喜宴英文_跨文化交际.ppt

The Wedding Banquet,the wedding banquet(1993) ,which won the Golden bear in the Berlin Flim Festival and was nominated as the Best Foreign Language Flim in both the Golden Globe and the Academy Awards. In all,this film collected 11 Taiwanese and international awards and made Lee a rising star,李安 Ang Lee is a Taiwanness American film director.Won the Oscar for best director,weitong the leading role,赛门,weiwei,Cultural Differences Western & Eastern,China:collectivism 集体主义 America:individualism 个人主义 Lies in the awareness of “we” or “I”.,Family Ethics 家庭伦理,Collectivism *Think about the familys welfare, reputation and honor. *Marriage and birth-giving, instead of personal affairs, are taken care by all the others in your group which basically is your family.,Individualism,*Takes the marriage as one s own business. *Put yourself in the first place thinking of your own happiness, interests and dreams.,.,Homosexuality 同性恋,In America,*They are free to love who they are loving，they have the rights to show their love and not treated as psycho(精神病者) *Dont need to worry sbout others *Live their own life，pursue their own happiness,In China,*It is more terrible *When Weitongs mother heard that hes a gay, her first thinking is he will become normal one day *In China，most people cant accept gays as normal people，they think its sick and horrible to be homo,The concept of face,Concern for face probably appears in many cultures, but is seen as more salient for the Chinese than for people from other cultures . Face in Chinese culture refers to ones moral character, a persons reputation or prestige . It is the positive social value that a person claims for himself by the line others assume he has taken during a particular contact,Face,爱面子,Wedding Day Ceremony 婚礼仪式,Western countries,*Will you take the woman (man) to be your lawful wedded wife (husband) to live together in the holy estate of matrimony? *Will you love her (him), cherish her (him), keep her (him), honor her (him) in sickness, in health, forsaking all others, and cleave only to her (him) so long as both shall live? The Universal Declaration of marriage,Traditional Chinese weddings Not So Simple!,When the groom goes to take the bride to the ceremony, her family members or friends will set many challenges. People in China prefer lively atmosphere,.,We know that the film has a happy ending. Weitong and Simon lived happily together because of Weitongs parents acception and Weiweis sacrifice.,How we can deal with cultural differences happened around us?,.,A.Try to understand each other Use your heart to communicate,not language B.To think and do in others sides Try to put