A study on English idioms and proverbs expressing human feelings and emotions
BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC DÂN LẬP HẢI PHÒNG ISO 9001 : 2008 KHÓA LUẬN TỐT NGHIỆP NGÀNH: NGOẠI NGỮ HẢI PHÒNG - 2010 HAIPHONG PRIVATE UNIVERSITY FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT GRADUATION PAPER ENGLISH IDIOMS AND PROVERBS EXPRESSING HUMAN FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS By: Luong Thi Bich Thuy Class: Na1001 Supervisor: Nguyen Thi Yen Thoa, M.A HAIPHONG-2010 BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TRƯỜNG ĐẠI HỌC DÂN LẬP HẢI PHÒNG Nhiệm vụ đề tài tốt nghiệp Sinh viên: Mãsố: Lớp: Ngành: Tên đề tài: Nhiệm vụ đề tài 1. Nội dung và các yêu cầu cần giải quyết trong nhiệm vụ đề tài tốt nghiệp ( về lý luận, thực tiễn, các số liệu cần tính toán và các bản vẽ). …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… 2. Các số liệu cần thiết để thiết kế, tính toán. …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… 3. Địa điểm thực tập tốt nghiệp. …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… CÁN BỘ HƯỚNG DẪN ĐỀ TÀI Người hướng dẫn thứ nhất: Họ và tên: Học hàm, học vị: Cơ quan công tác: Nội dung hướng dẫn: Người hướng dẫn thứ hai: Họ và tên: Học hàm, học vị: Cơ quan công tác: Nội dung hướng dẫn: Đề tài tốt nghiệp được giao ngày 12 tháng 04 năm 2010 Yêu cầu phải hoàn thành xong trước ngày 10 tháng 07 năm 2010 Đã nhận nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Đã giao nhiệm vụ ĐTTN Sinh viên Người hướng dẫn Hải Phòng, ngày tháng năm 2010 HIỆU TRƯỞNG GS.TS.NGƯT Trần Hữu Nghị PHẦN NHẬN XÉT TÓM TẮT CỦA CÁN BỘ HƯỚNG DẪN 1. Tinh thần thái độ của sinh viên trong quá trình làm đề tài tốt nghiệp: …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… 2. Đánh giá chất lượng của khóa luận (so với nội dung yêu cầu đã đề ra trong nhiệm vụ Đ.T. T.N trên các mặt lý luận, thực tiễn, tính toán số liệu…): …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… 3. Cho điểm của cán bộ hướng dẫn (ghi bằng cả số và chữ): …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………… Hải Phòng, ngày … tháng … năm 2010 Cán bộ hướng dẫn (họ tên và chữ ký) NHẬN XÉT ĐÁNH GIÁ CỦA NGƯỜI CHẤM PHẢN BIỆN ĐỀ TÀI TỐT NGHIỆP 1. Đánh giá chất lượng đề tài tốt nghiệp về các mặt thu thập và phân tích tài liệu, số liệu ban đầu, giá trị lí luận và thực tiễn của đề tài. 2. Cho điểm của người chấm phản biện : (Điểm ghi bằng số và chữ) Ngày tháng năm 2010 Người chấm phản biện Acknowledgements On the completion of this graduation paper,I have received a lot of help, guidance encouragement and idea contribution from my teachers, friends and family. First of all, I would like to express my sincere thanks to my supervisor- Mrs.Nguyen Thi Yen Thoa M.A-who has always been most willing and ready to give me vabluable advice, inspiration and supervision to finish this study Next, my sincere thanks also go to the teachers in the English Department of Hai Phong Private University for their previous supportive lectures during four years that provided me with good background to fulfill my graduation paper. Finally, I would like to give my hearted thanks to my parents and my close friends who always stand by and support me both materially and mentally For my young experience and knowledge, I hope to receive from the more useful comments Hai Phong, June 2010 Student Luong Thi Bich Thuy Table of contents TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Rationale 2. Aims of the study 3. Scope of the study 4. Methods of the study 5. Design of the study PART II: DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER I: THEOReTICAL BACKGROUND 1.Idioms in English 1.1. Definition of idioms 1.2. Features of idioms 2.Proverbs in English 2.1. Definition of idioms 2.2. Features of idioms 3.Distinction between English idioms and proverbs 4.Role of idioms and proverbs in life CHAPTER II: ENGLISH IDIOMS AND PROVERBS EXPRESSING HUMAN FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS 2.1.Overview on English idioms and proverbs expressing human feelings and emotions 2.2. Studying on English idioms and proverbs expressing human feelings and emotions 2.2.1.Love a. „Love makes the world go round‟ b.‟Absence makes the heart grow fonder‟ c.‟Out of sight, out of mind‟ d.‟Love is blind‟ e.‟Blood is thicker than water‟ f.„Brothers are like hands and feet‟ 2.2.2.Happiness a.‟Like a dog with two tails‟ b.‟Walk on air‟ c.‟In seventh heaven‟ d.‟On cloud nine‟ e.‟On top of the world‟ f.‟Over the moon‟ g.‟Thrilled to bits‟ h.‟Happy-go-lucky‟&„Tobe in stithches‟ i.‟Stars in our eyes‟ j.„Whatever floats your boat‟ k.„Music to your ears‟ l.‟Happy in the man who can endure with a qualnimity the highest and the lowest fortune‟ m.‟Happy is he that is happy in his children‟ n.‟ The best things in life are free‟ 2.2.3.Anger and envy a.‟Red hot‟ b.‟Blue in the face‟ c.‟Green with envy‟ d.„Green-eyed monster‟ 2.2.4.Sadness and depressiveness a.‟Get the blues‟-„Have the blues‟ b.„Sing the blues‟ [...]... and proverbs expressing feelings and emotions: Feelings and emotions are a complicated process taking place in human so idioms and proverbs expressing feelings and emotions is so plentiful that I only give some typical study on idioms and proverbs expressing feelings and emotions as followings 2.2.1.Love: 19 Love is an emotion that affects to human life as well as their action As we know, there are many... them, features of idioms and proverbs as well as the roles of idioms and proverbs expressing human feelings and emotions in life 2 Chapter 2: Studies on idioms and proverbs expressing human feelings and emotions Idioms and proverbs relating to feelings and emotions are collected, classified and analyzed Chapter 3: Application of the study: 2 Difficulties in the period of studying 3 Solutions for the... and proverbs denoting feelings and emotions play an important roles in life, it helps human beings understand each other more clearly and share difficulties in life Thus, idioms and proverbs relating to human being feelings and emotions are large and plentiful Because of my limitation of knowledge and time, some typical feelings and emotions are mentioned in the graduation paper 2.2 .English idioms and. .. and emotions are presented and analyzed Particularly , I pay attention to collect and analyze idioms and proverbs on human feelings and emotions , such as love, happy, sad, hungry, thirsty, sleepy, terror and etc… Besides, I also try to collect many idioms and proverbs with hope that I can learn many popular idioms and proverbs for purpose of communication 4.Method of the study: -Collecting material... between idioms and proverbs -Analyzing more meaningful word about human feelings and emotions to enhance student‟s knowledge in related theme -Providing exercises for practice to enable students to apply them in communication in daily life 3 Scope of the study: Idioms and proverbs relating to human feelings and emotions are raried ,in this paper, only some typical idioms and proverbs on human feelings and. .. many idioms and proverbs express love between person and person, love in couples, family and community They all make human life better because they contain advice, lessons from generation to generation Therefore, when studying on idioms and proverbs expressing emotions and feeling, we cannot pass a typical human emotion that is love a ‘ Love makes the world go round’ Love not only makes a person have a. .. foreign language well, we should study and learn by heart idioms and proverbs, which help us can have good conversations and we understand its culture, people, country, history and etc clearly When study a foreign language, learners all find that it is necessary to study on idioms and proverbs because idioms and proverbs help us language like as real native speakers The proverb is existent in various... idioms and proverbs cause many matters around them To study specifically on idioms and proverbs in the following chapter ,firstly, I want to give some general information of idioms and proverbs like as definition of idioms and proverbs, distinction between them and so on 1.1 Idioms in English : 1.1.1 Definition of idioms: Idioms and proverbs are defined in many ways: According to Dictionary Wikipedia,”An... understand a people‟s proverbs, we should observe them in relation with such conditions as its history, economics, culture, customs and mentality It is by the very method that we can get hold of a people‟s proverbs in a correct, scientific and deep way 17 Chapter 2 English idioms and proverbs expressing human feelings and emotions 2.1.Overview on English idioms and proverbs expressing human feelings and emotions: ... with one another Futhermore, I have difficulties in expressing my thinking and idea because of the sort of idioms and proverbs Besides, I also recognize that using idioms and proverbs in communication helps my words become more natural, persuasive and thoughtful With the above reasons, I want to understand English idioms and proverbs more clearly in general and English idioms and proverbs expressing human . relating to human feelings and emotions are raried ,in this paper, only some typical idioms and proverbs on human feelings and emotions are presented and. I want to understand English idioms and proverbs more clearly in general and English idioms and proverbs expressing human feelings and emotions in particular.