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1、TheeasternSunandThewesternMoonWhenweseethesunshiningoverourheads,thereisabrightmoonglitteringinthesky.Asweknow,thesunandthemooncannotmeetforever----theeasternandthewesternculture.Buttoday,themiracleisplaying.WiththeEnglishcultureandtheAmericanculture,thewesternculturehasbeensep
2、aratetwoparts.Theyhavetheirownlifestyle.ThedifferencecomparisonoftheWestandChinaCultureisbasedonmanythingsthatarepassedfromonegenerationtothenext....First,letustellsomethingaboutcultureofUS.TheUnitedStatesandChinaaretwoverylargecountriesthathaveculturethatarewellknownthroughout
3、theworld.TherearemanydifferencebetweentheUnitedStatesandChina,buttherearemanycontributingfactorsthatshapetheculturesofthesetwocountries.Forexample,inChina,wecelebrateourholidayswithallfamilymembersandallrelatives,butAmericanpeoplecelebratetheirholidayswiththeirownfamily.Theydon
4、’tcaresomuchaboutotherrelatives.TheChineseNewYearandtheNewYearfromthewestarequitedifferent.TheNewYearfromthewesternsideisalwaysonemonthbeforeChineseNewYear.ThedaybeforeNewYearmanypeoplewillgettogetherinthesamebigplacetocountfromtheendtocelebratethenewyearcoming.ChineseNewYearwi
5、llgivetheredenvelopestotheirchildrenandpeoplewillgettogetherforanicedinner.ThosetwoNewYearcelebrationsareshowingtheculturedifferencebetweenChinaandtheUS.Ofcourse,manydifferencesarepiledupbetweenthetwocoasts.Next,letusseetheBritishculture.TheBritishismoreinflexiblethantheAmerica
6、n.Forexample,intheUKtotalkaboutthebesttimetogetdowntobusinessorworkinadirect,tospeakwillbetreatedasawasteoftime.TheBritishsay“no”isnotthetimetostarttoarguewithyou,butthattheywouldliketoexpressisthatmeaning.Atthesametime,theBritishareverygoodsenseofhumor,butwhentheyarejoking,app
7、earancemayseemveryserious.And，totheBritishpeopletocometoaguest,shouldanappointmentontimeandpreparedsomesmallgiftsearlytobeconsideredtobeimpolitebehavior.Atmealtime,eatinghisdinnerplatewhereallthefoodispolitebehavior,suchastheremainingfoodintheUKmeansthatguestsdonotlikethesefood
8、s.TheBritishliketoeatwhenthechat,thenneedtopayattentio
