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1、AcomparativeStudyonCulturalValuesbetweenUSAandChinaWhatareculturalvalues?“Sharedperceptionsleadtoactionsthatareregardedasappropriateandeffectivebehaviorswithinaculture.Thecoreofthesesharedperceptionsisculturalvalue,existingonlyinthemindsofpeople,whichprovidesanormofbehaving,thinking,recogni
2、zing,socializing,deducing,evaluating,andmakepeopleorientthemselvestoit.”Culturesdifferinwhattheyvalue.[1]Nowadays,thenumberofcontactsincreasesrapidlyresultingincommunicationamongpeoplewithdifferentculturalbackgrounds.Astheworldtodayisgettingmoreandmoreglobalized,therearemoreandmorechancesfo
3、rpeopletocommunicatethaneverbefore.Withfrequentinterculturalcommunication,peoplefinditimportanttobefullyawareoftheculturesofthepeoplewhomtheyassociatewith.AsChinaisgettingmoredevelopedineconomyandmanyotherfields,especiallyafterenteringWTO,ourcountryisbecomingmoreopentotheworld.[2]Thus,morea
4、ttentionshouldbepaidtothewesterncultureinsuchacondition.Onlybylearningtheirvaluescanwesucceedincross-culturalcommunication.What’smore,it’snecessaryforustomakeitclearwhatourownvaluesare,sowecanintroduceChineseculturetoforeigners.BecausetheUSisthesuperpowerintheworldandoneofthemostrepresentat
5、ivewesterncountries,theessaymainlyfocusonAmericanvalues.BycomparingvaluesbetweenAmericaandChina,wecanbetterunderstandtheirwayofthinkingsoastoavoidmisunderstandingsandpotentialbarriersincross-culturalcommunication.Obviously,therearequitealotdifferencesbetweenthetwocountries’values.First,theb
6、iggestdifferenceisChina’scollectivismandtheUS’sindividualism.Asweallknow,individualismisthebasicprincipleofthewesterncapitalistmoralvaluesandthemoralcoreofthemodernbourgeoisie.AccordingtoasurveybyGreetHofstedeaboutindividualismorientationdegreeamongoverfortycountriesandareas,Americaranksthe
7、first.[3]IndividualismplayssuchanimportantroleinAmericanvaluesthatitisevenconsideredtobe“I”culture.WecanfindthattherearemanywordsinAmericanEnglishbeginwith“self-”,suchas,self-control,self-respect,self-dependence,self-confidence,etc.Besides,inwrittenEngli
