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1、Contents1.Introduction12.TheUnderstandingofEnglishIdioms12.1TheConceptionoftheWord"Idiom"22.2TheFeaturesofIdioms22.2.1?ConcisenessandExtendedMeaning22.2.2Popularity32.2.3ExplosiveVitality32.3ClassificationofIdioms32.3.1Colloquialisms32.3.2Proverbs42.3.3Slang42.3.4
2、Allusions42.3.5PhrasalVerbs43.TheImportanceofResearchingIdioms43.1ToMasterLanguageWell43.2ToLearntheCultureofEnglish-speakingCountries53.3ToPromoteCross-culturalCommunicationintheWorld54.SourcesandCultureofEnglishIdioms54.1IdiomsOriginatingfromHistoricEventsandThe
3、irReflectedCulture.64.2IdiomsOriginatingfromGeographyandTheirReflectedCulture74.3IdiomsOriginatingfromEconomyandTheirReflectedCulture84.4IdiomsOriginatingfromReligionandTheirReflectedCulture84.5IdiomsOriginatingfromLiteraryWorksandTheirReflectedCulture94.6IdiomsRe
4、latedtoSportandTheirReflectedCulture104.7IdiomsRelatedtoAnimalsFeaturesandTheirReflectedCulture104.8IdiomsOriginatingfromFoodandTheirReflectedCulture115.TheDevelopmentofIdioms116.Conclusion12Bibliography1313OntheCulturalConnotationofEnglishIdioms1.IntroductionIdio
5、msareacolorfulandfascinatingaspectofEnglish.Theyarecommonlyusedinalltypesoflanguages,formalandinformal,writtenandspoken.Theyarevividinusage,briefinstructureandprofoundinmeaning.Itmakeslanguagemorecolorful,morealive.Ifusedcorrectly,thesekindsofexpressionscanbeveryi
6、mpressive.Itisagroupofwordswithmeaningdifferentfromtheliteralone;therefore,itisdifficulttounderstandidiomsjustfromtheirliteralmeaningofindividualelements.Idiomshaveshortandbriefwordsandconnotativemeaning.Theyreflectthespecificculturalcharacteristicandculturalimpli
7、cation,whichshowdevelopmentandevolutionofEnglishnation,theymirrorthesociallifestyleandpeople'svalueofEnglishspeakingcountry.Agoodmasteryofidiomsbecomesasignificantsymbolofaperson'scommandofthelanguage.However,becauseofalowleveloflinguisticcompetenceinthetargetlang
8、uage,peoplewholearnEnglishasasecondlanguageareatadistinctdisadvantageinunderstandingEnglishidioms.WemustknowtheoriginsofEnglishsothatwecanlearnEnglishwe
