Chinese culture is different from other countriesWord下载.docx
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Anotherdifference,ourcolour.Inmyopinion,inChinatheredstandsforhappiness,celebrate.Sometimes,theredusedsformemorialsomedates,sohavetheredmarkingonthecalendar.Inothercountries,theredstandsforvigour.“toseered”meansinfuriate.“wavingaredflag”meansmakesomebodyangrily.
Theblueindifferentcountryhavemanydifferentmeaning.InEnglishandAmerica,thebluemeanssentimentalandmelancholy.Forexample,inabulemoodandhavingtheblues.Abluefitmeansveryangry.InChina,thebluemeanspeaceful,quietly,andpretty.Thelastcolour___green,inwesterncountry,greenalwaysandenvycontacttogether,butinChinahavenojealousofmeaning,itisthinktohavethesourceofvitality,vigorous.Greenisabitalcolour!
Notonlyisthedifferentfromthecustomandcolor,butalsohavethedifferentiainrite.Whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends,peopleusuallygreeteachother
.Thepurposeofgreetingistoestablishormaintainsocialcontact.Soformulaicexpressionsareoftenused,butsuchformulaicexpressionsoftencausesconflictbecauseofthegreatculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandnativeEnglish
Speakers.InEnglish,peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/evening/afternoon.“Fineday,isn’tit?
”Howiseverythinggoing?
”Haveyoueatenyet?
”Whatareyougoingtodo?
”Wherehaveyoubeen?
”Westernerstreatthemasrealquestion.WhileinChinese,wealways
say“你吃了吗?
”“你上哪里去?
”“你干什么去?
”toshowourconsideration.Partingmaybedividedintotwosteps.Beforethefinalprating,thereisusualaleave-taking.
Beastudent,weshouldlearnEnglishwellandunderstandthedifferenceofmediumwesternculture.Donotmakeajoke.
Nowadaystheworld,nomatterwhatcountriesandnationsescan'
tgetawayfromowntraditionalculture.letussupportvariousculturetogether,promotethethingsquarecultureofprogress,mutualstudy,Ibelieve,themankind'
sculturalprocesswillwalkbetter.
TheculturaldifferencebetweenChinaandWesterncountrieshasbeentoocomplexaproblemtoexplaininsoshortanessay.However,Iwouldliketohaveadiscussionoveritinmyownwords.
Myopinionisthatmoreandmorecommonideasandvaluesarebeingsharedbyallnationswiththeprocessofglobalization,thesevaluesmayincludeliberty,safety,prosperity,equality,fraternityandsoon,eventhough,itisstillaquestiontowhatextenttheseideasareaccepted,orhowtheyarereevaluated,underapureorientalbackground.Idonotsuggestthatoneculturalsystemissuperior,orinferiorthantheother,buttheredoesexistsomethingthatdeeplyrootedwithinthemindofChinese,aswellasthatofAnglo-Saxonasawhole,eventheexperienceofimmigrationandinculturationcannotremoveitcompletely.OneinterestingpersonnelmayberelatedtothistopicisYaoMing,thegiantbasketballplayernowplayingonHoustonRockets,Inhisbiographyherecalleditwashowdifficultforhimtoyellinmatchesatthebeginning."
Basketballshallnotbeplayedsilentlyhere"
hiscoachsaid,"
IunderstandthatitisveryimpoliteinChineseculturetoyell,butifyoudon'
t,Iwillyellatyou"
.
Yao'
sdilemmaisalsosharedbymanyabroadChinesewhohavetoconfrontwithacompletelynewculturalbackground.Oncetheystartthejourneyinthenewland,theymustadjustthemselvestothenewlifestyleandabandontheirowns.Thismaybeanexperiencefullofpainandfrustration.Forinstance,highschoolstudentswhoarebroughtupundertheChineseeducationsystemusuallyoftenfeeluneasyintheseminarsthateveryonecanspeakouthisownopinionfreely,thoughtheycanstillreceivenicemarksinexams.Themeritsthattheyhavecherishedsomuchsuchas"
modesty"
or"
serenity"
offerthemnohelp.
Culturaldifferenceinmanyotheraspectsmayleadtounexpectedtroubletoo.AnItalianmaywonderwhyatypicalChinesejustsmileandsaythanksafterreceivingagiftandgofurthertothinkheisnotinterestedinit.SimiliarlytheChineseisalsolikelytobecomesurprisedatthemannerofhisItalianfriend,whowouldopentheboxtotakealookatthegiftatonce.Thesemisunderstandingscanbeavoidableafterbothhasknownbetteraboutthecustomsofeach
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