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1、统本英0701李琦雪TheDifferenceofEtiquettebetweenChinaandAmericaEtiquetteisthefoundationofthesocialculture.OurChinaisagreatstateofceremoniesandfamousforits5000longhistory.ThewholeworldpaidfullattentiontothiscapitalofEasterncountry,acountrywithmuchceremonyandsplend
2、idcivilization.WhilenowadaystheleadingceremonyoftheworldisWesternEtiquette.Thisphenomenonisnotonlybecauseofthepowerfuleconomy,butalsotheunifiedvaluesystemoftheWesterners.Althoughtherearemanycommons,theyaregreatlydifferentfromeachother.Firstly,theyhavediffe
3、renceininterpersonalcommunication.Boththesetwocultureareallfocusoninterpersonalcommunication.However,theyaredifferentincommunicatingways.Forexample,itisageneralideatoaddresssomebodywhichcanincludemanydifferentmeanings.Thewordofunclecanreferstomanypeopleinw
4、estern,butonlymeansthebotherofsomebody’sfatherinChinese.Thereisnoclearlydistinctionbetweentherelationshipsofthesekindsofword.What’smore,weaddresssomebodyMr.onlymeansheisateacherorheisanadmirablepersonintheoldtimes,whileitmeansheisamaleinwestern.Thirdly,wes
5、ternersseldomusetheformaljobtitletoaddresssomebody.Oppositely,itmeansrespectabletothepersonwhichyouaddressed.Anditisthesymbolofoneperson’sstatusandsocialclass.Lastbutnotleast,shake-handsetiquetteisverydifferentinAmericaandChina.Shake3统本英0701李琦雪handsisnotne
6、cessarywhenyoumeetsomeoneinAmerica.However,shake-handsetiquetteincludemanymanners,suchaswhenpeoplewanttoshakehandsbetweenfemaleandmale,femalewouldstretchoutherhandfirst.Andbothofthemshouldtakeofftheirglovesandlookateachothers’eyes.Onthecontrast,shake-hands
7、isthebasicmannersinChina,butitisn’trequirestoomuchrules.ThisgreatlydifferencesbetweenAmericaandChinainetiquetteismainlycausedbythreereasons.Firstofall,thepersonalvaluesaredifferentfromeachother.Americansbelieveinindividualism.Theyproudofthemselves,andtheyw
8、anttoshowtheconfidenceandself-honorwheneverwherever.ThecenterofChinesecultureisConfucianismwhichtellsthebasicmannerofpeopleisself-effacingandself-denial.ThecollectivismalsoinfluencedChinesedeeply.Thesecondrea
