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1、CulturalDifferencesBetweenEastAndWestContents1.Whatleadstotheculturaldifference?2.Howdifferentlydopeoplebehaveindailylife?3.Whatcanwedototreattheculturegap?PartI Whatleadstotheculturaldifference?TheculturesoftheEastandtheWestreallydistinguisheachotheralot.T
2、hisisbecausetheculturesystemsaretwoseparatesystemsonthewhole.Theoriginoftheeasternculturesismainlyfromtwocountries:ChinaandIndia.Bothofthetwoculturesaregestatedbyrivers.InChina,themotherriveristheYellowRiverwhiletheIndianoneistheHinduRiver.YellowRiver黄河Hind
3、uRiver印度河Thesetwoculturesweredevelopedforseveralthousandyearsandformedtheirownstyles.TheninTangDynastyofChina,theChineseculturegraduallywentoverseastoJapan,mixedintotheJapanesesocietyandshapedtheJapaneseculturenowadays.ThoughabitdifferentfromtheChineseone,i
4、tbelongstothesamesystem.CulturesoftheAncientGreece(古希腊)andAncientRome(古罗马)arewell-knownasthebaseoftheEuropeanculture.LiketheChineseculture,theEuropeanonealsocrossedwaters.WhenthecolonistsofEnglandsettleddowninAmerica,theirculturewentwiththemovertheAtlanticO
5、cean(大西洋).SotheAmericanculturedoesn'tdistinguishfromtheEuropeanonealot.Atthesametime,thedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsaddstotheculturaldifferences.IntheEast,mostlanguagesbelongtothepictographiclanguage(象形文字)whiletheWesternlanguagesaremostlybasedontheLatinsy
6、stem(拉丁语系).Otherfactorslikehumanracedifferencecountsaswell.PartIIHowdifferentlydopeoplebehaveindailylife?Section1:Greeting(问候)HowdoweChinesegreeteachother?Informally,ifwemeetanfriendinthestreet,weareusedtosay:“Hi,haveyouhadyourmeal?”or“Whereareyougoing?”.Wh
7、enitisthecaseoftwogentlemen,theytendtoshakehands(握手).However,inthewesterncountries,theabovequestionsarejustquestions,notgreetingatall.Theymaythinkyou’reinvitingthemtodinnerifyouaskabouttheirmeals.Usually,they’lljustgiveeachotherasmileorgreetwitha“Hi.”.They’
8、llshakehandsonlyinsomeformalsituationsSection2:Expressinggratitude(表达感谢)InChinesefamilies,werarelysay“Thankyou”tootherfamilymembersforreceivinghelporservice.Neitherwillwesaysobetweengoodfriends.Butinth
