Differences Between Chinese Culture and North American Culture – Food Style

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1、DifferencesBetweenChineseCultureandNorthAmericanCulture(1)–FoodStyle“Customisthegreatguideofhumanlife”,wroteScottishphilosopherDavidHume.Knowingthecustomsofacountryis,ineffect,aguidetounderstandingthesoulofthatcountryanditspeople.Asaforeignlanguageleaner,weshouldknowthecultureinourtargetla

2、nguage’scountry.Onlyinthisway,wecanreallylearnthelanguagewell.Peopleexpresstheirculturethroughtraditionsinfood,clothing,recreation,andceremonies;throughtheeducationsystemandinstitutionsoflearning,includingmuseumsandlibraries;andthroughthearts,encompassingthevisual,literary,andperformingart

3、s.Asaresult,wewilltalkaboutthedifferencesfromsomeaspects.First,Iwillmentiontheaddressing.InChina,wewillputthefamilynamesbeforeourgivennames,andtheninordertoexpressourpoliteness,wewouldliketoadd“sir”or“lady”ortheirtitleafterthename.Oncontrast,inAmerica,peoplewouldliketoputtheirfamilynamesaf

4、tertheirgivennamesandfirstnamesandtheywillputMr.,Mrs.,Miss,Ms,Dr.orProf.beforetheirnames.Itisforemostandfirstforustoknowthesedifferencessothatwewon’tmakemisunderstandings.ItisgreathonortomeetanAmericanfriend,butdon’tbefrightenedbytheirwarmembrace.Thisistheircommonwaytoexpresstheirwarmthand

5、friendliness.InChina,peopledon’tmakeembracestoexpressthosefeelings.Quiteoftenwewillshakeourhands.Weshouldlearntheproperwaytoexpressourfriendlinessindifferentcountries.Andthenwewilltalkabouttimeconceptions.InAmerica,theirlivingbeatisquitefast,sotheyconsidertimeisquiteprecious.So,whentheyacc

6、eptaninvitation,theywouldtrytheirbestnottobelate,buttheyalsodon’tgoearlytotheinviters’,asthisisconsideredtobeimpolite,anditseemstodisturbtheinviters’preparation.InChina,weshouldalsonotbelatefortheinviters.However,inordertoshowourthanksandpoliteness,wewouldgototheinviters’housetohelpthempre

7、parethemealsandthenwewillhaveahappytimetogether.Toopenaconversation,peopleindifferentcountrieshavedifferentways.InChina,whenpeoplemeettheirfriendsbychance,theywillsay.”Whereareyougoing?”or“haveyoueaten?”andthentheywillgoontalkingaboutotherthings.Butifyoudothis