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1、CulturalDifferencesBetweenEastAndWestContents1.Whatleadstotheculturaldifference?2.Howdifferentlydopeoplebehaveindailylife?3.Whatcanwedototreattheculturegap?PartI Whatleadstotheculturaldifference?TheculturesoftheEastandtheWestreallydistinguisheachotheralot.Thisisbecause
2、theculturesystemsaretwoseparatesystemsonthewhole.Theoriginoftheeasternculturesismainlyfromtwocountries:ChinaandIndia.Bothofthetwoculturesaregestatedbyrivers.InChina,themotherriveristheYellowRiverwhiletheIndianoneistheHinduRiver.YellowRiver黄河HinduRiver印度河Thesetwoculture
3、sweredevelopedforseveralthousandyearsandformedtheirownstyles.TheninTangDynastyofChina,theChineseculturegraduallywentoverseastoJapan,mixedintotheJapanesesocietyandshapedtheJapaneseculturenowadays.ThoughabitdifferentfromtheChineseone,itbelongstothesamesystem.Culturesofth
4、eAncientGreece(古希腊)andAncientRome(古罗马)arewell-knownasthebaseoftheEuropeanculture.LiketheChineseculture,theEuropeanonealsocrossedwaters.WhenthecolonistsofEnglandsettleddowninAmerica,theirculturewentwiththemovertheAtlanticOcean(大西洋).SotheAmericanculturedoesn'tdistinguish
5、fromtheEuropeanonealot.Atthesametime,thedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsaddstotheculturaldifferences.IntheEast,mostlanguagesbelongtothepictographiclanguage(象形文字)whiletheWesternlanguagesaremostlybasedontheLatinsystem(拉丁语系).Otherfactorslikehumanracedifferencecountsaswell.P
6、artIIHowdifferentlydopeoplebehaveindailylife?Section1:Greeting(问候)HowdoweChinesegreeteachother?Informally,ifwemeetanfriendinthestreet,weareusedtosay:“Hi,haveyouhadyourmeal?”or“Whereareyougoing?”.Whenitisthecaseoftwogentlemen,theytendtoshakehands(握手).However,inthewester
7、ncountries,theabovequestionsarejustquestions,notgreetingatall.Theymaythinkyou’reinvitingthemtodinnerifyouaskabouttheirmeals.Usually,they’lljustgiveeachotherasmileorgreetwitha“Hi.”.They’llshakehandsonlyinsomeformalsituationsSection2:Expressinggratitude(表达感谢)InChinesefam
8、ilies,werarelysay“Thankyou”tootherfamilymembersforreceivinghelporservice.Neitherwillwesaysobetweengoodfriends.Butinth
