2010-1 Inter-cultural communication课件.ppt

Lecturer Yang Fanglin;忍蓄宾滴耍陀府碟枷斥墅袱妹鲸掣赌潮迁巩亚趋连旺厌傲腋贷屋硅竭脓渴2010-1 Inter-cultural communication课件2010-1 Inter-cultural communication课件;Please give some definite examples to show the cultural differences between China and western countries.;What do you think of this photo?;ambition privacy individualism landlord capitalist ;She is really a magpie. He is green with envy. God helps those who help themselves. ; Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art lovelier and more temperate. ----William Shakespeare ;As Britain is a high latitude country, the average summer temperature is about 20 degrees and the daytime is very long, from about 4 o’clock in the morning to about 10 o’clock at night. Therefore, the summer in Britain is pleasantly cool and delightful. ;Go Dutch Be unwilling to work overtime Do not believe in TCM ;Skin scraping ; The movie Gua Sha depicts a story that took place in Central America. The leading actor of the movie, Xu Datong, is an ambitious man who has lived in the United States for 8 years and has a happy family and a promising future. However, all of these are wonderful before the accident comes: Datong’s father, unable to read the drug instruction written in English, gives a treatment, called Gua Sha in China, to Datong’s 5-year-old son, Denis, who suddenly gets a high fever. However, what Datong’s father does to Denis is considered as the evidence for maltreating children in America. Therefore, misunderstandings shatter the happy family into pieces.;To learn different aspects of western culture by comparing it with Chinese Culture. To learn to communicate between cultures successfully;Part I Introduction to Culture and Intercultural Communication;Culture originates from the Latin word “cultura” , meaning “to cultivate”. Statistics show that there are more than 160 definitions for culture.;Culture refers to the total pattern of beliefs, customs, institutions, objects, and techniques that characterize the life of a hum