各民族的文化模式有其特色,对待同一事物的看法也受制于民族结构,民族生活方式,民族心理特征以及价值观体系等人文因素。汉语和英语分属东西方文化,东西方价值观的巨大差异自然有力的左右着人们对古老图腾的认识,以下就人们对龙的看法入手,试图说明英汉民族价值体系的差异。 The cultural patterns of all ethnic groups have their own characteristics. The treatment of the same thing is also subject to human factors such as ethnic structure, ethnic life style, national psychology and values ​​system. Chinese and English belong to Eastern and Western cultures. The huge differences between East and West values ​​naturally influence people’s understanding of ancient totem. The following takes people’s view of the dragon in an attempt to illustrate the differences between the national values ​​of the Chinese and English.