái)臨),THANKYOU,