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Cross-Cultural Communication in Business World Chapter1 General Introduction Tune inFinish the following tasks on your own If you are going to deliver a presentation at a seminar, how would you start? A. I am nervous as I know well that my presentation is not perfect, and I do hope you could give me advice. B. I am here with sincere expectation for your criticism. C. I am glad to be here to share my experience with you. D. I am sure, as I am not prepared well, that there will be a lot of room for improvement. A visitor stops you in the corridor of your head-office probably to ask for the way. What is your most likely reply to the visitor’s “Excuse me”? A. What’s the matter? B. Yes? C. That’s all right. D. Don’t worry Sarah, one of your colleagues from the USA, is paying a visit to your home. How would you introduce her to your five-year old daughter? A. This is Aunty Sarah. B. This is Miss Sarah. C. This is an aunty from the USA. D. This is Sarah. Your American partner says to you, “You English is quite good.” You are likely to response with: “ ” A. No, no, my English is very poor B. No, not at all C. Thank you. It’s very kind of you to say so D. Thank you, but I’m still very poor at it In different language, the reply is different. That’s because of different interaction customs That’s because of different cultures 越南人有十二个生肖，与中国人的生肖基本相同。只是中国有“兔”无“猫”，越南则有“猫”无“兔”。 印度人有十二个生肖，与中国人的生肖基本相同。只是中国有“虎”无“狮”，印度则有“狮”无“虎”。 埃及人有十二个生肖，分别是：牡牛、山羊、猴子、驴、蟹、蛇、犬、猫、鳄、红鹤、狮子、鹰。 希腊人有十二个生肖，与埃及人的生肖基本相同，只是希腊人有“鼠”无“猫”，埃及人则有“猫”无“鼠”。 墨西哥人有十二个生肖，有虎、兔、龙、猴、狗、猪和其它六种墨西哥特有的动物组成十二生肖。 论Ethnocentrism（民族优越感） 比如美国人喜欢称其他社会为不发达的、落后的以及原始的。美国人所信仰的是宗教，而其他国家的人信仰的就是迷信或者mythology神话。 类似的心理倾向在我们生活中比比皆是。最早、也最常见的例子是，中国的每一个地区的人们都认为自己的地区是最好的。比如，我们山东人从小就教育自己的子女，山东人是中国最好的人，主要指善良吧，所以从来没有说自己是最优秀的。山东人勤劳、踏实、老实，不喜欢惹是生非，不喜欢冒险。当我要离开家乡的时候，我的一个寝室告诉我，就他所去过的地方而言，我们的家乡（周村区）是中国最好的地方了，虽然别的地方可能会更发达，但是那里的人不是很容易相处，要么太精明，要么太野蛮。我