摘　要

众所周知，习语是语言中文化内涵最深厚的部分，是语言的精华，是达到语言学习目的的重点和难点。近年来习语的学习引起越来越多的国内外研究者的关注。从文化的视角对英语习语的研究为数不多，这次作者的研究主题是美国习语和美国文化的关系。通过举例的方法有效地证明习语和文化密不可分的关系。材料信息来自一些相关参考书目及网上资料。通过研究，结果显示：语言，习语和文化有着密不可分的关系，正是因为这样，语言学习者必须入乡随俗，了解文化是学好习语的关键所在。 对于学习者而言，学习习语有很多难点，尤其当他们不了解其文化背景的情况下。因此，了解这两者关系很重要。然而社会在发展，文化和习语也就随之发展，进一步研究，值得推出并未这一领域作出贡献。本论文分四个章节。第一个章节简要介绍论文的文化背景，相关范围。第二章描述语言，习语和文化三者之间的关系。第三章通过列举的方法分析习语和文化的关系，即每个习语背后都有一个相关的文化背景。最后一章对本研究作了总结，指出了本研究的局限性，提出对未来研究的建议。

关键词：习语；文化；学习

Abstract

As we all know, idioms are the most culture-accumulated part of a language, which is considered as the elite of that language. Idioms learning or acquisition have attracted more and more researchers’ attention at home and abroad in recent years. Rare studies are found in the field of studying from the vision of culture, so the author decides to discuss the relationship between American idioms and American culture. In this research body, the author will analyze the relationship between idioms and culture by listing some effective examples. Also, getting some information from relative books and searching in the Internet. The first part of this thesis, there is an introduction of its background. Then, there is a description of the relationship between languages. Languages with a long history in the world all have a great number of idioms. Our discussions in this section have revealed that idioms and culture interact with each other. American culture consists of ideals, history, politics, religion, daily life, work of art and so on. The following parts will show the idioms and each element of American culture. At last, a conclusion would be drawing that a language learner must conform to the custom of the land. The essential point of studying idioms well is to realize them through the background of the culture. Learning idioms present a host of difficulties to learners, primarily because they don’t know the culture and history behind the idioms. Therefore, realizing the relationship between idioms and culture is so necessary that can make great effects on learning idioms. The society is developing，so is the culture，and so it is with idioms．The further studies are expected to make more contribution in this area.

Key words: idioms；culture；learning