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1、Whatleadstotheculturaldifcrec?TheculturesoftheEastandtheWestreallydistinguisheachotheralot.Thisisbecausetheculturesystemsaretwoseparatesystemsonthewhole.ThuoriginofIhceasterncul(ursismainlyfromIwocountries:ChinaandIndia.Bolhofthetwoculturesarcgcstatedbyrivers.InChina,themotherriveristheYellowRiverwh

2、iletheIndianoneistheHinduRiver.ThesetwoculturesweredevelopedforseveralthousandyearsaiIbmicd(heirownstyles.TheninDangDynastyofChina,heChineseculturegraduallywentoverseas(oJapan,mixedinto(heJapanesesocietyandshapedtheJapaneseculturenowadays.ThoughabitdificrcntfromtheChineseone.itbelongstothesamesystem

3、.Wbenthewomotherriversgavehi11h(otheeasternculture,anotherfamousculturewasbugl11UPon(heMesopotamianPlain-(heMesopotamianCivilization.TliiscivilizationlaterondevelopedinlotheculturesoflheAncientGreeceandAncien(Rome.AndIhcsctwoarewell-knownasthebaseoftheEuropeanculture.1.iketheChineseculture,theEurope

4、anonealsocrossedwaters.WhenthecolonistsofEnglandsettleddowninAnwrica,theirculturewentwith(hemovertheAtlanticOcean.SotheAmericanculturedoesntdistinguishfromtheEUroPeanoalot.Atthesametine.thedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsaddstotheculturaldilYcrcnccs.IntheEase,mostlanguagesbelong(othepictographiclangua

5、ge(see(hepicturehclow)whiletheWesternlanguagesaremostlybasedonthe1.macullurxr.becausepeoplebegintoCornmunkalewilhlhers.Theindividualsbecomeacommunity.HowdoweChinesegreeteachother?Infbrnully.ifwemeetanfriendin(hesireec.Weareused(osay:fcbHi.haveyouhadyourmeal?*orWherearcyougoing?*.WhenitistheCdSeoftwo

6、gentlemen,theytendtoshakehands.Howevei;in(hewesterncountries,(heabovequestionsarejusquestions,notgreetinga(all.Teymaythinkyoureinvitingthemtodinnerifyouaskabouttheirmeals.Usually,theylljustgiveeachotherasmileorgreetwitha*Hi.*.Theyllshakehandsonlyinsomeforma!situations.Bytheway.Westernerscanleaveapar

7、tyormeetinghallsWithOUlaformalconge,norshould(heyshakehandswitheveryaeleelikemostofuswilldohere.Section 2 ExpressinggratitudeThinkofthesitualinsbelow.Yurmoherisbusyinthekitchen.ShesuddenlyasksyouIofetchabowiforher.Youdoso.What,llyourmothersresponsebe?Probablyshc*lljustcontinuedoingthecooking.Attcraw

8、hile,thedinnerisready.Yburmotherhandsyouyourbowlofrice.Whatsyo,response?Probablyjustbeginoeat.TharSwhatIwanttosay.InChinesefamilies,werarelysayfcIliankyou*tootherfamilymembersforreceivinghelporscr,icc.NeitherwillWCsaysobetweengoodfriends.Itssuchanunpopular,esponse(hatifyousayit.theco11erpartwillthin

9、kj,oan?treatinghimasastranger.Olhcrwiseyouarclackingofintimacy.ButintheWest,*hankyou*isoneofthemostfrequentlyusedsentences.Teacherswillthankastudentforansweringaquestion;husbandswillthankhiswifeforInakmgacofTee.However,asaninterestingphenomenon,it,sacustomtosaythankyou,inJapan.Nomatterinfamilyoramon

10、gfriends,Japanesechronicallyuseitalltheday.Thisisprobablytheaberranceof(heculture.Section 3 DiningThewayspeopleea,(hatis.(hetablemanner,reallydistinguishalot.Thereasonfor(hisisprobablybecauseofthedifferentdiningUwlsandmenus.Easternersusechopsticks,orsometimesevengraspriceStraightlywithhandsasIndians

11、do.Thethinandlongchopstickscannoulhwithforkandnolhingwillberelumedbackbut(hefrkahne.Section 4 SymbolizingSymbolizationishowpeopleimagineorregardsomething.Itactuallyreflectsthewaypeoplethink.Herellonlydiscusssomesymbolizationthatfrequentlyappearsindailylite.Finitisaboutthecolors.WeoftengiveeachcolOrs

12、omemeanings,becausewefeeldifferentlywhenfacingdifferentcolors.SopeoplealwayshavepreferencewhenchoosingCOIorSofclothes,decorations,de.IntheAPECsummitheldinShanghaiseveralyearsago.inthelastday,thep!sidentsfromallover(heworldwore(hetraditionalChineseCkingsuitsandtookaPho(Otogether.Thecolorsofthesuitswerechosenbythemselvesfrcvly.Ho