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英语考试、练习题、翻译所给短文BBlackisthecolorofmourning,Redsymbolizesdangerandviolence.Ifyouareafraid,youareyellow.NoneofthesesayingsistrueoutsidetheEnglish-speakingworld.InChinaandKoreawhiteis

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Black is the color of mourning, Red symbolizes danger and violence. If you are afraid, you are yellow. None of these sayings is true outside the English-speaking world. In China and Korea white is the color of mourning. In Russia red stands for beauty and life. In Italy and Germany you are yellow with anger, not with fear.
A redcap in the United States is a porter in a station; in Britain a redcap is a military policeman.
Both names are logical, because both men wear red caps. Similarly, an American white-collar worker is sometimes called a black-coated worker in Britain.
The expression ‘blueblood’, which is now international, comes from Spain, where some noble families declared they had ’Sangre Azul’, meaning that they had no Jewish blood. But why ‘blue’ blood? Because the veins stand out when their possessor is fair-skinned.
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黑色是哀悼的颜色,红色象征着危险和暴力。如果你害怕时,你是黄色的。在英语国家之外,这些格言讲述的都不是事实。在中国和韩国,白色是哀悼的颜色。在俄罗斯,红色代表美丽和生活。在意大利和德国,你是黄色的,代表的是愤怒,而不是恐惧。
红帽子在美国是一个车站的搬运工,在英国是军事警察。这两个名字都是合乎逻辑的,因为两人都戴着红色的帽子。同样,美国的白领员工,在英国有时被称为一个穿黑衣的员工。
“蓝色血液”(贵族)的表述,现在是很国际化的表述,来源于西班牙。那里的一些贵族家庭宣称他们有’Sangre Azul’,意味着他们没有犹太血统。但是为什么是“蓝色”的血液?因为当他们的拥有者是白皮肤的人的时候静脉突出。