《英語(yǔ)數(shù)字和》PPT課件.ppt

1、Number 3,Westerners like the number 3, which symbolizes divinity, honor and good luck. In ancient Roman mythology, the world is ruled by three gods. In Greek mythology,3 is a perfect number. It reflects the beginning, middle, and final.在基督教里也有圣父，圣靈，圣子三位一體的說(shuō)法，所以當(dāng)人們說(shuō)： All things come in threes.”時(shí)意思是所有

2、的事情都非常順利,3 in ancient Chinese culture has a relationship with a lot of philosophical theory.例如老子道德經(jīng)中記述，“道生一，一生二，二生三，三生萬(wàn)物，世間萬(wàn)物皆是由三衍生出來(lái)的。3在東方文化中又是屬于忌諱的范疇。中國(guó)人認(rèn)為，3和散同音，在許多喜慶的場(chǎng)合避免使用該數(shù)字。然而漢語(yǔ)中的三只手用來(lái)指小偷，翻譯為英語(yǔ)時(shí)是five fingers,Number 4,Extremely worship in Europe and the United States and other Western countrie

3、s on 4That it is a symbol of fairness, justice, power.Early Christian symbolism considered 4 on behalf of the evangelists, a symbol of unity, tenacity and stability.英語(yǔ)中的：the four corners 就是十字路口的意思。the four corners of the earth，是天涯海角，四面八方的意思。還有諺語(yǔ)：Four eyes see more than two.意思是人多眼亮，人多智廣,數(shù)字“四”在中國(guó)被視為一個(gè)不吉祥的數(shù)字。究其原因，是它的發(fā)音與“死”字諧音。因此，選擇電話(huà)號(hào)碼、車(chē)牌號(hào)時(shí)，人們都不愿意帶有“四”的，尤其是尾數(shù)為“四”的。更要避開(kāi)的是“14”（諧音“要死”）、“44”（諧音“死十次”）、“514”（諧音“我要死”）等。在成語(yǔ)中可以見(jiàn)到“四分五裂”、“朝三暮四”、“低三下四”。在歇后語(yǔ)中也有例子：七個(gè)銅錢(qián)放兩處不三不四；七個(gè)仙女爭(zhēng)香脂香三臭四；七根竹竿掉進(jìn)豬圈里橫三豎四。 當(dāng)然，“四”在中國(guó)也并非一無(wú)是處。在親友聚會(huì)敬酒時(shí)也常常喝四杯，以示“四季發(fā)財(cái)”。還有“四平八穩(wěn)”、“四通八達(dá)”、“四季如