跨文化交际视听说案例分析.docxVIP

Case?1?Xiao?LI?and?Xiao?Wang?were?colleagues.?Xiao?LI?gave?a?lot?of?help?to?Xiao?Wang?financially?and?socially.?Recently?Xiao?LI?would?get?married.?But?he?forgot?inviting?Xiao?Wang?attend?his?wedding.?Later?Xiao?Wang?got?information?about?Xiao?LI’?wedding?and?sent?RMB?500?Yuan?to?Xiao?LI.??Question:?What?cultural?phenomenon?can?be?reflected??Why??In?Chinese?culture?influenced?by?Confucianism,?if?someone?does?a?favor?for?you,?you?should?return?the?favor?to?them.?This?is?very?common?for?Chinese?people..In?the?philosophy?of?Confucianism?Reciprocity?are?the?base?of?relationships.?Gratitude?and?indebtedness?are?important?parts?of?Chinese?culture.?If?a?person?feels?uneasy?to?be?indebted?of?someone,?payback?is?necessary?to?achieve?balance?in?the?relationship.?Case?2?An?English?guest:?Each?time?a?new?dish?arrived?his?parents?would?lean?over?and?load?my?plate?with?tasty?morsels.?As?they?had?taken?all?the?trouble?to?cook?it?I?just?had?to?polish?it?off.?As?soon?as?my?plate?was?empty?they?would?put?more?on.?Of?course,?I?felt?duty-bound?to?eat?that?too.??A?Chinese?guest:?Can?you?imagine?how?many?dishes?I?had??Only?one?--?a?stew?with?meat?and?vegetables.?The?meat?was?over?done?and?too?hard?to?eat;?green?vegetables?were?no?longer?green.?They?never?put?food?on?your?plate?but?just?ask?you?to?help?yourself.?If?you,?as?a?guest,?are?shy?or?modest,?waiting?for?the?food?to?be?put?on?your?plate,?you?will?remain?half-starved.?Question:?Are?there?any?differences?in?hospitality?between?a?Chinese?and?English??What?are?the?reasons??Yes.?The?Chinese?student?felt?disappointed?at?British?hospitality?because?she?used?the?Chinese?way?of?showing?hospitality?to?judge?the?British?one.?In?the?story?taking?place?in?China,?the?westerner?couldnt?imagine?that?there?should?be?sixteen?dishes?prepared?for?her.?When?she?ate?from?the?eight?cold?dishes,?she?couldnt?eat?anymore.?It?is?because?a?Western?meal?normally?severs?one?main?course?plus?a?starter?and?sweets?or?desserts.?The?fact?is?that?different?people?in