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1、Tobehonest,Idon’tthinkIcantelltheculturaldifferencesbetweenEastandWestverywell.SinceIhavegrownupinChinaandInevergoabroad.Ontheotherhand,Ididn’tmaketoomuchcommunicationwithforeignerswhenIwasatschool.SoIjustknowtheWesternculturefromsomefilms,newspapersandmagazines.Afterseeingthefilm-
2、-《PushingHands》,Igotsomestrongfeelingsfrommyself.First,Ifoundthatwesternyoungpeopleprefertolivetheirownlife,thatistosay,theydon’tliketolivewiththeirownparents.ButinChinesetraditionalculture,parentsbroughtuptheirchildren,thentheirchildrenshouldprovidefortheirownparentswhentheygrewup
3、,whichevenmeanslivingwiththeirparents.Chineseconsidersthisbehaviorobedientandresponsible.Butwesternpeopledon’tthinkso.Theywanttohavetheirprivatespace.Theseconddifferenceisabouttheeducation.Westernpeoplethinkthatchildrenshouldbebrave,strongandindependent.Iftheirchildrenfelldown,they
4、wouldn’thelpthem,theywouldencouragetheirchildrenstandupbythemselves.Bycontrast,Chineseparentgivetoomuchfondnesstotheirchildrensothattheirchildrenaren’tindependentenough.Andthosechildrenareexcessivelyindependentontheirparents.Infact,thatisharmfultothosechildren.Ontheotherhand,wester
5、nparentsencouragetheirchildrentobeimaginative,forexample,letthemwatchcartoons.ButChineseparentthinkitviolent,andtheythinkitharmfultotheirchildren.Thethirddifferenceisaboutthedetailsindailylife.Suchasthewayofhavingfun,havingfood,doingsportsandsoon.Inthisfilm,theChineseoldman,Mr.Zhui
6、sproficientinChinesetraditionalculture,heisnotonlyaTaichimaster,butalsoapersonwhoisgoodatChineseCalligraphyandair—pockettherapy.HelikeslisteningBeijingOperaandplayingTaiChi,andheusedusingabigbowltohavingmeals,heespeciallylikestoeatmeat.ButtheAmericanwoman—Martha,sheisanovelist,shel
7、ikesmakingupmanyimaginativestories.Sheusedhavingfastfood,andshelikeseatingsomevegetables.AllofthosedifferencesreflecttheculturaldifferencebetweenEastandWest.Infact,therearemanyotherdifferencesbetweenEastandWestinreality.Suchasthewayofmakingcommunication,thinking,behavingandsoon.Gen
8、erallyspeaking,thesediffer
