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1、OntheOriginsofEnglishIdiomsandcomparisondifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseidiomsI.IntroductionAsanEnglishlearner,westudyEnglisheveryday;learningitsliteraryworks,grammaticalfunctions,usethemandsoon.Sometimes,wecomecrosssomesentencesthatwecan’tunderst
2、and,suchas,“Thereisablacksheep”or“Don’tbeabadapple”,“goovermyhead”,“Don’tputyourproblemsatmydoorstep”,“justbearwithme”,“heapcoaloffireonone’shead”etc.Ofcoursewecancomprehendthemeaningofeverysingleword.Whydidwemeetsuchadifficultytounderstandthem?Sothe
3、yrepresentnativeEnglishidioms!Howcanweunderstandthephrasesmeaning?“Thereisablacksheep”(害群之马),“goovermyhead”(无法理解)(乔恩（Choong,G,G.）2003.2),“Don’tputyourproblemsatmydoorstep”(归咎于我)(卢思源，2006，1.p290)，“justbearwithme”(容忍我),“heapcoaloffireonone’shead”(以德抱怨)
4、.InfactEnglishidiomsarenotstrangetousinourstudyanddailylife,wecanoftenmentionorusethemwithwhichwearefamiliar.Idiomsarefixedphrasesthatgothroughthetestofhistoryandcannotbetreatedseparately,theyareakindoflanguagethatBritainandAmericausetoexpresstheirid
5、eas.AnEnglishidiomisagroupofwordswithaspecialmeaningdifferentfromthemeaningofitsconstituentwords.Mostoftheseidiomaticexpressionsarephrasesoftwoormorewordsthatfunctionasaunitofmeaningandmustbelearnedasawhole.InEnglish-speakingcountries,idiomsarehearda
6、ndreadeverywherefromdebatestoeverydayconversations.Agoodmasteryofidiomsbecomesasignificantsymbolofaperson’scommandofthelanguage.However,becauseofalowleveloflinguisticcompetenceinthetargetlanguage,peoplewholearnEnglishasasecondlanguageareatadistinctdi
7、sadvantageinunderstandingEnglishidioms.WemustknowtheoriginsofEnglishidiomssothatwecanlearnEnglishwell.Idiomsasaspecialformoflanguagecarriedalargeamountofculturalinformation,suchashistory,geography,religion,custom,nationality,psychology,thoughtpattern
8、andsoon,andthereforearecloselyrelatedtoculture.Theyaretheheritageofhistoryandtheproductofculturalevolvement.Generalspeaking,Englishidiomscamefromsociety,cultureandhistory;theyincludedineverythingandrelatedtooursociety’slifeandplayedanimportantroleinc
