general cultural differences

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1、Generalculturaldifferences　　[Abstract]Differentcultureswouldbethereasontounderstandthesamethingasoppositeways.Thispaperdiscussesthedifferencesincross-culturalcommunicationandbusinessEnglish.　　[Keywords]Generalculturaldifferences；Chinese；Westerners　　1.Introduction　　Inrecen

2、tyears，withtheacceleratedpacesofreformingandopening，theforeigncontactsaremoreandmoreextensive.Theworldtodayischaracterizedbyanever-growingnumberofcontactsbetweenpeoplewithdifferentlanguagesandculturalbackgrounds.Inthispaper，theauthorwoulddiscussthedifferencesincross-cultu

3、ralcommunicationandbusinessEnglish.Inthefirstpart，itshowsthegeneraldifferencebetweenChinaandthewesterncountries，andthendiscussesthedifferentpointsinbusinessEnglishbasedonthecross-culturecontext.　　2.GeneralculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterners　　Politeness　　Cultura

4、ldifferencesonpolitenessbetweenwesternersandChinesecanbefoundinmanyaspectsofdailycommunication，6includingaddressing，greetingandparting，compliments，apologies，thanksandsoon.Whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends，peopleusuallygreeteachother.Thepurposeofgreetingistoestablishorm

5、aintainsocialcontact.Soformulaicexpressionsareoftenused，butsuchformulaicexpressionsoftencausesconflictbecauseofthegreatculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandnativeEnglishspeakers.InEnglish，peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/evening/afternoo

6、n.”“Fineday，isn’tit？”“Howiseverythinggoing？”“Haveyoueatenyet？”“Whatareyougoingtodo？”“Wherehaveyoubeen？”etc.Westernerstreatthemasrealquestion.WhileinChinese，wealwayssaynichileme（你吃了吗？）nishangnaliqu（你上哪里去？）niganshenmequ（你干什么去？）toshowourconsideration.Partingmaybedividedintot

7、wosteps.Beforethefinalprating，thereisusualaleave-taking.WesternandChinesecultureshavediversewaystodealwithleave-takings.Firstly，inEnglishsociety，duringtheclosingphaseofanencounter，from“I”perspectives，reasonsforterminatingtheencounterarepresentedinmotivatorcomments.Western

8、peoplebelievethattobewillingtovisitandconversewithsomeoneistohaverespectforhim.Idoenjoyourtalkan