Comparison of the Flood Myth between
China & the West
2010583
行政100班
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC STUDY COURSE
Department of Political Science
Southwest University of Science and Technology
Abstract
Flood myth is a common theme of all ethnic groups in the world．F or the past，the research on the western myth of the flood was particularly in the comparison study of the basic structure and the story contrast. The important significance of studying the lies in rehabilitation history and tapping—its deep cultural connotations by using the way of primitive people．In this paper, from the Angle of cultural function of myth, Chinese and western the flood myth rooted by the culture differences. Overall，the creation-made the sin．correctional impunity of the flood—creation again，as the more common myths flood program．Flood myth of Chinese and in the west can be embodied in the story of the god of punishment as the cause of floods，reflecting the original people’S awareness of the early relationship between mankind and nature．After the floods，the recycling world reflected the awareness of the relationship of the original people．They expressed the aspirations of civilization. However，the flood myths of Chinese and in the west have a marked difference．The theme of western flood myth is asylum，which did not reflect the spirits of protest．On the contrary，Chinese flood myths take the”harnessing water”as a theme，which mainly reflected the use and control of flood．The people who are in harnessing water, the west flood myth Was God-centered and embodied a strong sense of religion while the Chinese flood myths is people—oriented．Yu and his son became the representatives of the floods and beco me heroes of the Chinese nation．
Key Words：flood；myths；compare；difference
References
[1] (Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary)7th Edition
[2] Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
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more and more用表示上升趋势的词代替如：a growing/increasing number of.. inevitable不可避免 physically beneficial副词+形容词的表达方式←比较好看的一种方式 议论文开头方法一： Background→Controversy (2 different/opposite ideas)、As/Being a controversial issue，。。。。。作为有争议的问题。。。。Now days， the issue on。。。is highly debatable，and ideas vary from person to person。不同的人有不同的观点。（不要用different people 。。。。）Some would claim 。。。。，while some others may suggest。。。一些人认为。。另一些人认为。。 Some would claim。。。，while the idea。。。is still held by some others。Idea倒装，句子更好看。不能用some。。the other。。这样只有两种可能性，太绝对。。 5个常用单词的替代 Think →claim / suggest / believe / advocate / maintain / suppose Good → beneficial / profitable / helpful / sound / decent / positive Bad→ harmful / detrimental / hazardous / negative Advantage→merit / virtue / benefit / profit / pro Disadvantage →demerit / drawback / flaw / shortcoming / con / cost 赞成某个观点。。 As for me，I side with the fomer/latter 中立观点。。 As far as I am concerned， I believe both views have their own merits and con coexit like a double-edged sword 双刃剑 。。。。can be neither absolutely perfect nor purely harmful 末段（总结） All in all/to conclude/in conclusion/in general/to sum up When all the above-mentioned factors are taken into consideration, a conclusion could be drawn that … (主要用来凑字数) 讨论用结构On one hand，。。。。contribute greatly to。。。 On the other hand/On the contrary/ in contrast，the demerits of。。。。can not be ignored. To begin with/firstly/first and foremost/首先 Besides/in a addition/moreover/其次 Thirdly/furthermore/last but not least/最后 alters=change 用alter代替change A result in B 因A果B C result from D 因D果C 介词 with/like/because of +名词（组）连词 as/because +句子 Boost related industry 推动相关产业Deplete fuel resources worldwide 耗尽石油资源 Air pollution 空气污染Help the spread of epidemics传播传染病（飞机） Traffic jam/accident 交通拥挤/事故（汽车） It is ..... that makes ......倒装 Overseas traveling widens horizon and visualizes what is learnt in books.扩大视野 Sweeten your life.甜蜜你的生活！ 85°C Besides, overseas shopping enables one to buy fashionable dresses and jewelries at a lower price.购物。。tourism/tourist industry 旅游业
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Unit 5 Reporting Results Objectives: -Understand the function and the major elements of the results section; -Learn the major steps to deal with the results section; -Use the tips for describing graphic information; -Grasp the tips for making comparison and contrast; -Learn the skills for choosing appropriate graphs and making graphs. Contents: - Teacher’s introduction; - Reading and discussion: Types of Language for Thinking and Lexical Collocational Errors; - Language focus: graphic description; comparison and contrast; -Writing practice: using graphs and describing graphs (tables and charts); - Rewriting practice: grasping the major moves for outlining the results section; - Classroom extension: descriptions of data and graphs when reporting results. 1.Reading Activity 1.1 Pre-reading Task Do you know how to report the results of your research? The standard approach to the results section of a research paper is to present the results with the statistical
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