lecture10-跨文化课件.ppt

Space and Communication verbal kinesics communication non-verbal proxemics paralanguage In learning this unit, we hope you will be able to answer: Why do Americans pay more emphasis to future? Why do Chinese like to address their superior as “old”？（e.g. 老王，老刘, etc） Is paying a visit to our acquaintance half an hour early than schedule considered politeness in America? Lead-in There are similarities as well as differences between Westerners and Chinese as regards their views towards time. What’s Americans’ attitude against past and future? America has always been the land of the future. We left the old world because its preoccupation with the customs of the past precluded the possibility for a future．We came to the new world because it promised a future for all…Because we’re interested in progressive change，we have not been great admirers of the past．We have a fetish for newness．And because newer is always better, our sense of personal worth and happiness is determined by our ability to participate in new experiences and acquire new things. 随着资源的枯竭，老工业基地的衰退几乎是不可避免的。现在的关键不是如何避免衰退，因为它已经实际地来到了我们的面前，而是如何在21世纪抓住机遇重振昔日的雄风… …所以我们要本着务实和苦干的心态，抓住历史的机遇，向着正确的方向，迈出坚定而扎实的步伐。只要我们万众一心，使东北老工业基地重新焕发出昔日的光彩是完全可能的… … Text Study Skim through Text One for five minutes and find out two key words that best summarize the article. They are …… Text Study Time orientation Past-oriented cultures Present-oriented cultures Future-oriented cultures Language and Culture (Group Discussion 1) Anything inappropriate…? Situation: On a bus, Xiaoming stood up immediately when he saw an American granny get on the bus, and offer the seat to her Language and Culture (Group Discussion 2) Have you ever watched the following series or movies? 《三国演义》 《水浒》 《红楼梦》 《西游记》 《星球大战》(Star Wars) 《未来水世界》(The Future Water World) 《异形人》(Alien) Text Study Time systems tec