中外礼仪差异（etiquette differences between china and foreign countries）

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1、中外礼仪差异（EtiquettedifferencesbetweenChinaandforeigncountries）Communicativelanguagedifferences(beginning)1.Appellationterms,inChinese,onlythosewhoarefamiliarwitheachothercanonlycalltheirnames".Butinthewest,"firstname"ismuchbroaderthaninchinese.Inthewest,"Sir"and"madam"areo

2、ftenusedtoaddressstrangerswhodonotknowtheirnames.Womenwhoareintheirteensortwentiescanbecalled"Miss",andmarriedwomencanbecalled"Lady"or"madam".Amongfamilymembers,regardlessofpeckingorder,andcanbecalledeachothernamesornicknames.Athome,youcancallyourfatherandmotherdirectly

3、.Forallmaleelderscanbecalled"Uncle",forallthefemaleelderscanbecalled"aunt"".ItisnotinourChinese,mustdistinguishdegress,youngandoldrelationship,otherwiseitwillbeconsideredrude.AddressingBothwesternandChinesepeoplehavetwokindsofandpersonalnames---asurnameAgivenname.Butthe

4、orderandaretheuseofthesenamesinthetwolanguagesSomewhatdifferent.InChinese,thesurnamecomesfirstandthenthegivennameAndpeoplelikeadd"small"beforetheirfamilyname.Suchas"XiaoWang"and"XiaoZheng"","XiaoLi"and"XiaoXu"andsoon..WhileWesternersnamesarewrittenandspokenwithThegivenn

5、amefirstandthefamilynamelast.SoJohnSmith'sfamilynameisSmith,notJohn.Inaformalsetting,addressmenas"Mister"(abbreviatedas"Mr")","married,women,as"Misses"(abbreviatedas"Mrs."),andunmarriedwomenas"Miss"(abbreviatedas"Ms.").ThesedaysmanywomenprefertobeaddressedusingTheabbrev

6、iations"Ms."or"M.",pronounced"Miz".IfthepersonhasanM.D.orPh.D.,theywilloftenbeaddressedas"Doctor"(abbreviatedas"Dr.").FacultyAreaddressedas"Professor"(abbreviatedas"Prof.").Inaninformalsituation,Westernerswillintroduceeachotherbyfirstname,withouttitles,andoccasionallyby

7、justthelastname.Ifyouareintroducedtosomebodybyfirstname,youcanaddresshimorherbyfirstnamethenexttimeyoumeet.Theonlyexceptionwouldbeforsomeonewhoholdsanimportantposition,suchastheuniversitypresidentorprovost.UnlesstheytellyouotherwisefacultyshouldbeaddressedUsingtheirtitl

8、eandlastname(e.g.,"ProfessorSmith").Whenindoubt,usetheformalmannerofaddress,sinceitisbettertoerrontheformality