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? Case?1?(Page?23)?三种文化 while visiting egypt This?case?took?place?in?3?cultures.?There?seemed?to?be?problems?in?communicating?? with?people?of?different?cultures?in?spite?of?the?efforts?to?achieve?understnading.? 1）In?Egypt?as?in?many?cultures,?the?human?relationship?is?valued?so?highly?that?it?is?not?expressed?in?an?objective?and?impersonal?way.?While?Americans?certainly?value?human?relationships,?they?are?more?likely?to?speak?of?them?in?less?personal,?more?objective??terms.?In?this?case,?Richard’s?mistake?might?be?that?he?choseto?praise?the?food?itself?rather?than?the?total?evening,?for?which?the?food?was?simply?the?setting?or?excuse.?For?his?host?or?hostess?it?was?as?if?he?had?attended?an?art?exhibit?and?complimented?the?artist?by?saying,?“What?beautiful?frames?your?pictures?are?in!”?? 2）In?Japan?the?situation?may?be?more?complicated.?Japanese?people?value?order?and?harmony?among?a?group,?and?that?the?group?is?valued?more?than?any?particular?member.?In?contrast,?Americans?stress?individuality?and?are?apt?to?assert?individual?differences?when?they?seem?justifiably?to?be?in?conflict?with?the?goals?or?values?of?the?group.?In?this?case,?Richard’s?mistake?was?making?great?efforts?to?defend?himself?even?if?the?error?is?notintentiona.?A?simple??apology?and?acceptance?of?the?blame?would?have?been?appropriate? 3)?When?it?comes?to?England,?w?expect?fewer?problems?between?Americans?and?Englishmen?than?between?Americans?and?almost?any?other?group.?In?this?case?we?might?look?beyond?the?gesture?of?taking?sugar?or?cream?to?the?valuess?expressed?in?this?gesture:?for?Americans,?“Help?yourself”;?for?the?English?counterpart,?“Be?my?guest.”?American?and?English?people?equally?enjoy?entertaining?and?being?entertained,?but?they?differ?in?the?value?of?the?distinction.?Typically,?the?ideal?guest?at?an?American?party?is?obe?who?“makeshimself?at?home”.?For?the?English?host,?such?guest?behavior?is?presumptuous?or?rude.? Case?2?(Page?24)?韩国留学生 I was frustrated with a low A?common?cultural