跨文化交际学(第一讲)讲解.ppt

Introduction God helps those who help themselves I came from Alabama with my banjo on my knee, I’m gone to Louisiana, my true love for to see.It rained all night the day I left,The weather it was dry.The sun so hot I froze to death,  Susanna don’t you cry.Oh! Susanna, oh! Don’t you cry for me.I’ve come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee. Blowin’ In The Wind: How many roads must a man walk down before he’ called a man?  How many seas must a white dove sail before he sleeps in the sand? How many times must the cannon ball fly before they’re forever banned?……The answer, my friend,, is blowin’ in the wind, the answer is blowin’ in the wind.  “Life is like a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you’re gonna get.” Theories about culture 1) Goodenough’s widely cited definition runs as follows (1964: 36): Trend of Culture Eastern and Western culture Seeking harmony, consensus and balance of power is above everything else. Meaning is suppressed in the implicit codes and sensitive to contextual cues, for instance, who says and how to say are more important than what is said. For men in confucialism, the responsibility is to “behave properly in the public; support the family financially; make contributions to the country and the world. For women in Confucialism, we have the “three obediences” (before being married, obey the father; after being married, obey the husband and when the husband dies obey the son) and “four virtues” (virtues of moral behaviours, verbal as well as non-verbal language, appearance and housework skills). In Taoiam, all beings and things are fundamentally one. Tao focuses on nature and natural order.Buddhism is characterised by elevated humanity and morality. It presents release from existence as the greatest good. Buddhists believe in transmigration of souls through all phases and forms of life. They also believe that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when de