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1、CultureandLanguage----TheCulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinese郑州大学升达经贸管理学院商用英语专业指导教师-14-Abstract Languageiscloselyrelatedtoculture.Languageexpressesandembodiesculturalreality.Ifweareindifferentcountries,wemustknowtheircultures.Thus,wecanusethelanguagefreely.InourEn

2、glishstudy,itisunavoidabletomeetsomedifferencesofcultureandlanguagebetweenChineseandEnglish,whichdemandthatweshouldnotonlymasterthetwolanguagesbutalsobeacquaintedwiththetwoculturesandculturaldifferencesaswell.CulturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishcanbefoundinmanyasp

3、ectsofdailycommunication,includingaddressing,greetingandparting,compliments,apologies,thanksandsoon.ThispaperdiscussestheculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish.Keyword：culturalandlanguagedifferences,communication,customculture,ChineseandEnglish-speakers -14-Introduc

4、tionAsiswellknown,languageisamirror,infrontofwhichcultureisreflected.Meanwhile,cultureisalsoakindoflanguage.ManypeoplealwaysthinkthatpoorabilityofEnglishisthecauseofmisunderstandingincommunication.However,inthedailycommunicationwithourforeignfriends,lotsofpeoplewhoaregoo

5、datEnglish,arestillconfusedduringtheircommunication.Cultureandlanguageareimportantreasons.Becauselanguageisrelatedtoknowledge,andknowledgeinturnisrelatedtoculture.Cultureandlanguagecomplementeachother.Therealizeofcultureisaprerequisitetolearnlanguagewell.Languageisthecar

6、rierofculture.Thedifferenceofculturemustreflectinthelanguageofdifferentnations.CulturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishcanbefoundinmanyaspectsofdailycommunicationlanguages,includingaddressing,greetingandparting,compliments,apologies,thanksandotheraspects.Sothispaperwi

7、lltalkaboutsomeofthedifferences.Furthermore,itwilltalkabouthowtolearnwesternculture.1.CulturalDifferencesinCommunication1.1GreetingandpartingGreetingisanimportantpartindailylife.Whenpeoplemeetfriendsoracquaintances,theyoftengreeteachother.Thepurposeofgreetingistoestablis

8、horkeepthesocialcontact.ButbecauseoftheculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish,themannerofgreetinga