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1、TheDifferencebetweenChinese andWesternCultureContents1.GreetingandParting2.Addressing3.ComplimentsandResponses4.ThanksandResponses5.AskingPersonalAffairs6.Invitation1.GreetingandPartingInChina,whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends,wealwayssay,“Haveyoueat
2、enyet?”Whatareyougoingtodo?”InEnglish,peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/afternoon/evening.“Fineday,isn’tit?”Howiseverythinggoing?”,etcWesternandChinesecultureshavediverse waystodealwithleave-takingsWesternpeoplealwayst
3、rytomaketheirleavingsoundreluctantbyfindingsomereasonsandapologizeforittomaketheleavingacceptableforbothparties.Theyoftensignalseveraltimesbeforeleaving.Suchas,1.“IamafraidImustbeoff,Ihaveto…”2.“Well,it’sbeennicetoseeyouagain.Idoenjoyour talkandthelovel
4、ydinner,butImustbegoingsoon”.3.“Thankyouverymuchforaskingmeover.Ihopewe’llbeabletogettogetheragainbeforelong…”2.AddressingInChina,thesurnamecomesfirstandthenthegivenname.Whilewesternersnamesarewrittenandspokenwiththegivennamefirstandthefamilynamelast.Ea
5、st&WestInwest,Althoughtheyaredifferentinageandstatus,theycancalltheotherdirectly,namely,theirnames,evenfirstnames.Theydemonstratethesenseofintimacyandtheconceptionof”Everyoneiscreatedequal”Ineast,chineseuse“title+surname”toaddresstheirsuperiororeldersra
6、therthancallthemsurnames,whilethesuperiororelderscalltheaddresserstheirnames.Otherwise,theaddressermaybeconsideredasillmannered,illeducatedorrude.3.ComplimentsandResponsesForexample,ifahostessiscomplimentedforhercookingskill,howwillsheresponseinwestandc
7、hina?East&WestAChinesehostesswillapologizeforgivingyou“Nothing”.Shewillsay“Ijustmadesomedishescasuallyandtheyarenotverytasty.”Anwesternhostessislikelytosay,”Oh,Iamsogladthatyoulikedit.Icookitespeciallyforyou.”Whatcanweseefromit?TheAmericansare“straightf
8、orwardness”,theChinesetakepridein“modesty”.Intheresponsetocompliments.Chinesearetendtoeffacethemselvesinwordsorrefuseit,althoughtheydofeelcomfortableaboutthecompliments.4.ThanksandResponsesInChina,“Thankyou”isnotfrequentlyusedbet
