中文习语英文翻译.ppt

Unit 15 Idioms, proverbs, and sayings;Match the following with their definitions.;Fill in the blanks;The proper use of idioms in a language is often a mark of a person’s command of the language.;Read from Pages 61 to Page 63 and answer: 1) What is an idiom? 2) How does an English idiom differ from a Chinese Chengyu(成语)?;What is an idiom?;Idiom 成语;Translate the following:;Main points:;Read and answer how they are originated in the English culture.;What tradition is reflected in the following?;What living habit or tradition is reflected in the following?;What social activity is reflected in the following?;What book is reflected in the following?;What is the cultural connotation of the lion in the English culture?;To sum up the features of English idioms;Classification of the English idioms;Translating idioms;2. Literal translation;3. Free translation;Fight to the last man;Exercises ;like the sun setting beyond the western hills; on the wane leap year in an instant; in a twinkle the first ten days of a month late at night Time has changed. change at every moment be cursed for ever by posterity; remain infamous in history all the time; constantly donkey’s years be on the increase day by day grow more and more prosperous someday; when the day comes can be expected soon at tremendous speed; by leaps and bounds all the year round; throughout the year the rest of one’s life; one’s remaining years new era; new epoch prolong one’s life