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1、CulturalDiversityLeadingtoMisunderstandingsCulturalDiversityLeadingtoMisunderstandingsWiththedevelopmentofeconomyandvehicles,theworldbecomeslittleandlittle.Atthesametime,itiscommonforalotofChinesetogoabroadforworking,furthereducation,travailingandsoo
2、n.Nomatterwhichreasonsresultinpeoplegoingabroad,Chinesepeoplehavetocontactwithlocalinhabitantswhichhavethedifferentculturalbackgroundwiththemselves.Chinesehavetostudywithafewofforeigners,workwithplentyofforeignersandcommunicatewithanumberofforeigners
3、.Duringtheprocessofcommunication,peoplealwaysmeetwithsomecommunicationbarriersthatpeoplecouldnotcomprehendeachother.Forexample,itiscommonforforeignerstomisunderstandChinese,forChineseoftendonottellthetruthatfirstandtheyusuallyexpresstheirrealmeanings
4、inaroundaboutway.Itisculturaldiversitythatleadstothesemisunderstandingandweshouldtreatculturaldiversityinanequalattitude.ItiscommonlybelievedbyChinesethatWesternerstaking"yes”andunonbytheirfacemeaningsaremorestraightforwardthanChinese.Somepeoplesuppo
5、rtthatChinesepeoplearehypocriticalandwesternersaresincere.ItistootiredformentoworkorcommunicatewithChinesebecauseyouhavetoguesstheirrealmeaningsatanymoment.However,othersholdtheviewthatwesternersarerudeandtheydonotknowhowtoconnectwithothersinaroundab
6、outway.Infact,Chinesepeopleandwesternersdonotdoanythingwrongbecausetheyallfollowtheirowncultureandsocialvalues.Sothereasonwhytheyhandlethesamethingindifferentwaysistheexistenceofculturaldiversity."Cultureiscentraltothewayweview,experience,andengagewi
7、thallaspectsofourlivesandtheworldaroundus.Thus,evenourdefinitionsofcultureareshapedbythehistorical,political,social,andculturalcontextsinwhichwelive."(K.Sorrells,Pl)Thereisnoruletomeasuredifferentcultures.Ifapersonlivearoundonecultureforalongtimeanda
8、llprogrammershecouldwatch,allthesongshecouldheardandallsocialviewshecouldfeelbelongtotheculture,hewilldealwiththingsfollowingthecultureordoesnotrejectit.Culturaldiversityisthequalityofdiverseordifferentcultures.Beingopposedtomonoculture,intheglobalmo
