跨文化交际试题附答案

跨文化交际试题附答案

Paper 1 Communication Analysis

The following are three different cases of cross-cultural communication.

In each of the cases there is something to be improved upon. Write an analysis

on what is to be desired for more successful communication or cultural

understanding.

Question 1

Case 1:

Chen Bing, a Chinese tour guide, is talking to a Canadian tourist, Luke Baines,

who has no knowledge of Chinese at all. They are having dinner in a restaurant.

Chen: This is Beijing duck, one of China's most famous dishes. You'll love

it

Luke: No, thanks. I don't like duck. I prefer chicken.

Question 2

Case 2:

Feng Li and Tom have been working on a scientific experiment at a British

university for some months. It has not been totally successful. They are discussing the situation in the laboratory.

Feng Li: I don't know where it went wrong

Tom, Don't feel so bad. Cheer up, you've done your job.

Feng Li: But our experiment has turned out to be a failure.

Tom: Relax for a couple of days. I'll face the music.

Feng Li: Tom, we are not playing children's games here. This is a scientific

experiment.

Tom, I've never taken the experiment as child’ s play, and I'm playing the

game.

Feng Li: You say you're playing the game It's a rather important experiment

Feng Li walks out of the Laboratory angrily. Tom is puzzled.

Question 3

Case 3:

This is a more complex situation where there are several things that require

more informed cultural analysis. Find the cultural problems and explain the

cultural differences. Jim and Li Zhen were students together at Leeds University in Britain. A year later, after graduating, Jim went to Shanghai

as a visiting scholar on a year’s exchange.

Jim had never been to China before. Li Zhen took him to a classical piano

concert performed by a famous Chinese pianist. During the performance people

were talking and at one stage someone ran up onto the stage and presented

the pianist with a bunch of flowers during the playing of a particular musical

item. This happened several times during the evening. It also happened when

two singers were on stage singing some songs that he was playing. Jim thought

all these things quite strange. At the end of the performance the audience

applauded the pianist and he applauded them. The audience began to leave while

the pianist remained on the stage.

Paper 2 Vocabulary

Choose one word or expression from those in the box below to fill the gap

in each of the sentences. Write the correct words in the spaces provided

in your answer sheet. Do not change the forms of the words.

Community white lies Dutch courage

grey areas kin terms vocation

below the belt

buying a round

live and let

live trouble and strife foot the bill

recreation

4. After

twenty five years

working in the bank

she decided on a

different .

5. Finally, after arguing about the meal for five minutes it was decided he

would .

6. Despite the circumstances of the accident there were still some that

needed explanation.

7. There are many different used when talking about people's

relationships in China.

8. "Mike Meet Jane, the ."

9. "Ok, the argument is over. Let's forget it, you know."

10. People in English speaking countries also avoid losing face or hurting

other people by telling .

11. It is difficult for foreigners to understand British pub culture, especially the system of which all members of the group are

expected

to join in.

12. It was a crushing blow to her, a hit when she received the news

that her husband had left her for another woman.

13. In China there is a real sense of in social situations.

Paper 3 Translation

Translate the following passage from English into Chinese. Please write your

translation on the answer sheet.

What do we mean by "Intercultural Communications" or "IC" This is not

a description of the popular trend toward talking about international things

or going overseas. IC is actually an academic and applied discipline that

has developed internationally since the 1950s. Sometimes called

"cross-cultural communications" or "comparative culture" , scholars most

often use the prefix "inter" with the word "cultural" to describe the

interaction between cultures. On one level, IC is represented by culture

studies, where we examine the political, economic and lifestyle systems of