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1、TeaCultureandCoffeeCultureIntroduction:afterasemester’slearningandfeelingonInterculturalCommunication,we—XieZhouhongandHuangFei—choosethetopicTeaCultureandCoffeeCulturetodoaresearchandshowtheresultsinthepaper.Thoughwealmosthavenoknowledgeofthiscourseatfirst,wenowfindthatnotonlytheface-to-faceEnglis
2、hcommunicationcanhelpusalotbutalsotheprocesswecollectandintegrateinformationthatcanquicklyandeffectivelymakeusawareoftheculturaldifferences.Wedidn’tinterviewmanypeoplearoundusorproductanyspecialeffectsbecauseofthedistinctivenessofourtopicandaweaknessofthetechnicalaspects.What’smore,wefoundthatitwas
3、embarrassedofustointerviewsomeforeignerswhowerestrangerstousjustforourhomework.Anyway,theyhavebeenbotheredtoomuchforthisreason.Still,wedidsomeinterviewsbynetchatandproducedlittleeffect.SowehavealongwaytogoontheroadtolearntocommunicateinEnglish.ToseedifferentculturesfromteaandcoffeeTeaandcoffeearetw
4、odrinksofthelargestconsumptionintheworld.Coffeeisirreplaceableinthelivesofwesterners,whetheritisinschools,companiesorshoppingarcade,peoplecarrycoffeeandfindpleasureinit.However,teaisnotonlyadrinkinChinesepeople’slife,butalsocarrieshumanemotionsandculture.Teaandcoffee,whichhavedifferentconnotationan
5、dhistory,arerepresentativeofthedifferencesbetweenChineseandWesternculture.Thegrowthenvironmentofteaandcoffeeisentirelydifferent.CoffeeisgrowninhotAfricaandSouthAmericasuchasBrazil,Colombia,Jamaicaandetc.Theseplacesallbelongtotropicalorsubtropicalwithaclimateofburninghotandrainywhichissuitableforgro
6、wingcoffee.Butteamostlyappearsinmildandhumidtemperate,forexample,Hangzhou.ThehotandmildclimatestherejustsuggestthemaindifferencebetweenChineseandWesternculture:Westernersarepassionatethattheywouldgreetwarmlyeveniftheyconfrontastranger.TheChinesedothingstenderlyandadmireawallbetweenpresenveslove.The
7、speciesandbrewingmethodsofteaandcoffeeexistsdifferences,too.Tobrewcoffee,therearestrictrequirementsfromgrindingcoffeebeanstoimplementsaswellaswatertemperatureproportion.Thebrewwilltastestrongandaromatic.Tea