中美思维方式差异和其对跨文化交际影响

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1、IntroductionTheends"oftheworldarebeingbroughtclosetogetherNewstravelsallroundtheWOrldina抬wmoments．PeopletravelSOmuchmoreandeverSOmuchfasterth口"theydidinourgrandmother'slime．Theconsequenceisthatallthecivilizednations"arecrowdedclosetogetherandcons'lanllytreadingoneachother's"toes,and,a

2、salwayshappensinaCrowd,everyonehastObecarefulandconsiderateorelsetherewillbetrouble．—GilbertMurrayTheworldismovingtowardsmuItipolarizationandglobalizationandgreatchangeshavetakenplace．Distancesnolongermatter,forwecantakeajetplanetoanyplacewithinhours，andwecanimmediatelyknowwhatishappe

3、ningthroughvisitingtheIntemetwithoutgoingoutside．NeverbeforedidwefeelSOclosetoeachotherasnow．Amongtheeventsleadingtothedevelopmentoftheglobalvillageare(1)improvementsintransportationtechnology；peoplehavethemeanstotravelalmostanyplaceintheworldwithinlessthanaday’Stmae(2)developmentsinc

4、ommunicationtechnology；“Itisnowpossibleforpeopletohaveinstantaneousvocal，graphicandtextualcommunicationwithmostpansoftheworld'’fLarryA．Samovar&RichardE．Porter,1980，P．10)(3)globalizationofeconomy；peoplearebroughttogetherandtobemorefrequentincontact(4)augmentationofpopulation；Peoplefrom

5、differentcountriesbegantolivetogetherAsaresult，contactswithdifferentculturesthatpreviouslyappearedunfamiliar，alienandevenmysteriousarebecominganormalpartofourday-tO-dayroutine．Inevitably,someofUShavetOcommunicatewithpeoplefromdifferentcultures．Thiskindofcommunicationiscalledintercultu

6、ralcommunication．ItoccurswheneveramessagesenderisamemberofonecultureandamessagereceiverisofanotherSuccessfulculturalcomrnunicationneedsknowledgeofrelatedcultures．Evenifwecanovercomethenaturalblocksoflanguagedifferences，westillmayfailtOunderstandandtobeunderstoodbecauseofculturalobstac

7、les．Forexample，anAmericanvisitorpraisesaChinesehostess，“Socleanandlovelyhouse!”Thehostessmayresponses，“No，no．Myhouseisdirtyanduntidy．”一ananswerwhichpuzzlesthevisitorWhathascausedtheAmericanvisitortobeconfused?一culturaldi能rencesbetweenChineseandtheAmericans．Thesedifferencesblockcommuni

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