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SOMETHINGABOUTDOGSpeaker：GuoJiaminID：201424070103Dogsarehuman'sgoodfriends,butithasdifferentemotionalcoloringinChinaandtheWestwiththeexpressionofdogs.TodaywecanlearnabouttheexpressionofdogsinEnglishandChinese.狗是人类的好朋友，但在中西方的表达中狗有着不同的感情色彩。今天我们就一起来了解一下中英文中关于狗的那些表达吧。Sinceancienttimes,thedoginChinaisakindofferociousanimalwhichalwaysbeenusedtoguardinghuman’shouses.Andwordsrelatedtodogsarealwayswithderogatorymeanings.Forexample,beabullyundertheprotectionofapowerfulperson,actlikeasnob,acorneredbeastwilldosomethingdesperate,worsethanpigsordogs.狗在中国自古以来就是看家护院的凶恶动物，与狗相关的词语大多都带有贬义。例如，狗仗人势，狗眼看人低，狗急跳墙，猪狗不如等。Butthedogsinwesternliteraturearemostlypositiveimage,forexample,onrepresentativeworkoftheAmericanwriterJackLondon‘smovie“theCalloftheWild“andinthefamousmovieHachiko:ADog'sStory”.SotheEnglishphrasesrelatedtodogsaremostlypositive.但狗在西方文学中大都是正面的形象，比如在美国作家杰克伦敦的代表作《野性的呼唤》中，在著名电影《忠犬八公的故事》中，所以英语里有关狗的词语也多为褒义。Thenlet’slookatsomeofthecommonlyusedexpressionsaboutdogs.Loveme，lovemydog..爱屋及乌Ifyouloveme,youshouldaccepteverythingofmine.Everydoghashisday.凡人皆有得意时。He'llgetthatpromotioneventually.Everydoghasitsday.Thissentenceisalwaysbeenusedtowarnpeoplenottobelittleothersbecauseeveryonehasthelightofday.Italsousedtoencourageothersthattherewillalwaysbeonedaywhenagoodfortunebefellthem.Agooddogdeservesagoodbone.立功者受奖Heworkedlikeadog.他工作很卖力。Hesparednoeffortinhiswork.”workedlikeadog”doesn’tmeanthatoneistiredbuthard-working.TherearesomedifferenceswithChinesegenerallyunderstanding.Dogdays三伏天Thesearethedogdays,watermelonsarejustinseason.Itmeans“thehottestweeksofthesummer”.Theancientastrologersfoundthateveryyeartheweatherinthesouthisthemosthotthisweek,Sirius(天狼星)alwaysriseswiththesun,andSiriushasanothername“theDogStar”.Sothisperiodofextremeheatiscalled“diescaniculars”(Siriusdays),whichalsowriteas“caniculardays”.Andcountryfolkuseamorepopularsaying,thatis“dogdays”.Dogdays三伏天Ofcourse,thereisalsoasayingmaynotseemthathardtounderstand.Whenitishot,thedogwillrisealongtongue.Soitisakindofweatherwhichcanbeabletoheatthedog'sbreath,itiscalled“daysdog”.Dogsomeone跟随某人Throughtheabovestudy,wemusthaveknownsomeexpressionsaboutdogs.Nowlet’sseeamovieHachiko:ADog'sStory”.AboutthefilmThefilmtellsaboutamannamedParker,auniversityprofessorinasmalltown.Onedayheencounteredapoorpuppyandtakeithome.Professoradoptedit,giveitanamecalledHachi.SincethenitlivedwithParkerfamilyandgraduallygrewup.Afterthat,Hachisentprofessortostationeverymorning,waitingforhimtogobacktogethereveryevening.Unfortunately,professordiedofdiseasesuddenly,andneverwentbacktothestation.However,Hachistillwaitedforhisprofessoratthestationontime,untilhewenttoheaven…..故事讲述了Parker教授收养了一只小秋田犬，取名“Hachi”。之后的每天，Hachi早上将教授送到车站，傍晚等待教授一起回家。不幸的是，教授因病辞世，再也没有回到车站，然而Hachi在之后的10年时间里依然每天按时在车站等待，直到最后死去。AboutaclassicplotParkerwasaccompaniedbythisdogtoworkontimeeverymorning.Intheeveninghewouldappearatthestationatfiveo'clocktogreetParkeroffwork.Intheeyesofstationagent,hotdogvendorandnearbystoreowners,thepicturewasalreadyusedtobeingseen.Hachi每天准时陪伴Parker上班，傍晚五点准时出现在火车站门口迎接Parker下班，小镇车站站长，卖热狗的小贩，附近商店的老板娘的眼中这都是已经习以为常的画面。Thankyou！