unit 2 Daily Verbal Communication (I) 跨文化交际复习指导资料.ppt

* Video watching Watch the video and give your comment. * 5. Partings Question: What are the differences in parting between Chinese and English cultures? * The differences: Westerners: A couple of minutes’ small talk Well, it’s been lovely to see you again, but I must be going soon. I hope we’ll be able to get together again before long… Thank you for a lovely evening. I must not hold you any longer. See the guest to the door and say “Thank you for coming.” Chinese: abrupt leave-taking I’m leaving now. For an important guest, see him/ her to the building gate, or even to the bus stop and say “请慢走”，“请走好”,“不远送了”，“有空再来”. Sometimes not go back until the guests is out of sight * III. Case study Case 3. Sitting Down Case 5. Different Attitudes Toward a Fly in a Beer Case 6. Borrow Money and Lend Money Case 4. Li Hongzhang’s Embarrassment Case 3. Sitting Down What’s the difference between western and Chinese cultures? Comment: Westerners usually sit wherever the host points to or where they themselves like to sit, regardless of the kind of seats there might be, while choosing to sit in a less comfortable place is a sign of modesty in China. * * Case 4. Li Hongzhang’s Embarrassment Question 1: Could the Westerners understand the Chinese modesty? Question 2: How could Li get rid of his embarrassment? 1. Could the Westerners understand the Chinese modesty? Comment: What Li said is just some formulaic polite expression common in type; almost all Chinese people know this and could hear that nearly everywhere. As far as the literary meaning is concerned, Li’s words are inappropriate, but they do convey the meaning of respect. Here, the language form is different from its content, a phenomenon only found in the Eastern culture. * However, this case happened in America, and the audience was American. America is a country with highly valued individualism and they express themselves rather directly. They could not understand t