摘要

校园流行语倍受广大学生所喜欢，且具有流行性，它对学生的成长具有消极和积极两方面的影响。本文首先介绍了流行语的中英文不同的定义及在中美两国校园生活中担任的角色，其次，从跨文化交际的角度，对比两国学生使用的校园流行语的相同和不同之处，并分析其产生的原因，最后通过总结概括来帮助中国学生更好地学习运用英语，增进跨文化交际的成功性。

关键词：流行语；校园流行语；跨文化交际；异同点；原因

Abstract

Campus catchwords are popular among students. It has epidemicity and affects the growing-up of students positively and negatively. At the beginning, the paper introduces the definition of catchwords in English and Chinese and the characteristics in American and Chinese campus life. Then, it makes a comparison between Chinese and American campus catchwords which are used by students and analyzes the causes of the differences from the perspective of cross-cultural communication. At last, it could help Chinese students to learn English better and effect successful cross-cultural communication.

Key words: catchwords; campus catchwords; cross-cultural communication;similarities and differences; causes