研究生综合英语期末论文--中美跨文化商务交际对比分析.doc

Contrastive Analysis on Intercultural Business Communication between China and America 中美跨文化商务交际对比分析 摘要：本文主要对比分析了中美两国在商务交际中体现的文化差异。中美两国的文化有着重大的不同，例如，中美对历史与未来的看法、对集体与个人的观点，以及国人冒险精神的差异等。这些差异会对中美的许多交流活动产生重要的影响。如今中美的商务交际越来越频繁，在交际过程中，要特别注意这些文化差异，避免因此而产生的纠纷。 关键词：文化差异；商务交际；对比分析 Contrastive Analysis on Intercultural Business Communication between China and America Abstract: This paper make a contrastive analysis on the cultural differences in business communication between China and America. Chinese culture is much different from American, for example, Chinese and American views on history and future, people’s opinions on collective and individual ideas in the two countries, and differences of the spirit of adventure of their countries, and so on. Many of these differences will have an important impact on many interchange activities. At present, business communication between China and America becomes more and more frequent. We should pay more attention to the cultural differences in the communication process so that we can avoid some unnecessary disputes during the activities. Key words: cultural differences; business communication; contrastive analysis Introduction Culture is a shared and learned behavior which is transmitted from one generation to another for purpose of promoting individual and social survival, adaptation, growth and development. Culture has both external and internal representations [1]. People always mean quite different things when they talk about culture. Intercultural communication is the circumstance in which people with diverse cultural backgrounds interact with each other [1]. The crucial element in this form of communication is that culture has the impact on their communicative behaviors. Intercultural business communication has become relevant hot issue presently, it is a communication by members of different cultures for business or workplace purposes. It can deal with the issues of communication and business within the