《中西文化差异英》PPT课件.ppt

TheDifferencebetweenChineseandWesternCulture Contents 1 GreetingandParting2 Addressing3 ComplimentsandResponses4 ThanksandResponses5 AskingPersonalAffairs6 Invitation 1 GreetingandParting InChina whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends wealwayssay Haveyoueatenyet Whatareyougoingtodo InEnglish peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother Goodmorning afternoon evening Fineday isn tit Howiseverythinggoing etc WesternandChinesecultureshavediversewaystodealwithleave takings Westernpeoplealwaystrytomaketheirleavingsoundreluctantbyfindingsomereasonsandapologizeforittomaketheleavingacceptableforbothparties Theyoftensignalseveraltimesbeforeleaving Suchas 1 IamafraidImustbeoff Ihaveto 2 Well it sbeennicetoseeyouagain Idoenjoyourtalkandthelovelydinner butImustbegoingsoon 3 Thankyouverymuchforaskingmeover Ihopewe llbeabletogettogetheragainbeforelong 2 Addressing InChina thesurnamecomesfirstandthenthegivenname Whilewesternersnamesarewrittenandspokenwiththegivennamefirstandthefamilynamelast East West Inwest Althoughtheyaredifferentinageandstatus theycancalltheotherdirectly namely theirnames evenfirstnames Theydemonstratethesenseofintimacyandtheconceptionof Everyoneiscreatedequal Ineast chineseuse title surname toaddresstheirsuperiororeldersratherthancallthemsurnames whilethesuperiororelderscalltheaddresserstheirnames Otherwise theaddressermaybeconsideredasillmannered illeducatedorrude 3 ComplimentsandResponses Forexample ifahostessiscomplimentedforhercookingskill howwillsheresponseinwestandchina East West AChinesehostesswillapologizeforgivingyou Nothing Shewillsay Ijustmadesomedishescasuallyandtheyarenotverytasty Anwesternhostessislikelytosay Oh Iamsogladthatyoulikedit Icookitespeciallyforyou Whatcanweseefromit TheAmericansare straightforwardness theChinesetakepridein modesty Intheresponsetocompliments Chinesearetendtoeffacethemselvesinwordsorrefuseit althoughtheydofeelcomfortableaboutthecompliments 4 ThanksandResponses InChina Thankyou isnotfrequentlyusedbetweenintimatefriendsandfamilymembers becauseitmayimplyacertaindistancebetweentheaddresserandtheaddressee But Thankyou iswidelyusedinEnglishtoshowgratitudeinsuchcasesasbeinginvited helped givenagift etc Examples Example1 Ononeoccasion aforeignstudentsoonafterarrivingattheChinastutteringinchinesesaid whyareyoualwaysaskmetoeatamealyet Ihavemoney Hethoughtthatpeoplealwaysask Doyouhaveameal Becauseitwasafraidthathehadnomoneytohaveameal He sobviouslyangryforthiskindoftalk Example2 IntheUnitedStates ayoungChinesewoman wearingabeautifuldress Whensomeonesaidtoher yourdressisreallyelegant Thecolorisverybeautiful TheyoungChinesewomanwasveryhappy butsomeembarrassed asChinesecustomsreplied itisacommonclothes IboughtinChina 5 AskingPersonalAffairs PeoplefromChinadonotregarditasaskingpersonalaffairswhentheyaskothersname age maritalstatus wages personallife beliefandpoliticalpoints Itisregardasconcerns Whilethewesternswillthinkyouviolatetheirrightofprivacy East West Whenwetalktothewesterns wemustavoidaskingsomequestionslikethis 1 Howoldareyou 2 Areyoumarried 3 Howmanychildrendoyouhave 4 Howmuchdoyoumake 5 Doyougotothechurch 6 Invitation InthecultureofBritishandAmerica itisveryimportanttoconsultatimebeforeyouinvitesomebodytoattendabanquetortakepartinsocialactivities Especally inAmerica invitesomebodymeansyouareborrowtimesofothers Sotheyrespecttimeverymuch WhileinChina peopleareprefertoanuninvitedguest Otherthingsaboutwesternfamilies 1 Westernfamiliesadvocateequalityindailylife Thehusbandandthewifeusuallyhaveanequalityvoiceindecision making andoncertainmatters thechildrenhaveavote too 2 Inthewestern mostoldpeopledonotlivewiththeirchildrenorrelatives 3 Iftheyhaveenoughmoneytheywillbuyhouseorapartmentsinplaceswhereotheroldpeoplelive Iftheydonothealthyandstrongenoughtolivealone theywouldratherliveinnursinghousesforoldpeoplethanbetakenbytheirchildren Thereforetheywanttostayyoungbecauseyouthstandsforhopeandenergy theydonotliketogrowoldbecausetheywillnotgainhonor respectorattentionasoldpeople Differentculturalfactorsmayresultinculturaldifferences Forexample 1 CulturalBackground2 Differentvalues3 IndividualismandCollectivism4 Family5 Nationalism Summary ThankYou