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1、跨文化交际课程期末考试复习资料I.Giveabriefdefinitionsofthefollowingterms(名词解释)1.interculturalcommunication.（参考课本P8.）2.verbalcommunicationcommunicationdonebothorallyandinwrittenlanguageEasiertousewordstorepresentone’sexperienceswithinthesameculturebecausepeoplesharemanysimilarexp
2、eriences.Moretroublesomeinverbalcommunicationacrossculturesbecausepeople’sexperiences,beliefs,values,customs,traditionsandthelikearedifferent.3.Non-verbalcommunicationItreferstocommunicationthroughawholevarietyofdifferenttypesofsignalcomeintoplay,includingthewaywe
3、move,thegesturesweemploy,thepostureweadopt,thefacialexpressionwewear,thedirectionofourgaze,totheextenttowhichwetouchandthedistancewestandfromeachother.4.cultureshockItisapsychologicalphenomenonthatisexperiencedmostoftenbythosewho,whethervoluntarilyorinvoluntarily,
4、intheprocessofadjustingthemselvestoanewculture.II.Answerthefollowingquestions(简答题)1.What’stherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture？Languageisareflectionofculture,andcultureisareflectionoflanguage.Cultureinfluenceslanguagebywayofsymbolsandrulesforusingthosesymbols,
5、aswellasourperceptionsoftheuniverse(themeaningassociatedwiththesymbols).Language,ontheotherhand,wouldseemtohaveamajorimpactonthewayanindividualperceivesandconceptualizestheworld.2.DescribethedifferentwaysinshowinghospitalitybetweenChinesecultureandwesterncultureCh
6、ineseguestsalwaysrefuseofferofdrinksorfoodtodemonstratepolitenessinseemingnottowishtoputtheirhosttoanytrouble.Sometimesanofferisnotarealofferbutapoliteremark.Afterwesay'no',weusuallywaitforthesecondandthirdoffer.Ifthehostjustbringsthefoodordrinkandignores'no',weil
7、lacceptit.Chineseliketopresstheirgueststodrinkoreattoshowtheirhospitality.Whilewesternersalwaysacceptorrefuseofferofdrinksorfoodverygenuinely.Theirrefusalisacceptedasgenuine.Westernersdon’tpress.Topresspeopletohavefoodordrinkaftertheyhaverefusedisfrowneduponandcan
8、causeembarrassments.3.WhatarethedifferencesonreceivinggiftsbetweenChineseandwesterner?IntheWest,itisregardedaspolitetoopengiftsassoonastheyaregiventoexp
