AComparisonofDailyTaboosBetweenChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountries中国和英语国家之间禁忌之比较I.IntroductionEverycountryhasitsowntaboo.Tabooisaculturalorreligiouscustomthatdoesnotallowpeopletodo,useortalkaboutaparticularthingaspeoplefinditoffensiveorembarrassingHornby1796.Wealwaysmeetproblemswhencommunicatingwithpeoplefromothercountriesifwedon’tunderstandtheirtaboos.Inordertomakecommunicationsuccessful,wemustlearnthemcarefully.Therearemanykindsoftaboossuchastaboosindailylife,businessanddiplomacy.AndthispaperwillmainlytalkabouttaboosindailylifeinChinaandEnglishspeakingcountries.Taboosindailylifeconcludefourparts:food,sociality,holidaysandnumbersanddatesForalltheacademicstudiesIhavecolleccted,Iclassifythestudiesoftaboosinwesterncountriesintotwocategories.Oneistalkingaboutstudiesoftaboos’origin,andtheotherisrelatedtothestudiesoftaboocustoms.Asfarasstudiesoftaboos’priginisconcerned,thebookwrittenby---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---Wardhoughclaimathattaboosareoriginallynothingthananobjectifiedfearofademonicpower.Expertswhostudyoftaboos’intermsofcustomsandbahaviorsinasocietyinvolvespecifictaboosofallsorts.Rogerfocusesonthosewhichremaineffectivetourgethattheexistenttaboocustomsindiffeentculturesshouldkeepsensitiveandbecautiousofhisbehaviorincommunication.InthebookofTheComparisonofCustomsinChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountries,DuXuezengsaysthattabooshavedissimilaritieseveninthesameculturebecauseofdifferentplaces,sodotaboosindifferentculture.Sotabooshavebecometheobstaclesthatimpedepeople’scross-culturecommunication.II.TaboosinDailyLifeinChineseandEnglishSpeakingCountriesA.AboutFoodFoodisavitalpartofourdailylife,soasthetaboosonfood.AstheoldChinesesayinggoes,foodisthefirstnecessityofhumanbeing.Thefoodcustomisdifferentbetweencountries.Therearetwoaspectsaboutthetaboosonfood,oneisthecontentsoffood,andtheotheristhemannerwhenhavingfood1.ContentsofFoodAsitisknowntoall,aMoslemdoesn’thavepork,aHindudoesn’thavebeef,andaBuddhistdoesn’thavemeat.PeopleinEnglishspeakingcountriesavoideatingfat,stickybonesandtheskinsofchickensorducksexceptforroastedskins.Theyalsoavoidhavingfoodmadeupwithanimal’shead,feetandinsides.Westernpeoplehavestrongsensetoprotectanimals,sotheydon’teatsomemeatsuchasdogsand---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---frogs.Americansdislikedisheswhicharespicy,andfoodwhichhasbigsmellssuchasgarlicandstrong-smellingpreservedbeancurd.Englishpeoplepreferfoodwhichisnotstronglyflavored,andtheyseldomeatseafood.Chinesepeoplehavefewtaboostowardswhattoeat.Buttheycareabouteatingonekindoffoodtogetherwithanotherkindoffood.Forexample,Chineseliketoeatdumplingswithvinegar,andtwisteddough-stripswithsoy-beanmilk.However,Chinesedon’tmatchafewkindsoffoodtogether,suchascrabswithpersimmons,spinachesandtofu,whicharebothbadforhealth.Chinesestillpayattentiontohavingfoodaccordingtotheseason.Onekindoffoodhastheirbesttimeforpeopletoeat.InChineseview,eatingleeksinspringorwinterisgoodforknees,butitmakeshumanbeingsdizzyinsummer.Chinesestillformotherhabitsabouteatingfood.Theydislikesmokingwhilehavingameal.Andtheydonotlikedrinkingcoldwateroreatingicecreamimmediatelyafterameal.InNewYear,fishisanecessityinChina.ItoriginatesfromanoldChinesesaying“surplusyearafteryear”.2.TableMannersTablemannersvaryfromcountrytocountry,andtheyarenole...