中西文化差异-数字-英文PPT

CulturalDifferencesOnNumbersA1201杨晓倩Numbersareoriginallythesignsforcalculating,buttheyhavedifferentconnotationsunderdifferentcultures.Bycomparingthemindifferentcountries,wecanhaveabetterunderstandingaboutdifferentcultures.Thus,wecancommunicatewithforeignerswell.Introduction1234567891011…Part.1SymbolofNumbersNumberChinaWestencountriesOneisthechildofthedivinelaw.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。NumberChinaWestencountrieskilltwobirdswithonestone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NumberChinaWestencountriesluckforthreeincarnations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NumberChinaWestencountries“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@@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NumberChinaWestencountriesEverythingwillgosmoothly.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Part.2ApplicationsofNumbersApplicationChinaWestencountries100000000Thenamechangeseveryfourdigits.thousand1,000million1,000,000billion1,000,000,000Thenamechangeseverythreedigits.亿万千百十个ApplicationPartsofEuropeanstilluseRomannumbers.MostpeopleuseArabicnumbers.Wecan'tjudgeforeigners'attitudestowardssomethingthroughourownviewaboutourculture.Weneedtoandshouldrespectthedifferencesandputourselvesintheirshoes.Conclusion1234567891011…vocabulary1234567891011…Thanksforlistening!