The Culrure Differences between English and Chinese英文和中文的区别.pptVIP

The Culrure Differences between English and Chinese Language is closely related to culture. Language expresses and in bodies cultural reality. If we are in different countries，we must know their culture. Thus，we can use the language freely. In our English study, it is unavoidable to meet some differences of culture and language between Chinese and English, which demand that we should not only master the two languages, but also be acquainted with the two cultures and cultural differences as well. Cultural differences between Chinese and English can be found in many aspects of daily communication, including addressing, greeting and parting, compliments, apologies,thanks and so on. Greeting and parting Greeting is an important part in daily life. When people meet friends or acquaintances, they often greet each other. The purpose of greeting is to establish or keep the social contact. But because of the cultural differences between Chinese and English, the manner of greeting and parting are different, it often causes misunderstanding. In China, people greet their friends might say:Where are you going to do? or Have you eaten yet? while American usually say Hi or Hello instead. If an English speaker does not understand this difference, he will sure misunderstand his chinese friend who really wants to know where he goes or invite him to eat something. As a foreigner ,he maybe treats them as a real question. 感谢你的关注 Both English and Chinese people have two kinds of personal names---a family name and a given name. But the order and the use of these names in the two languages are somewhat different. So for the beginner of English, English address is not so easy to learn. Because of the culture differences, Chinese often put the family name in the first place; while American is used to put it at the end. Address English and Chinese cultures are at polar opposites about compliment. In Chinese culture, the Chinese people regard modesty as