英语课分享.pptx

;;;if you lead people with excellence and put them in their place through roles and ritual practices, in addition to developing a sense of shame, they will order themselves harmoniously” ------ Confucius;;;林语堂;;;;03;president hu:;Role-playing;;To Chinese, the concept of face is formed due to the Chinese traditional thinking which include feudal thoughts、Confucianism、the values of Chinese people and so on. In China, face not only represents politeness but also dignity or vanity. For example, Xiang Yu felt he lost his face, so he suicided himself but not had a try again. In the same time, face affects all aspects of Chinese people life which embodies culture. And in Chinese view, face shows his personal image. So Chinese always think about getting face and avoid losing face. Just as buying a car, different from westerners, Chinese think both his needs and others view. The car means his face. On the contrary, westerners only consider their needs. As an old saying said tree live a skin that people live a face(树活一层皮人活一张脸),Chinese value face a lot and face impress Chinese actions. ;;;Chinese and American shave different perspectives of face. ;We all having the same custom, but we say it in different way.;