中西文化差异(英文版).ppt

1、Cultural differences between western and Chinese,As we all know that there are many differences between China and Western,and I think the culture is the biggest one.,The culture includes many things,such as festival, food, music, wedding and so on.Now I want to introduce something about it.,Chinese

2、custom festival The Spring Festival The Lantern Festival The Mid Autumn Festival The Dragon-Boat Festival The Tomb-sweeping Festival The Double-ninth Day The Double Seventh Festival,Western custom festival The Christmas Day The Easter Day The Thanksgiving Day The April Fools Day The Mothers Day The

3、Fathers Day Halloween The Valentines Day,the Spring Festival,Christmas Day,Differences in Festival,In China, we prefer noodles, rice , dumpling as the main course. We like cooking a lot of delicious dishes, then we set up the tables, put the dishes on the tables, sit together, and taste the dishes t

4、ogether, we dont eat with individual plates, when we eating ,we like chatting and laughing, we think its warm and happy to eat this way; But in England or other west countries, people like eating hamburgers, chips, pizza, pasta as their main course, they eat them with vegetable salad, they eat with

5、drinking (water or juice),and they eat with separate plates. In China, we become full up when we finish all the food, then we dont eat anything, but in west countries, people eat desserts after they finish their meals.,Chinese food and western food,Differences in food,In our China the bride and brid

6、egroom would in red because we believe the red color reprsents lucky and the wedding would be host in the bridegrooms house .,In American the bride always in her white wedding gown and their wedding will be host in a church.,Differences in wedding,Differences in music,Differences in painting,Differe

7、nces in education,Western education,Chinese education,Differences in custom,China: shaking hands,western countries: hug,Chinese medicine,Western medicine,Living style,Chinese prefer getting up early and go to bed early too. We usually go home early and cook meals, then we eat and watch TV, then we g

8、o to bed. We often work during the holidays , children often go to different spare schools to study. We like save money and when we have enough money, we then go and buy what we want, in my opinion, Chinese are so tired and busy; But in most west countries, people live in a easy and happy lives. The

9、y get up late and go to work late too, they go to pubs, bars to have a rest after they finish their work, they enjoy their holidays, they seldom go to work during the weekend. if you go to west countries, you can take part in their joyful night life.,East&West,A Chinese hostess will apologize for giving you “Nothing”. She will say“I just made some dishes casually and they are not very tasty.”,An western hostess is likely to say,” Oh, I am so glad that you liked it. I cook it especially for you.”,conclusion,Different countr