WhenChinesepeoplearespendingtheSpringFestival，westernerswonderwhichisthesymboloftheyearofyang．IsittheYearoftheGoatortheyearoftheSheep？ButthewordforgoatsandsheepinChineseis"yang"．Whenwesterners|小学英语问答-字典翻译问答网

WhenChinesepeoplearespendingtheSpringFestival，westernerswonderwhichisthesymboloftheyearofyang．IsittheYearoftheGoatortheyearoftheSheep？ButthewordforgoatsandsheepinChineseis"yang"．Whenwesterners

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WhenChinesepeoplearespendingtheSpringFestival，westernerswonderwhichisthesymboloftheyearofyang．IsittheYearoftheGoatortheyearoftheSheep？ButthewordforgoatsandsheepinChineseis"yang"．

Whenwesternerswanttotranslateachildren'sTVshowintoEnglish．IsittranslatedasPleasantGoatandBigBigWolforPleasantSheepandBigBigWolf？

Sowhat'sthedifferencebetweenasheepandagoat？Forwesterners，sheepareseenasharmlesswhilegoatsaren'teasytocontrol．

ThereisasimilarproblemwhentheYearoftheRat/Mousecomes．Westernersthinkthatmicearegenerallyseenascuteanimals，whileratsareseenasdirtyones．

Dragonsandpigsalsocausethesameconfusion．Inwesterners'opinion，dragonsareharmfultohumans，butinChina，theyareusuallysymbolsofgoodluck，soarepigs．However，inthewest，pigsaredirtyandfat．

Westernersarestilltryingtoworkoutexactlywhatyearthey'recelebrating．WhichrepresentstheYearofyang，sheeporgoat？AChinesewordcouldbetranslatedintoboth．Andthesamethingsalsotakeplaceonotheranimals，suchasdragons，snakesandmonkeys．SomeNetuserspointedoutthatthisisnottheonlyanimalonChineselunar （农历） calendar．"Itseemslikewesternerscouldbe confused everyyear．WhatshouldtheycalltheYearofniu，Ox，CoworBull？"aNetusersaid．

61．Whatdowesternersthinkofsheep？___

A．Dirtyandfat．

B．Harmless．

C．Harmful．

D．Cute．

62．Chinesepeoplethinkpigsare___．

A．symbolsofgoodluck

B．difficulttocontrol

C．dirtyandfat

D．clever

63．WhichofthefollowingsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage？___

A．Westernerslikedragons．

B．Westernerslikerats．

C．Westernerslikemice．

D．WesternersknowhowtocalltheYearofniu．

64．Whatisthemeaningoftheunderlinedword confused inChinese？___

A．困惑

B．痛苦

C．无聊

D．清楚

65．Whatisthepassagemainlyabout？___

A．ThedifferenthobbiesbetweenChinaandwesterncountries．

B．ThedifferentanimalsbetweenChinaandwesterncountries．

C．Thediffe

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　　61B细节理解题：根据Forwesterners，sheepareseenasharmless对于西方人来说，羊被视作无害的．故答案为B．　　62A细节理解题：根据butinChina，theyareusuallysymbolsofgoodluck，soarepigs但在中国，他们通常都是好运的象征，猪也如此．故答案为A．　　63C细节理解题：根据Westernersthinkthatmicearegenerallyseenascuteanimals西方人认为老鼠一般被认为是可爱的动物．故答案为C．　　64A词义理解题：根据Forwesterners，sheepareseenasharmlesswhilegoatsaren'teasytocontrol对西方人来说，羊被认为是无害的，而山羊是不容易控制的；　　Westernersthinkthatmicearegenerallyseenascuteanimals，whileratsareseenasdirtyones．西方人认为老鼠一般被视为可爱的动物，而大老鼠则被视为肮脏的动物；Inwesterners'opinion，dragonsareharmfultohumans，butinChina，theyareusuallysymbolsofgoodluck，soarepigs．However，inthewest，pigsaredirtyandfat．在西方人看来，龙对人体有害，但在中国，他们通常都是好运的象征，猪也如此．但是，在西方，猪是肮脏的和肥胖的．综合起来，他们总是引起困惑，故答案为A．　　65D大意理解题：本文主要介绍了中国和西方国家不同的文化差异，而这些差异主要体现在中国人和西方人对待一些动物的喜好和态度上．本文接着又分别从几组具体的中国人和西方人对待动物的喜好上来说明，因此，答案为D．