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1、TheDifferenceCulturalCharacteristicsbetweenChineseandAmericanI.Introduction1.1DefinitionCultureisashared,learned,interrelatedsetofsymbols,whichuniteandidentifymembersofsociety.(TerpstraandDavid,1991)1.2TheRangeofCulture(1)Valuesandbeliefs(moralandreligiousbeliefs)(2)Communication(spokenandwri
2、ttenlanguage,bodylanguage)(3)Normsofbehavior(4)Customs(5)Arts,music,dance,sport1.3TheCharacteristicsofCulture(1)Learned.Processoflearningone'scultureiscalledenculturation.(2)Shared.Bythemembersofasociety.No"cultureofone."(3)Patterned.Petructedthroughaconstantprocessofsocialinteraction.(4)Symb
3、olic.Culture,languageandthoughtarebasedonsymbolsandsymbolicmeanings.(5)Arbitrary.Notbasedon"naturallaws"externaltohumans,butcreatedbyhumansaccordingtothe"whims"ofthesociety.Example:standardsofbeauty.(6)Internalized.Habitual.Taken-for-granted.Perceivedas"natural."II.TheDifferenceCulturalCharac
4、teristicsbetweenChineseandAmerican2.1High-Contextvs.Low-ContextChineseculturebelongstohigh-contextculture,whileAmericanculturebelongstolow-contextculture.Thepeoplefromthesetwodifferentcultureshaveobviousdifferentcommunicationway.Chinesepeople,whocomefromhighcontextculturemuchgounsaidanddepend
5、ontherelationshipbetweenthespeaks,eachisabletointerpretbodylanguageand”readbetweenthelines".However,Americanpeople,whocomefromlow-contextculturespeakclearlyanddirectlyandcomestraighttothepointandsayexactlywhatthemean.Therefore,whenChinesepeoplearecommunicatingwithAmericanpeople,Chinesepeoplep
6、erceiveAmericanpeopletootalkative,tooobviousandredundant.Onthecontrary,AmericanpeopleperceiveChinesepeoplenon-disclosingandmysterious.Hence,thepeoplewhocomefromthesetwodifferentcountriesshouldrealizethedifferentcommunicationwaysbetweeneachotherinordertocommunicateeffectively.2.2Value:Chinesev
7、aluevs.AmericanvalueValuesareasociety’sideasaboutwhatisgoodorbad,rightorwrong.Itdetermineshowindividualswillprobablyrespondinanygivencircumstances.ChinesecultureisguidedbythevalueofConfucianism.Confucianethicisusuallydepictedasasetofvaluesinw
