3.4 Classification of Culture 数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

CultureandLanguage 3.4ClassificationofCulture Hello, everyone! Welcome you back to this course: Intercultural Communication This is the fourth section of Chapter 3,In this section, we ll talk ’ abouttheclassification ofculture Firstwecometoculturalidentity.What iscultureidentity? CultureIdentity refersto one’s sense ofbelongingto aparticular cult ure or ethnic group.As we mentioned before, culture can be classified into different types from different perspectives. For example,thereisChinese culture,American culture, Asian culture and European culture, ancient cultureandmodern culture. Take Chinese culture for example, the spirit ofhumanism and morality isthe lifeblood of Chinese culture. Old Chinese proverbs, such as every man alive has a duty toward his country, reflect patriotism, Confucian saying, such as being vigorous and promising, show the striving spirit, and modern sayings, such as harmony but not sameness and advance with the times and keep improving through reforms, provide the basic principles - and the wisdom of reform - to deal with different cultures in theworld. /kindle/2017-08/02/contenthtm Xi Jinping loves reading books and using allusions.When making a visit or attending important internationalmeetings,henot only repeatedly quotes Chinese classics,but also does asthe Romans do, for example,he more than once cites the visited countries’ proverbs, quotes of famous people, speeches of important members of the governments and even skillfully conducts matching of Chinese and foreign favorite quotations through centeringon suchthemesas friendship cooperation peace “ ”“ ”“ ” and so forth, vividly unfolding Chinese disposition before the world’s eyes,tellingChineseattitudeanddeliveringChinesevoices. In January, 2016, during the period of