中国美国文化交流差异.ppt

The Difference between Chinese and Western Culture Contents 1.Greeting and Parting 2.Addressing 3.Compliments and Responses 4. Thanks and Responses 5. Asking Personal Affairs 6.Invitation 1.Greeting and Parting In China, when people meet acquaintances or friends, we always say ,“Have you eaten yet?” What are you going to do?” In English, people often employ the following expressions to greet each other “Good morning/afternoon/evening. “Fine day, isn’t it? ”How is everything going?”,etc Western and Chinese cultures have diverse  ways to deal with leave-takings Western people always try to make their leaving sound reluctant by finding some reasons and apologize for it to make the leaving acceptable for both parties. They often signal several times before leaving. Such as, 1.“I am afraid I must be off, I have to …” 2.“Well, it’s been nice to see you again. I do enjoy our talk and the lovely dinner, but I must be going soon”. 3.“Thank you very much for asking me over. I hope we’ll be able to get together again before long…” 2.Addressing EastWest 3.Compliments and Responses EastWest 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.” What can we see from it? 4. Thanks and Responses Examples 5. Asking Personal Affairs EastWest 6.Invitation Other things about western families 1、Western families advocate equality in daily life. The husband and the wife usually have an equality voice in decision-making, and on certain matters, the children have a vote , too. 2、In the western, most old people do not live with their children or relatives. 3、If they have enough money they will buy house or apartments in pla