中美文化比较

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1、AComparisonBetweenChineseandWesternCulturesAbstract:ThecrossculturecommunicationbetweenChinaandtheassortednationsoftheWestintheworldisofutmostsignificancetonotonlyintheprocessofeconomicoperationandculturalexchangebutalsotothenationalimagebuilding,InternationalRelationsprotecting,international

2、statuselevating,which,wereconsideredwidelyastheessentialandindispensablepartsineverynation’slong-lastingdevelopment.Inthatcasethefosteringoftalentswhoareofcrosscultureskillshasbeenoneofthecriticaltasksinthemodernageofeverycountryespeciallydevelopingcountrywhichfacebothchancesandchallengesatth

3、ebrinkofthenewmillennium.Chinaisnotoutofthelist.Inthepursuitofmoreactivebehaviorspresentedtotheothernationsandseizingthechancesaswellasmeetingthechallengestactically,bothourgovernmentandwecitizensaresupposedtomakeaneffort.TherehasbeenanheatedtrendoflearningforeignlanguageespeciallyEnglishsinc

4、etheepoch-makingmomentwhenChinajoinedintotheWTO.Butthatdidnotmeanthatwecanknowtheothercountrywellsothatwehavenocommunicationbarrierswiththem.Asavitalcommunicationtool,inspiteoftheessentialtosuccessfulcrossculturecommunications,languageabilityisnotequaltothecrossculturecommunicationability.Key

5、words:comparison;samepoint;ChineseandEnglishculturesAComparisonBetweenChineseandWesternCulturesIntroductionInthebodypartseveraldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishculturesaswellassomesamepointswillbepresentedtothereferencetothestudyofcrossculturecommunication.BodyDIFFERENCESGreetingInEnglishcu

6、lture,peoplegreeteachotherGoodMorningfromthetimeonegetsupintheearlymorningtotheafternoon.AndGoodAfternoonafterthistimethenGoodEveningfortimeafterdinner.Whenpeoplemeeteachotherforthefirsttime,Howdoyoudo?isoftenused,especiallyonformaloccasion.AndHelloorHiservesthepurposeoninformaloccasions.When

7、acquaintancesmeeteachother,Howareyou/Howiseverythinggoing/Howisitgoing?isofhighfrequencyforgreeting,whichdoesnotmeanthatthepersonwhogreetsisreallycaresomethingabouttheother’shealthbutjusttoexpressagoodwill.So,Fine.Thankyou./Fine.isenoughforre