《跨文化交际》⑤.pptVIP

Smiles and laughter In a Chinese classroom a girl was asked to answer a question. She stood up and smiled, without making any sound. When an American is parking his bicycle and bicycle accidentally falls over, he feels embarrassed at his awkwardness, and is quite angered and humiliated when Chinese onlookers laugh. Japanese men go so far as to hide anger, sorrow or disgust by laughing or smiling. Nodding is culture-specific Case Study 通常我们说点头称是，摇头自然是表示否定。然而并不是所有民族都如此。有一次，一位中国工程师给一群斯里兰卡青年讲抽水机的用法，讲完之后问他们懂了没有？他们都微微摇了摇头。工程师见他们摇头就又重复了一次，并亲手示范表演。再问他们，得到的仍是微微摇头。工程师刚要重复第三遍，正好在中国留过学的当地翻译来了，一经过翻译一解释，工程师