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1、Chineseandwesternculturaldifferencesenhancecross-culturalcommunicationChineseandwesternculturaldifferencesenhancecross-culturalcommunicationDifferentculturesarereflectedindifferentlanguages.TheEnglishandChineselanguagesareverydifferentlanguages,sotheyhavedifferentlinguist
2、icformsanddifferentcultures.Languagelearningitselfisveryboring,itisvividbecauseofitsculture;Languagelearningisdifficulttounderstandbyitself,becauseofitsculturalbackground.Inviewofthelanguageandculturearesocloselyinterdependentrelationship,ifwedidn'thavethedeepunderstandin
3、goftheculturalknowledge,limitedbytheirmothertongueculturepersonalitywhichisformedbythemodeofthinking,behavior,customviewandworldviewtoassociatewithforeigners,willformdifferentculturalconceptsintheaspectofatopicorargumentofmisunderstanding:Missourguide,withforeignguestsvis
4、itedonedaylater,aftergobackthehotelgetonthebus,theguestsalltonoreduction,stoodstilldeficient,discussion,theladytoseeoneofthe50sand60stheoldladycannotsit,walkedoverandsaid:"Wehaveaveryhardday,you'resooldandyoumustbeverytired,dositdown."TheremarksfortheChineseoldman,enought
5、omakeitsomoved,buttheforeignoldwomansuddenlyfacehavedemocraticcoldlyreplies:"Idon'tthinkIamold,Iamstrongenough,bothPleasedon'tworryaboutthat."Inmostwesterncountries,peopleareveryafraidoftheword"old"."old"meansthatasickly,sicklyyearisaburdenonsociety.Iftheguidehadknownabou
6、tsuchaculturalbackground,shewouldnothavehadanyunpleasantexperience.Therefore,wemustpayattentiontothedifferencesbetweenChineseandwesterncultureincommunication,consciouslytoanalysisandcomparisonofChineseandwesternculture,eliminatedistractions,raisetheirsensitivitytocultural
7、differences,cultivatetheabilityofcross-culturalcommunication,IthinkinthenewstandardofEnglishteaching,shouldpayattentiontothecross-culturaleducationinstudent,canfromthefollowingseveralaspects:First,culturaldifferences,dailypenetrationWhenitcomestodifferencesbetweenChinesea
8、ndwesternculture,itisworthmentioningthatinChina,toinviteotherstodinner,orsomekindofactivitytimeb