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CulturalDifferencesOnNumbersA1201杨晓倩
Numbersareoriginallythesignsforcalculating,buttheyhavedifferentconnotationsunderdifferentcultures.Bycomparingthemindifferentcountries,wecanhaveabetterunderstandingaboutdifferentcultures.Thus,wecancommunicatewithforeignerswell.Introduction1234567891011…
Part.1SymbolofNumbers
NumberChinaWestencountriesOneisthechildofthedivinelaw.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dice
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.2ApplicationsofNumbers
ApplicationChinaWestencountries100000000Thenamechangeseveryfourdigits.thousand1,000million1,000,000billion1,000,000,000Thenamechangeseverythreedigits.亿万千百十个
ApplicationPartsofEuropeanstilluseRomannumbers.MostpeopleuseArabicnumbers.
Wecan"tjudgeforeigners"attitudestowardssomethingthroughourownviewaboutourculture.Weneedtoandshouldrespectthedifferencesandputourselvesintheirshoes.Conclusion1234567891011…
vocabulary1234567891011…
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