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1、AcomparativeStudyonCulturalValuesbetweenUSAandChinaWhatareculturalvalues?“Sharedperceptionsleadtoactionsthatareregardedasappropriateandeffectivebehaviorswithinaculture.Thecoreofthesesharedperceptionsisculturalvalue,existingonlyinthemindsofpeople,whichprovidesanormofbehavin
2、g,thinking,recognizing,socializing,deducing,evaluating,andmakepeopleorientthemselvestoit.”Culturesdifferinwhattheyvalue.[1]Nowadays,thenumberofcontactsincreasesrapidlyresultingincommunicationamongpeoplewithdifferentculturalbackgrounds.Astheworldtodayisgettingmoreandmoreglo
3、balized,therearemoreandmorechancesforpeopletocommunicatethaneverbefore.Withfrequentinterculturalcommunication,peoplefinditimportanttobefullyawareoftheculturesofthepeoplewhomtheyassociatewith.AsChinaisgettingmoredevelopedineconomyandmanyotherfields,especiallyafterenteringWT
4、O,ourcountryisbecomingmoreopentotheworld.[2]Thus,moreattentionshouldbepaidtothewesterncultureinsuchacondition.Onlybylearningtheirvaluescanwesucceedincross-culturalcommunication.What’smore,it’snecessaryforustomakeitclearwhatourownvaluesare,sowecanintroduceChineseculturetofo
5、reigners.BecausetheUSisthesuperpowerintheworldandoneofthemostrepresentativewesterncountries,theessaymainlyfocusonAmericanvalues.BycomparingvaluesbetweenAmericaandChina,wecanbetterunderstandtheirwayofthinkingsoastoavoidmisunderstandingsandpotentialbarriersincross-culturalco
6、mmunication.Obviously,therearequitealotdifferencesbetweenthetwocountries’values.First,thebiggestdifferenceisChina’scollectivismandtheUS’sindividualism.Asweallknow,individualismisthebasicprincipleofthewesterncapitalistmoralvaluesandthemoralcoreofthemodernbourgeoisie.Accordi
7、ngtoasurveybyGreetHofstedeaboutindividualismorientationdegreeamongoverfortycountriesandareas,Americaranksthefirst.[3]IndividualismplayssuchanimportantroleinAmericanvaluesthatitisevenconsideredtobe“I”culture.WecanfindthattherearemanywordsinAmericanEnglishbeginwith“self-”,su
8、chas,self-control,self-respect,self-dependence,self-confidence,etc.Besides,inwrittenEngli
