跨文化交际_Unit_3

1、unit 3 daily verbal communication ()compliments, gratitude by practice they get to be wide apart. confucius,性相近，习相远。,case 1 an invitation to dinner,while not particularly religious themselves they still felt that their children might benefit from belonging to a church. (p41, para1, l.2),a sense of b

2、elonging moral & ethical guidance sunday school education,sunday school noun a class held on sundays to teach children about christianity主日学校，星期日学校（在周日对儿童进行基督教教育的学校）,sunday school,case 1 an invitation to dinner,first communionthe first communion, or first holy communion, is a catholic church ceremon

3、y. it is the colloquial name for a persons first reception of the sacrament of the holy eucharist (圣餐), the body and blood of jesus christ. catholics believe this event to be very important, as the eucharist is one of the central focuses of the catholic church.,case 1 an invitation to dinner,this is

4、 a once-in-a-life-time gathering for my daughter. how can you choose over a regular party?,case 1 an invitation to dinner,discussion: how would you mediate their strained relationship if you were the director?,case 1 an invitation to dinner,comments: 1. difference in the ways in which they prepare f

5、or a dinner filipinos prepare more food than enough and wouldnt mind if there were leftovers. americans prepare food according to the number of guests.,case 1 an invitation to dinner,2. different concept about the first communion friends gathering religious celebration,case 1 an invitation to dinner

6、,case 2 the cancellation of the dinner party,how could you embarrass me as my friend?,which do you think is the true reason about joses cancellation of the dinner party?,case 2 the cancellation of the dinner party,case 2 the cancellation of the dinner party,in the philippines, a person cannot be a f

7、riend and a critic at the same time, or at least not in public.,in new zealand, a friend can openly provide constructive criticism,solution: stan should voice his comments in private (particularly to southeastern asians),case 3 why should they do like this?,hello? im still here? -_-b besides, you ar

8、e really loud,case 4 the embarrassment caused by “no etiquette”,no seeing out when guest leaves,no offense, but we canadians do not see the guests out when they are leaving,case 4 the embarrassment caused by “no etiquette”,no stand-up when your leader comes in,you dont have to offer me seat unless y

9、ou are going out.,chinese are accustomed to respecting all those in authority,case 4 the embarrassment caused by “no etiquette”,i dont need your help do you think im old and useless?,in the west, there is no need to help old people unless they ask for help.,compliments and compliment responses,compl

10、iments and compliment responses,example 1,its exquisite! the colors are so beautiful!,its just an ordinary dress,appropriate response: -thank you/i am flattered/its a gift from my boyfriend.,implication: the american womans taste in clothing was questionable.,compliments and compliment responses,exa

11、mple 2,mr. chen is an outstanding physicist and one of the nicest people i know.,should i blush, or should i tell him you dont really mean it?,appropriate response: nice to meet you,implication: the hostess was not sincere.,compliments and compliment responses,fishing for compliments?,growing flower

12、 is my hobby, but im not much good at it.,i really know little about the subject.,social functions of compliments,other functions: encouraging people softening criticism starting a conversation,differences between chinese and english compliments,example 1,you look terrific tonight, mary.,flatter wil

13、l get you nowhere, mr. jackson. _,flirtation? or just subtle relationship?,example 2,differences between chinese and english compliments,generosity is a fine quality that chinese cherish. (p52),differences between chinese and english compliments,the semantic formula,english compliments contain one o

14、f a highly restricted set of adjectives and verbs. (p52)this was a great meal.i like your haircut.,in chinese, positive words expressing compliments are mainly adjectives, adverbs and verbs.(p53)你的裙子很漂亮。你干得不错。你该受表扬。,differences between chinese and english compliments,the semantic formula,english com

15、pliments often begin with the pronoun “i”.i like your haircut.i love your glasses.i really enjoyed your class.,chinese compliments often begin with the pronouns “you” or “your”.你的裙子很漂亮。你干得不错。你该受表扬。,differences between chinese and english compliments,the syntactic formula,english compliments np is/lo

16、oks really adj e.g. your shoes are gorgeous!i really like/love np e.g. i really like your paintings.pro is really (intensifier) a adj np e.g. thats really a beautiful garden.,differences between chinese and english compliments,the syntactic formula,chinese compliments you v adv e.g. 你干得不错。np(you) is

17、 (intensifier) adj e.g. 你的外套真漂亮。pro is adj np e.g. 那真是一幅不错的挂历。pro(you) v (deserve) o e.g. 你值得称赞。i like np e.g. 我喜欢这张画。,common response formulas of english and chinese compliments,才花了我十元。 大家努力的结果。 还差得远哩。,responses in american english,im glad you like it. thank you/thanks.,responses in chinese,native

18、english speakers tend to accept the compliments, at least in form,chinese tend to efface themselves in words, although they do feel comfortable about the compliments.(p55),-you look terrific today! -oh, well, tomorrow ill just go back to being myself. -you did beautiful job. -oh, well, it had to happen sometime.,exceptions:,native english speakers also use self-effacing responses to compliments.,-you look terrific today! -yes, its the new me!/of course, what did you expect!,exceptions:,when a chinese is in an exceedingly good mood o