中西方文化差异英语表演.pptVIP

Policy of Government In River Town, Peter Hessler talks a lot about ethnocentrism. One of the most interesting points is when he is talking about how Westerners view the Three Gorges Dam as tragic. )Maybe in chinese ethnocentrism , it explores the compensation(补偿) habit . In China, when the residents are damaged by natural calamities, government will take a series of measures to compensate for them out of compunction of the government. As a result, people have ethnocentrism, feeling they are protected by the government. The Way to Earn Money Chinese people earn plenty of money by hardworking days and nights. However, usually there is a phenomenon that they spend little of it and would like to save the majority. What will they do with those money? They spend money buying houses, buying cars or From the later example, Chinese people judge that foreigners always think about themselves, which not including their parents, their kids or something more about their future. They think more about enjoyment while Chinese people consider respecting parents and living better. Compared with western, Chinese are attending to have more sense of crises and awareness of unexpected development. Planning for the future, they usually save money for a rainy day. Chinese take their parents and children more into consider, and just hope to live better lives. Ethnocentrism of Chinese The view of family membership A little story An American taught in China. One day, he made some cute paper models as small prizes to reward the students. His workmate’s son saw them and asked for one. He didn’t give the child at once , which made the child cry. All his workmates said that those paper models were just a piece of cake, and don’t be so mean. However, he asked the child a question. The child gave him a right answer and got the paper model in the end. The view of family m