culturalclash解析.ppt

Warming up excercises What are the cultural difference between the Chinese and Americans? What are some of the differences in behavior and manners between Chinese people and American people? What are the characteristic features of partings for Chinese? And that of Americans? What are the charateristic features of greetings for Americans? And that of Chinese? What is present-giving charaterized as in America/China? How does the Chinese way of responses to praise? And that of Americans? What are the table manners differ in the two countries? Functional sentences Cultural differences often become the barriers for cross-cultural communications. The varieties in cultural customs and manners make it difficult for foreign students to know exactly how to behave. Social clashes and conflicts sometimes arise from cultural differences and cultural intolerance. Cultural shocks also give rise to generation-gaps between parents and children in immigrant families.. Customs may vary from country to country. What is good manners in one country may not be accepted in another country. Obviouly, the biggest different is the people. Religion is a very big problem for mixed couples. It is not racist to want to see your son with someone form the same culture. In the US, the salary information is confidential, so we don’t have this kind of problem. You shouldn’t have said “wo ai ni” to a Chinese girl if you didn’t really mean it. I have assimilated American ways of thinking. Table Manners in Two Counturies 西方的餐桌礼仪（table manners）起源于中世纪（the Middle Ages）的实用主义。用餐时不要将肘支在餐桌上(keep elbows off the table)，这一礼仪所包含的基本思想是，自己吃，也让别人安稳地吃，避免吃饭时发生摩擦。人们吃饭时不将肘支在餐桌上是为了避免（avoid）碰到别人的胳膊肘或肋骨（ribs）。正如邻居之间应该保持距离，将手臂收拢也是构成好的餐桌礼仪最基本的一点（Just as good fences made good neighbors, arms close to the body make for good table manners）。 　　关于饭后买单也是我们中国人与西方人迥异的地方。在西方，朋友吃完饭各付各的账或AA制（split the check/pay the check separately）是非常普遍的（common）,可这在我们中国人看来非常“生分”。 在西方，各付各的帐在家人间并不常见（in a family this is most unusual），但在朋友间，“AA制”是很普遍的。除非某人说