British graduate thesis (2012th)

Questions in English breakfast eye cultural difference

 Acknowledgements

First and foremost, I appreciate my country who give me a comfortable learning atmosphere.

Second, I would like to show my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Prof. Zhang Jieru, who has walked me through all the stages of the writing of this thesis. Without her illuminating instruction and patience, this thesis could not have reached its present form.

I am also greatly indebted to all my teachers who have helped me to develop the fundamental and essential academic competence. My sincere appreciation also goes to all my classmates, who are my proud of my life.

Last but not least, I want to thank all my friends, especially my three lovely roommates, for their encouragement and support.

Abstract

Chinese culture originated in the agricultural civilization of the river, while English culture originated in the commercial civilization of the ocean. These two very different cultural origins deeply influented the socio-economic development and people's lifestyles in their respectively countries. The Englishman is very proud of the traditional breakfast. It seems to a lot of foreigners come to Britain, takeing ham and eggs for their breakfasts is part of the taste of British culture. Compared to the Chinese, it is simple and is at a low nutrient level. Traditional Chinese breakfast, such as cakes, fried dough sticks, steamed buns, rice porridge, noodles and vermicelli accounted for a large proportion in Chinese people’ life.

Key words: breakfast, difference, agricultural civilization of the river, commercial civilization of the ocean.
Acknowledgements I

Abstract ii

Pick to iii

1 introduction 1

China and the UK culture origin of 3

3 from the origin of culture in English reading breakfast five differences

3.1 business civilization and agriculture civilization 5

3.2. The river civilization and Marine civilization 6

3.3 conservative civilization and open civilization 7

4 the English breakfast 8 differences

4.1 literal meaning 9

4.2 the breakfast time 9

4.3 breakfast material 10

4.4 the kinds of breakfast 10

5 epilogue 11

Bibliography 13

 The English breakfast in the cultural difference

1 introduction
In the human long-term labor and social practice, different regions of people formed the different diet content, diet characteristics and the diet custom. Breakfast this daily eating habits in different regions also show some of the difference.

In many foreigners to Britain, it seems, eat ham and eggs for breakfast every day, appreciated in Britain is part of the culture, the degree of a bit no less than mentioned Sally benevolence of abiathar name or to visit Britain's parliament building. Whenever foreigners to the UK on vacation, they many strong health dish of knowledge often left the tourists usually more delicate and breakfast, to enjoy a after cooked an English breakfast. For many people, an English breakfast is still their daily life is very important part of it. British writer Seth summers, maugham even think that an English breakfast rich nutrition, outstanding, should eat every day at least three times. [1] although maybe people think his word is some far-fetched and exaggerated, but people one thing is for sure, a meticulously produced at the British breakfast not utter a day of life started as the most simple but also one of the best ways.#p#分頁標題#e#

In contrast, the Chinese traditional breakfast has quite part of residents breakfast eats simple, eat not science, prandial collocation is not reasonable, nutritional quality is low. The traditional breakfast food such as cakes, and Fried dough sticks, steamed buns, noodles, rice porridge, fine varieties such as, in China the people of the breakfast considerable proportion. In the southern city of nanning, wuhan, chengdu, chongqing, guiyang, kunming, people put the noodles, and Fried dough sticks as the first choice of breakfast; In a typical cities of the north, shenyang, people put porridge, jellied bean curd listed in the first breakfast food; While in Beijing, Fried cake, baked wheat cake is people of the main food for breakfast.

Understand the knowledge of an English breakfast, through the exchange of Chinese and western culture, can let our breakfast form more rich, improve nutrition level, improve diet structure. In many of the cities of the south, to eat breakfast already speak material benefit and speak nutrition, speak more scientific and reasonable. The southern Chinese breakfast in many of the cities has started to nutrition, science, health the direction of development, fully meet the fast pace of modern life demand.

 China and the UK culture origin

Culture is the human attribute, from humans and apes YiBie phase of the day, humanity will have a culture. And when the human material life, spiritual life and social life development progress to a certain stage, after a certain level, culture will form certain civilization. [2] live in different parts of the people on the earth because of natural environment and climate differences take different survival and way of life, and in the beginning of human society formed different culture characteristics, that is, their culture originated from different types of civilization.

China is located in the east of Asia, east the frequency spectrum of the Pacific, west on the qinghai-tibet plateau is big, north have the vast desert and gobi, southwest have hengduan mountains block, 代寫英國畢業dissertationgeographical isolation mechanism is quite obvious. In the original human insuperable within the natural barrier, mild climate, sufficient rainfall, fertile land, many rivers, have the vast leeway, for the primitive agriculture development to provide good conditions, and the Chinese civilization in the semi-closed continental geographical environment in the Yellow River basin as a cradle developed, and gradually expand to the huaihe river, the Yangtze river basin and the pearl river basin. The river irrigation bred the farming culture, farming culture, gave birth to the agricultural civilization. Britain's full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, by the island of Great Britain, AiErLanDao northeast and some small islands, north sea, between the English channel of Dover strait, with continental Europe faces. British culture, as part of the European culture, originated in Europe, Asia, Africa are around the Mediterranean region, especially the Aegean islands central Mediterranean and Greek peninsula. Its culture belongs to the typical Marine culture, Marine culture are nourishes the commercial civilization. [3]#p#分頁標題#e#

In short, China's development of agricultural civilization from typical river, has closed conservative characteristic; And the rise of Britain is typical of the ocean from commercial civilization, has the characteristics of opening.

3 from the origin of cultural differences in English reading for breakfast

The difference of its poor root for breakfast, can be traced back to the origin of the two cultures. Different geography, climate environment for people who seek the different living and production style; Different production mode makes the different characteristics of the culture origin; Different culture origin let foreign people formed the habit of daily life.

3.1 business civilization and agricultural civilization

The rise of agricultural civilization rely mainly on agricultural production, and agricultural production process influenced by natural environment. "Spring sowing the autumn harvest", "literary attainment" is the natural order of agricultural production. The periodic prompted Chinese crop production to sow crops, growth, flowering, results, and the harvest farming, so the old Chinese people have strong from nature of consciousness to buy time. [4] combined with the characteristics of agricultural production, the ancient Chinese adopt "whether the" production and way of life. When the ancient Chinese people aware of land the more you pay, from the land of the gain of the more you get, they'll cherish in fields can be special time, and the most direct labor time, guarantee for intensive cultivation way of doing that is "hoping". Since the earlier work, the breakfast time must be "early", because only after breakfast the members of the house to really start a day's work, so China since ancient times has been passed down from NongYan have "breakfast is a rope, locked in a house". In order to save time in the morning, the speed of the breakfast is not slow, breakfast is more obvious function of hunger. Since the breakfast time and attention of speed, Chinese on the breakfast nutrition is not some ignored.

Commercial civilization development cannot leave the Commodity Exchange, which, in the business or business center for development. Compared with the agriculture civilization, it in the rise and development of the four seasons are less change and the influence of the sunrise and sunset; Also by air, water, less sunlight and natural factors influence. In the history of the English major commercial and social interaction with the way to obtain material life living condition. Business features usually is "trade service, fuck JiJi moved far win". The morning hours and the time in the evening for them difference. They work need not after the sun, because the factory machine running basic human control by; The agreed upon of Commodity Exchange also basic human control by time, so they don't have strong and nature of the time for awareness, and therefore the British tend to press their needs to control the time. After a night of fasting, human need to replenish the energy and nutrient. So the British people without poorly in the morning time needed for body with food, so their breakfast sort is various, nutrition is rich, and meal time relatively bounteous usually.#p#分頁標題#e#

3.2. The river civilization and Marine civilization

The river civilization is a mild civilization, as static flow as the major. It's development depends on plenty of irrigation water, the flat terrain, relative to the fertile land and mild climate. These basic geography climatic conditions conducive to the cultivation of crops and grow, and can meet the basic needs of human existence, belong to "static" civilization. Life in the Yellow River basin in ancient Chinese land in a shed repeatedly in agricultural production, in order to achieve self-sufficiency. Gradually, the Chinese people adapt and habits in a piece of land on the increase, to breed. "Was born and bred, old, fathers, sons in the content with grave, generation," [5] land of the source of food, clothing and become the Chinese, they are a very strong consciousness of the home, not willing to flee, so diet also shows the "static" features. Three meals a day diet, basic is now at home, breakfast is no exception. Therefore, the traditional Chinese breakfast mostly not carry, and breakfast with them the most easy access to raw materials of agricultural products mainly.

Marine civilization has more characteristic of the sea, overpowering momentum. It originated in the development in shortage, insufficient for the flow within the. Marine national tend to foreign country to seek more of the material life of wealth, belong to "dynamic" civilization. British culture on sea island, the water transportation is very convenient, like business. [6] Marine culture nourishing the British way of life nature cannot leave the ocean, in order to survive they pay attention to business sailing to acquire and accumulate wealth. In exploration and trade activities, the British sailing trip sometimes up to several decades. During the long sailing on the way, their main sources of food on storage and carry. British breakfast food such as bread, jam, bacon and ham all easy storage and carry.

3.3 conservative civilization and open civilization

Agricultural life the life and production of fixed data and closed geographical environment in China into the agricultural culture "conservative" features, such as Mr. Qian mu say of "agriculture on which life, yue climate, yue rain ze, yue soil, these three, are not from human self-reliance arrangement". The ancient Chinese people stranded on the forces of nature, choose the obedient and adapt, then this formed the Ann soil heavy moved, carefree, national character mandate in line. China agricultural culture gandour, self-sufficient production bring peace and stability of the way, let everybody ascetic pursuit, enough is enough. And Chinese traditional culture by the influence of the Confucian and Taoist thought. The Confucian ethics thought core is a "the ritual" the word is, "don't FeiLiWuTing, depending on the propriety of Confucian doctrines constraint Chinese homemade, restrained desire, observe the proprieties; Taoist thought is advocate that has few wants less private. Indulge in pleasure is the traditional Chinese despised, traditional Chinese line is recognized, so the Chinese always advocate early to bed and early to rise. In the long-term of the China feudal society, the small-scale peasant economy in a very long time dominant, low productivity, its production results only to satisfy people's basic needs of living and production. Most ordinary farmers were in "fine work, when rain when textile", "day hold hoe, late motivation Zhu" of life, [7] so it is difficult to enjoy night the carnival of ordinary people. Poor nightlife can in fact that the early to bed and early Chinese, got up early of course breakfast will also early.#p#分頁標題#e#

4 the English breakfast differences

Breakfast is refers to the morning food, usually can be understood as the first eat after waking up

A meal, and it can provide the essential human nutrition and energy. China and the UK with breakfast

In larger difference, the following from the literal meaning, the breakfast time, breakfast makings and breakfast

Several aspects discusses the differences between species.

4.1 literal meaning

Literally British breakfast was given more meaning. The Chinese eat with China named after dinner time for complete reference, which in turn divided into breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast is one of them, that is, in the morning to enjoy meals. Look from naming, Chinese breakfast is other dinner. And in English breakfast words are said breakfast. From the analysis on the structure of the words it is by the break and fast two words combination and become, the literal meaning to "break fast" mean, namely after a night after the fast food eaten, so it is different from other dine, and in English breakfast is often give good, great significance. If you know English proverb: "Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper difficult (Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.)." the Chinese breakfast almost no special significance.

4.2 the breakfast time

Chinese breakfast time are usually earlier from the British breakfast time, and the Chinese people with breakfast time is more short. [8] although Chinese breakfast time for regional different can there is a certain difference, but most ordinary people at 8 in the morning to go to work, so the morning before 8 usually have breakfast; And the working time of the British general from 9 a.m., most of office worker is at nine in the morning before breakfast. So, a British people to eat breakfast time is more bounteous, they used to use the breakfast time chat, read the newspaper, etc. Comparison with the Chinese breakfast more haste, the Chinese ancient myths NongYan down "a day in the morning," it warned people to cherish the time in the morning. So in order to cherish the morning hours, the Chinese diet is originally on food color form not ignore.

4.3 breakfast material

From select materials on look, British breakfast are more likely to carry, and China's general now will depend on the breakfast. Chinese traditional breakfast is the main ingredient of agricultural products mainly to pasta, namely the wheat or rice processing from the various forms of cure hunger thing. Traditional English breakfast is the main ingredient of livestock and poultry products and agricultural products, including sausage, bacon, ham, mushrooms, tomato, toast, eng-lish scones and jam and other food; Drinks include wine and milk, fruit juice and tea, etc. [9]

4.4 the kinds of breakfast

The type of British breakfast than the traditional Chinese breakfast more rich, most to English Chinese will sigh of British breakfast the variety of, the rich nutrition. In China, people usually select two to three kinds of food as a day of the breakfast, and British people usually for a variety of food for breakfast. Such as 20 century British writer Daphne DuMu Evans, the (Daphne du Maurier) in her masterpiece the butterfly dream "(Rebecca) described in the two people eat for breakfast food and drinks contain as many as ten kinds of. [10]#p#分頁標題#e#

5 epilogue

The river agriculture civilization to the season the dependence of the strong, has the characteristics of conservative, and Marine business civilization development by the regulation of more human, has the characteristics of opening. These cultural differences between China and Britain source to americans to form the different views of the world and life view, also influence to two people of the most basic life habit- breakfast. Chinese people pay attention to the breakfast "early" word, namely breakfast time to early, and British people to pay attention to breakfast "meal" word, namely breakfast food to nutrition. Chinese believe that the morning hours to cherish, often neglected breakfast and repast way nutrition.

Chinese breakfast in different cities to eat simply, nutrition level is low, the diet structure is reasonable phenomenon exists generally. The traditional breakfast food such as cakes, and Fried dough sticks, steamed buns, noodles, rice porridge, fine varieties such as, in China the people of the breakfast considerable proportion. In the southern city of nanning, wuhan, chengdu, chongqing, guiyang, kunming, people put the noodles, and Fried dough sticks as the first choice of breakfast; In a typical cities of the north, shenyang, people put porridge, jellied bean curd listed in the first breakfast food; While in Beijing, Fried cake, baked wheat cake is people of the main food for breakfast.

British people argue that a breakfast of nutrition is very important, should be arranged rich and nutritious food, in no hurry to enjoy. In many foreigners to Britain, it seems, eat ham and eggs for breakfast every day, appreciated in Britain is part of the culture. The traditional British breakfast is like Fried eggs and ham, of course, including Fried bread, butter toast, the bread and butter, sausage, t. mongolicum radha, French fries, smoke the fish and Fried tomato, baked beans, and so on. Of course, and tea or coffee. For many people, an English breakfast is still an important part of their daily, the margin is people think mountain. After Fried ham and eggs has the unique effect: both for people at the four days provide enough hot city, and will be most effective in make people because of a hangover from and recover of feeling unwell. British writer Seth summers, maugham even think that an English breakfast rich nutrition, outstanding, should eat every day at least three times. Although maybe people think his word is some far-fetched and exaggerated, but people one thing is for sure, a meticulously produced at the British breakfast not utter a day of life started as the most simple but also one of the best ways.

Breakfast, look be like simple daily life phenomenon, also has a profound cultural origin.

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