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1、CulturaldifferencesinpolitenessbetweenwesternandChinese1.GreetingandPartingInChina,Whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends,wealwayssay,“Haveyoueatenyet?”Whatareyougoingtodo?”InEnglish,peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/evening/afternoon.“Fineda
2、y,isn’tit?”Howiseverythinggoing?”,etc.WesternandChinesecultureshavediversewaystodealwithleave-takings.Westernpeoplealwaystrytomaketheirleavingsoundreluctantbyfindingsomereasonsandapologizeforittomaketheleavingacceptableforbothparties.Theyoftensignalseveraltimesbeforeleaving.
3、Suchas,1.“IamafraidImustbeoff,Ihaveto…”2.“Well,it’sbeennicetoseeyouagain.Idoenjoyour talkandthelovelydinner,butImustbegoingsoon”.3.“Thankyouverymuchforaskingmeover.Ihopewe’llbeabletogettogetheragainbeforelong…”2..AddressingInChina,thesurnamecomesfirstandthenthegivenname.Whil
4、ewesternersnamesarewrittenandspokenwiththegivennamefirstandthefamilynamelast.Inaformalsetting,westernersaddressmenas"Mister"(Mr),marriedwomenas"Misses"("Mrs."),andunmarriedwomenas"Miss"("Ms.").Thesedaysmanywomenprefertobeaddressedusingtheabbreviations"Ms.",pronounced"miz".In
5、aninformalsituation, westernerswillintroduceeachotherbyfirstname,withouttitles,andoccasionallybyjustthelastname.East&WestChineseuse“title+surname”toaddresstheirsuperiororeldersratherthancallthemsurnames,whilethesuperiororelderscalltheaddresserstheirnames.otherwise,theaddress
6、ermaybeconsideredasillmannered,illeducatedorrude.Inwest,Althoughtheyaredifferentinageandstatus,theycancalltheotherdirectly,namely,theirnames,evenfirstnames.Theydemonstratethesenseofintimacyandtheconceptionof”Everyoneiscreatedequal”3.ComplimentsandResponseForexample,ifahostes
7、siscomplimentedforhercookingskill,howshewillresponseinwestandchina?East&WestAChinesehostesswillapologizeforgivingyou“Nothing”.Shewillsay“Ijustmadesomedishescasuallyandtheyarenotverytasty.”Anwesternhostessislikelytosay,”Oh,Iamsogladthatyoulikedit.Icookitespeciallyforyou.”What
8、wecanseefromit?TheAmericansare“straightforwardness”,theChinesetakepridein“m
