1.2 The History of Intercultural Communication数字时代的商务英语写作.pdf

Intercultural Communication 1.2TheHistory ofIntercultural Communication Hello, everyone! Welcome you back to our course: Intercultural Communication This is the second section of chapter one, in this section we ll talk ’ aboutthehistory andimportanceofinterculturalcommunication. As we mentioned, intercultural communication is not a brand-new thing.We have many famous cases of intercultural communication in ancient times. Can you think ofany inhistory? Yes, The Silk Road, Zhang Qian, Jian Zhen, Xuan Zang, Zheng He, Marco Polo, etc. These are all cases of communication betweenpeoplefrom different cultures. Take silkroad in Chinesehistory for an example,peopleinAsia, “ ” Africa and Europe interacted with each other through the Road . “ ” The Silk Road was an ancient network of trade routes, formally established duringtheHan Dynasty of China,which linkedtheregionsof theancientworldin commerce. Do you know who opened up the ancient silk road in Chinese “ ” history? Yes,ZhangQian /silk-road/history/zhangqian.htm /view/30da2b6527d3240c8447efb5.html Jian Zhen lived in the 688-763 period, he was a famous master of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty. His sailing to Japan was regarded as a great event inboththeChineseandtheWorld sBuddhismhistory. ’ /a1/a-XBPXYOC77FC9EAC4A48888 XuanZang,the seventh-century Chinese scholar-monk , traveled in Central Asia and India. D