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1、CulturaldifferencesbetweenwesternandChinese教育科学学院学前教育曾丽芳20060503028CulturaldifferencesonpolitenessbetweenwesternandChinese1.GreetingandParting2.Addressing3.ComplimentsandResponse.4.ThanksandResponses5AskingPersonalAffairs1.GreetingandPartingFormulaicexpression
2、softencausesconflictbecauseofthegreatculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandnativeEnglishspeakers.InEnglish,peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/evening/afternoon.“Fineday,isn’tit?”Howiseverythinggoing?“Haveyoueatenyet?”Whatareyougoingto
3、do?”Wherehaveyoubeen?”etc.Westernerstreatthemasrealquestion.WhileinChinese,wealwayssay“你吃了吗?”“你上哪里去?”“你干什么去?”toshowourconsideration.Partingmaybedividedintotwosteps.Beforethefinalprating,thereisusualaleave-takingWesternandChinesecultureshavediversewaystodealwithleave
4、-takings.Firstly,inEnglishsociety,duringtheclosingphaseofanencounter,from”I”perspective,InChinesesociety,duringtheclosingphaseofandencounter,usually,froma“you”perspective.BothwesternandChinesepeoplehavetwokindsofpersonalnames---asurnameandagivenname.Buttheorderand
5、theuseofthesenamesinthetwolanguagesaresomewhatdifferent.InChinese,thesurnamecomesfirstandthenthegivenname.Andpeoplelikeadd“小”beforetheirfamilyname.Whilewesternersnamesarewrittenandspokenwiththegivennamefirstandthefamilynamelast.2.Addressing3.ComplimentsandRespon
6、seWesternandChinesecultureareatpolaroppositesaboutcompliment.Anwesternhostess,ifsheiscomplimentedforhercookingskill,islikelytosay,”Oh,Iamsogladthatyoulikedit.Icookitespeciallyforyou.”NotsoisaChinesehostess,whowillinsteadapologizeforgivingyou“Nothing”.Theywillsay“随便作
7、几个菜,不好吃”InChinese,“谢谢”isnotfrequentlyusedbetweenintimatefriendsandfamilymembersbecauseitmayimplyacertaindistancebetweentheaddresserandtheaddressee.4.ThanksandResponsesCulturaldifferencesexistbetweenChineseandwesterninhowtoexpressthanksandresponses.Infact,“Thankyou”i
8、sutteredinEnglishformorethanacknowledgingfavororgratitude,anditisoftenameanstoshowpoliteness.Forwesterners,eachpersonisanequalindividual,w