跨文化交际课件第四章语言与文化Language and culture.pptVIP

Language and Culture “Careful with fire,” is good advice, we know; “Careful with words,” is ten times doubly so. Will Carleton, The First Settler’s Story Warm UP Case 1 Shoes for Street Walking It is said that in Rome, in front of a shoe store, there was such a sign to attract English-speaking customers: Shoes for street walking. Come in and have a fit. The sign caught the attention of many English-speaking tourists, but not to look at the shoes displayed in the windows, but to read the sign and then break out into laughter. Case 2 Look Out! A foreign student in the U.S.