Unit 2 Communication Lesson 5 Meeting people--Cultural differences

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1、CulturalDifferencesChinaisemergingfrontandcenterontheglobaleconomicstageasanewmemberoftheWorldTrade,Organization(WTO)andtheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO).Beijinghostedthe2008SummerOlympicsandShanghaiwillhostExpo2010.Moreover,Chinaisbecomingamajortradingnation

2、.IsWesternculturereadytorespectacountryknownprimarilyforpopulationcontrolandcommunism?ChineseCulture,WesternCultureassertsthatastheseeventsunfold,theWesternworldwillnaturallywanttoknowmoreaboutChina.Peoplewillhavetofilterthroughanexcessivesupplyofinformatio

3、n,andinsomecases,misinformation,tounderstandaculturethathastraditionallyheldsolittleoftheWesternworld'sattention.AndwhatarethedifferencesbetweenChinesecultureandwesternculture?ConceptionWesterncultureisbasedonindividualism.Forinstance,intheUS,youalwaystalka

4、boutindividualrights,insteadofplacingthewholesocietyaboveyourownself.Chinesecultureisbasedonmasses(collectivism).Peopleplacedcountryandfamilyaboveyourownself.ConceptionWesterncultureisadventurousandexplorationbased.Westernersliketodiscovernewthings,inventio

5、nandexpandoutwards.Forinstance,bungeejumpingisconsideredadventurousandcommoninwesternculture.Chineseculturethatisbasedonhumanismandpeople.Youwillprobablyfindno-onedoingsuchathinginChina.ConceptionWestuseslawtoresolvepeopleandpeople'srelationship.Youcannever

6、find'law'well-establishedinChina.Chineseusesethicsandtolerance(中恕之道)toresolvepeopleandpeople'srelationship.For2000years,Chinaisalandthat'sbasedonhumanrelationshipratherthanlaw.ConceptionWesterncultureisbasedonscience,whichattemptstoresolvepeopleandnature'sr

7、elationship.TheChineseattemptstofusethehumanand'heaven'asone.(天人和一)toresolvetherelationshipbetwenmanandnature.ConceptionWestuses'god'andreligiontoresolvehumanandspiritualismrelationship.Incaseofproblemswithyourownself,youjustpraytogod.Chineseemphasizesinter

8、nalcultivationtoresolvehumanandspiritualism.ConceptionWesterncultureisaculturethatexpandsanddevelopoutwards.ChinesecultureisAculturethatexpandsinternallyratherthanoutwards.Westernerhasmoreconceptionons