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1、ChinesecultureisdifferentfromothercountriesWithChinaenteredtheWTOandwillholdtheOlympicgames.therelationshipbetweenChinaandWesterninpolitics,economy,culturewillbecomemoreandmoreimportant.Butchineseandwesternculturehavemanydifference.Forexample,“王先生”ThisisinChinese.ButinEnglishsa
2、id,heisMrwang.Theyhaveaverybigdifference.Inwesterncountry,youcan’taskthemhowoldtheyare.Theywillthinkyouareunpolite,andyoucan’taskthemwhattheyaredoing.Theycan’tansweryourquestion.Theyonlythinktheproblemthatthepolicethencanask.Buttheywillanswerus.Itisasecret.Anotherdifference,our
3、colour.Inmyopinion,inChinatheredstandsforhappiness,celebrate.Sometimes,theredusedsformemorialsomedates,sohavetheredmarkingonthecalendar.Inothercountries,theredstandsforvigour.“toseered”meansinfuriate.“wavingaredflag”meansmakesomebodyangrily.Theblueindifferentcountryhavemanydiff
4、erentmeaning.InEnglishandAmerica,thebluemeanssentimentalandmelancholy.Forexample,inabulemoodandhavingtheblues.Abluefitmeansveryangry.InChina,thebluemeanspeaceful,quietly,andpretty.Thelastcolour___green,inwesterncountry,greenalwaysandenvycontacttogether,butinChinahavenojealousof
5、meaning,itisthinktohavethesourceofvitality,vigorous.Greenisabitalcolour!Notonlyisthedifferentfromthecustomandcolor,butalsohavethedifferentiainrite.Whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends,peopleusuallygreeteachother.Thepurposeofgreetingistoestablishormaintainsocialcontact.Soformula
6、icexpressionsareoftenused,butsuchformulaicexpressionsoftencausesconflictbecauseofthegreatculturaldifferencesbetweenChineseandnativeEnglishSpeakers.InEnglish,peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/evening/afternoon.“Fineday,isn’tit?”Howiseverythingg
7、oing?”Haveyoueatenyet?”Whatareyougoingtodo?”Wherehaveyoubeen?”Westernerstreatthemasrealquestion.WhileinChinese,wealwayssay“你吃了吗？”“你上哪里去？”“你干什么去？”toshowourconsideration.Partingmaybedividedintotwosteps.Beforethefinalprating,thereisusualaleave-taking.Beastudent,weshouldlearnEnglis
8、hwellandunderstandthedifferenceofmediumwesternculture.
