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1、DifferencesbetweenEasternandWesternCulturalTherearesomanydifferencesbetweeneasternandwesterncultural,someofthedifferencesarelistedasfollows:Firstly,itisatraditiontousechopsticksforChinese,butpeopleineasternprefertoforksandknives.Secondly,easternerschoosetoeatbeefsteak,breadands
2、alad,whileChinesepeoplechoosenoodles,pancakesandrice.Third,indailycommunication,Westernersarefrank,butchinesearehumility.Fourth,inChina,differentpeoplebelieveindifferentimmortals,somepeoplebelieveinBuddhism,buttheyalsobelieveinotherimmortalsatthesametime,whileinmanywesterncount
3、ries,peopleonlybelieveinChristian,andeveryonebelieveinitincludingtheleadersofthecountry.Fifth,easternpeoplealwayshaveabathintheeveningoratnightinordertorelaxthemselvesafterone-day'shardworkwhilewesternpeopletakeabathinthemorningsoastokeepfreshlyforthewholeday.Sixth,comparedwith
4、therelationships,easternpeopleliketomakefriends,sometimesthroughtheirfriends,parents,relatives,whilewesternpeoplebehavealittleshyly,theydonotwanttomakefriendsallthetime.Seventh,Asforwayofthinking,peopleineasternareasusuallythinkindirectly,theyusedtothinkaboutthethingsaroundthem
5、alotandtrytodealwiththingsinareasonableevenperfectway;however,incomparisonwiththeeasternpeople,peopleinthewesternareasoftenthinkdirectly,theypaylessattentiontothethingsaroundthemandcaremuchmoreaboutthemselves.The mostimportantdifferentwayisthefamilystructure,familyvaluesandfami
6、lyeducationbetweentheeastandwest,intheeast children repay their parents’sacrificesbybeingsuccessfulandsupportingtheminoldages,butthewestchildrenhavenothisawareness.TherearetoomanyotherdifferencesbetweeneasternandwesternculturethatIcannotlistallofthem,butIthinkthemostimportantth
7、ingisthat,wemustrespecttheirculturefirstly.