中精典课件西文化比较Group Four.ppt

Unit4 Nonverbal Communications -by Group Four Shoes for street walking. Come in and have a fit! Case 1. Shoes for Street Walking Question : Why did the Italian shop owner make such a blunder? I. Warm-up cases Street Walker----- a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets. have a fit-------to become suddenly and violently angry or upset Interpretation But I just hope I donot get hustled. Case 1. A Misunderstanding Caused of a joke Question : Why did Rosalita not speak with roger for the rest of the time? I. Warm-up cases hustle 1A swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property 2(slang) To solicit customers. Used of a pimp or prostitute. Roger meamed he hope not be cheat as a joke. Rosalita misunderstanded Roger was insult to her friend because hustle has another meaning in which romance or sex is hinted Interpretation Comment: Foreign language learners that they should pay special attention to the slang and idiomatic expressions uesd by native speakers.Meanings will vary depending on the context. Differences in cultural thought patterns African Thought pattern is of the associative uniting style,i.e.expressing ideas with a series of details by association British thought pattern tends to be more abstract American thought pattern tends to factual-inductive (ascrtain facts,find similarties,and formulate conclusins) Russian thought pattern tends to axiomatic-deductive(move from general to particulars which can be easily deduced) Arab thought pattern tends to Intuitive-affectve(facts are secondary to motions) Culturally Loaded WordsCulturally Loaded Words A term in one language does not necessarily have a counterpart in the other language. Such as: 一本书= A book; 树=a tree But （中国的）龙≠dragon Chinese:“龙”is a totem with many royal association in Chinese culture,which represents great thing. English:But dragon is horrible, disgusting monsters. Words or terms in both languages appear to refer to the same object