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Culturaldifferences

A:hi,B,Ihaven'tseenyouforalongtime.how'sitgoingnow?

B:Prettygood.I'vejustcomebackfromtheUS.asanexchangestudent.

A:oh,that'scool.Iguessyoumusthavelearnedlotsthingfromthere.

B:justso-so,everythingisok,butsometimesIcannotunderstandthemdirectlybecauseofculturaldifferences..

excuseme,areyouB,Ihaven'tseenyouforalongtime.whendidyoucomebackfromtheUS?

B:I'vejustcomebackfromabroadyesterday..

Hello,Iamhappytoseeyounow,doyoumindtelluswhatareyoutalkingaboutnow?

A:somethingaboutculturaldifferences.

C.culturaldifferences?Whatdoyouthinkofitmean?

D:asfarasI'mconcerned,culturaldifferencesmeansthatpeoplefromdifferentcountriesspeakdifferentlanguages,maintaindifferentvaluesystem,andhavedifferentwaysoflookingatthings.WhatdoyouthinkaboutitB?

Ican'tagreewithyouanymore.SometimesDifferentculturemaycauselotsoftroubleifyoucann'tunderstanditdirectly.

Yean,itistrue,forexample,inabilitytorecognizeculturaldifferencesalsocanmakecommunicationdifficult.C,i'dliketoknowwhatdoyouthinkaboutit?

letmesee,nowdays,itistruethatAsthesocietyisdevelopingfasterandfaster,culturalcommunicationbecomesverycommon.Ifyouaretravelingaboard,youareeasilytomisunderstandthenativepeoplebecauseofculturaldifferences.

yean,inrecently,Mostpeopleprefertotravelabroadothercountries,andmanyforeignerschoosetosettleintoChina.Peoplefromdifferentculturalwillhavedifferentwaystodealthethings,anditiseasytocausemisunderstanding.

thatistrue.Anditisestaitnotonlyinaboard,butalsowhenyouareinourcountry.For

me,thereisarealthing.Onceuponatime,ourfamilyhadamealwithmymother'sfriendwhoisaHuinationality.Fortunately,weknowthattheHuinationalityregardpigasgod.Soweorderedbeefinsteadohporkinthatmeal.Finally,whensheisgoing,sheexpressedhersatisfy,becauseonlyafewofpeoplerememberedthisdetailwhenshedropinsomebody.Itgoeswithoutsayingthatit'simportantthatpeopleinincreasingnumbersarebeginningtoacceptculturedifferences.

Yean,foryourmoney,howcanwedealwithculturaldifferences?

nowdays,it'svarietyofculturesnow,thoughweliveinthesameworld.Facingvarityofcultures,weshouldadjustourselvestoacceptthemwhichareright.Andculturalshockisapainfulexperiences.

Personally,ifwecanacceptallkindsofcultures;wearegoodalongwithourfriend.What'smore,itcandeveloptherelationofourcountriesnationality.AndToknowmoreculturedifferences,thereareatleastthreethingswecando.Firstly,wecanreadthebooksorsearchtheinternettoknowtheculturedifferences.Secondly,wecanacceptotherculturewhichisgoodforus.Thirdly,wemustrespectotherculture,thoughwedon'tlikeit.

Inmyopinion,weshouldhavetherightattitudetowardsculturaldifferences.Ifwelearnoraccepttheforeignculture,itisnotequaltoculturalshock,anditonlyisculturalcommunication.Besides,weshouldalwaysremembertolearnmoreknowledgenomatterwhichculturewehavegot.Takingthesemeasurescanmakeusgetalongwithothersinourlivesbetter.

Inconclution,Nomatterwhichwayoflookingatthingsinourlives,ifwecanunderstandeachother'sculturebetter,wewillreducetheculturalconflictandmisunderstanding.

Inshort,whereveryouare,youshoulddoinromeastheromonsdo.

wheninrome,doasromansdo.it

meanswhereverweare,weshoulddoeverythingaccordingtolocalcustoms.

Yean,Theproverbisafavorableadviceandanaccumulatedexperienceweinheritfromourforefatherswhenwearefacingtheculturaldiffereces.Actually,therearelotsofseriouslessonswhenpeopleignorethedifferences.

Iagreewithyou.

Asthewidespreadofcommunicatingwithforeigners,it'svitaltolearnabouttheforeignculture.Bennettsaid,"Thekeytothedevelopmentofthesensitivityandtheskillsnecessaryforinterculturalcommunicationresidesfirstinthevision[orperception]thateachpersonhaswhenfacedwithculturaldifference."Adoptingarightattitudetowardsculturaldifferencesisthefirststep.Then,changeourownbehaviortoconformtodifferentnorms.However,thisdoesnotmeanthatwegiveupourownculture'svaluesandbeliefs.Thehighestlevelisthatonebecomebicultural,effortlesslyadjustingbehaviortosuitthecultureofthepeoplethey'rewith—"styleswitching".

Justremember,thepurposeoflearningtheinterculturalcommunicationskillsisnottoleadustoabandonourcultureorlookitdown,buttogiveusthedirectiontocommunicateproperlywithforeignersorlivecomfortablyintheforeigncountry.

bearinmindtheproverb"doinromeastheremansdo",andlearnfromthelocalpeoplewhenyouarevisitingaforeigncountry.

Weshouldlearnaboutdifferentculturesaswell.

Toreadbookswrittenbyauthorsfromaparticularculture.Readingworksbyauthorswhohaveacloserelationshipwithaparticularcultureallowspeopletogainanauthenticglimpseintothefood,music,language,religion,andwayofalifeofaparticulargroupofpeople.

Towatchtelevisionshowsormoviesmadeinthatpartoftheworldcanalsomadeahelp.IrecentlystartedwatchingaseriesthatwasmadeinScotland,andit'ssointerestingtolearnaboutthedifferentcustomsandtraditions,andtohearthewaytheyspeak.I'veevenlearnedabitaboutthethingstheyeatandthefolkloreinthearea.Youcanreallylearnalotifyoufindtherightshowormovietowatch.

Tocorrespondwithothersfromdifferentcountriesiswelltoo.TheInternethasmadeitpossibleforpeopletocorrespondjustbyloggingontotheWorldWideWeb.Variouswebsitesofferpenpalservices,offeringtoconnectindividualswithpenfriendslocatedaroundtheworld.

Toeatatdifferentculturalrestaurants.Seekoutrestaurantsthatfeatureauthenticfoodfromavarietyofcountries.WhetherapersonwantstolearnmoreaboutregionsinJapan,theMiddleEast,Afr