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1、CulturalDifferencesinEverydayLifeAbstract:Languageisasystemofarbitraryvocalsymbolsusedforhumancommunication.Culturecanbebrieflydefinedas"thetotalityofbeliefsandpracticesinasociety".Languageisapartofcultureandplaysadecisiveroleinit.Weexchangeourideasande
2、motionsthroughlanguagesindifferentcultures,thuswecancommunicatewithpeoplewhoownanotherculture.Butbecauseofthedifferencesbetweencultures,wemaycausesometroubleswhenweexchangeinformation.Thispaperinvestigatestheculturaldifferencesbetweendifferentculturesin
3、oureverydaylife.Bysomeexampleswewillknowtheproblemsandthesolutionstotheseproblems.KeyWords:cross-culturalcommunication;culturaldifferences;verbalcommunication;nonverbalcommunicationI.IntroductionCommunicationiscommonlydefinedas"theimpartingorinterchange
4、ofthoughts,opinions,andinformationbyspeech,writingorsigns".Cross-culturalcommunicationiscommunicationbetweendifferentcultures.CarlRogersstatesthatrealcommunicationtakesplacewhenwelistenwithunderstanding.Byanalogy,wemayequallysaythatcommunicationcollapse
5、swhenwelistenwithmisunderstanding.Whenglobalizationbecomesafact,thesignificanceofcross-culturalcommunicationisfurtherhighlighted.Failuresincommunicationfromdifferentbackgroundsofcultureswillleadtoculturalstereotypesandconflicts.Learningaforeignlanguagew
6、ellmeansmorethanmerelymasteringthepronunciation,grammar,wordsandidioms.Itmeanslearningalsotoseeit,learningthewaysinwhichtheirlanguagereflectstheideas,customs,andbehavioroftheirsociety,learningtounderstandtheir"languageofmind".Learningalanguage,infact,is
7、inseparablefromlearningitsculture.Forproperunderstandingsincross-culturalcommunication,somesuggestiveprinciplesareprovidedasbasicguidelinestothisdifficultwork.1.Successfulcommunicationoccurswhenthehearercansee,feel,andunderstandissuesfromthespeaker’spoi
8、ntofview.2.Successfulcommunicationoccurswhenthespeakerandhearerknoweachother’sintention.3.Successfulcommunicationoccurswhenthetwopartiesadoptadynamicdialoguepattern.Occasionally,non-nativespeakerswithagoodcommandoftheforeignlangu
