中西文化差异英文PPT学习课件

TheDifferencebetweenChineseandWesternCulture 1 Contents 1 GreetingandParting2 Addressing3 ComplimentsandResponses4 ThanksandResponses5 AskingPersonalAffairs6 Invitation 2 1 GreetingandParting InChina whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends wealwayssay Haveyoueatenyet Whatareyougoingtodo InEnglish peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother Goodmorning afternoon evening Fineday isn tit Howiseverythinggoing etc 3 WesternandChinesecultureshavediversewaystodealwithleave takings Westernpeoplealwaystrytomaketheirleavingsoundreluctantbyfindingsomereasonsandapologizeforittomaketheleavingacceptableforbothparties Theyoftensignalseveraltimesbeforeleaving Suchas 1 IamafraidImustbeoff Ihaveto 2 Well it sbeennicetoseeyouagain Idoenjoyourtalkandthelovelydinner butImustbegoingsoon 3 Thankyouverymuchforaskingmeover Ihopewe llbeabletogettogetheragainbeforelong 4 2 Addressing InChina thesurnamecomesfirstandthenthegivenname Whilewesternersnamesarewrittenandspokenwiththegivennamefirstandthefamilynamelast 5 East West Inwest Althoughtheyaredifferentinageandstatus theycancalltheotherdirectly namely theirnames evenfirstnames Theydemonstratethesenseofintimacyandtheconceptionof Everyoneiscreatedequal Ineast chineseuse title surname toaddresstheirsuperiororeldersratherthancallthemsurnames whilethesuperiororelderscalltheaddresserstheirnames Otherwise theaddressermaybeconsideredasillmannered illeducatedorrude 6 3 ComplimentsandResponses Forexample ifahostessiscomplimentedforhercookingskill howwillsheresponseinwestandchina 7 East West AChinesehostesswillapologizeforgivingyou Nothing Shewillsay Ijustmadesomedishescasuallyandtheyarenotverytasty Anwesternhostessislikelytosay Oh Iamsogladthatyoulikedit Icookitespeciallyforyou 8 Whatcanweseefromit TheAmericansare straightforwardness theChinesetakepridein modesty Intheresponsetocompliments Chinesearetendtoeffacethemselvesinwordsorrefuseit althoughtheydofeelcomfortableaboutthecompliments 9 4 ThanksandResponses InChina Thankyou isnotfrequentlyusedbetweenintimatefriendsandfamilymembers becauseitmayimplyacertaindistancebetweentheaddresserandtheaddressee But Thankyou iswidelyusedinEnglishtoshowgratitudeinsuchcasesasbeinginvited helped givenagift etc 10 Examples Example1 Ononeoccasion aforeignstudentsoonafterarrivingattheChinastutteringinchinesesaid whyareyoualwaysaskmetoeatamealyet Ihavemoney Hethoughtthatpeoplealwaysask Doyouhaveameal Becauseitwasafraidthathehadnomoneytohaveameal He sobviouslyangryforthiskindoftalk Example2 IntheUnitedStates ayoungChinesewoman wearingabeautifuldress Whensomeonesaidtoher yourdressisreallyelegant Thecolorisverybeautiful TheyoungChinesewomanwasveryhappy butsomeembarrassed asChinesecustomsreplied itisacommonclothes IboughtinChina 11 5 AskingPersonalAffairs PeoplefromChinadonotregarditasaskingpersonalaffairswhentheyaskothersname age maritalstatus wages personallife beliefandpoliticalpoints Itisregardasconcerns Whilethewesternswillthinkyouviolatetheirrightofprivacy 12 East West Whenwetalktothewesterns wemustavoidaskingsomequestionslikethis 1 Howoldareyou 2 Areyoumarried 3 Howmanychildrendoyouhave 4 Howmuchdoyoumake 5 Doyougotothechurch 13 6 Invitation InthecultureofBritishandAmerica itisveryimportanttoconsultatimebeforeyouinvitesomebodytoattendabanquetortakepartinsocialactivities Especally inAmerica invitesomebodymeansyouareborrowtimesofothers Sotheyrespecttimeverymuch WhileinChina peopleareprefertoanuninvitedguest 14 Otherthingsaboutwesternfamilies 1 Westernfamiliesadvocateequalityindailylife Thehusbandandthewifeusuallyhaveanequalityvoiceindecision making andoncertainmatters thechildrenhaveavote too 2 Inthewestern mostoldpeopledonotlivewiththeirchildrenorrelatives 3 Iftheyhaveenoughmoneytheywillbuyhouseorapartmentsinplaceswhereotheroldpeoplelive Iftheydonothealthyandstrongenoughtolivealone theywouldratherliveinnursinghousesforoldpeoplethanbetakenbytheirchildren Thereforetheywanttostayyoungbecauseyouthstandsforhopeandenergy theydonotliketogrowoldbecausetheywillnotgainhonor