中西方文化差异英文版.ppt

Cultural differences in politeness between western and Chinese
1.Greeting and Parting
• In China, When people meet acquaintances or friends, we always say ,“Have you eaten yet?” What are you going to do?”
East&West
when we talk to the westerns, we must avoid asking some questions like this:
“How old are you?” “Are you married？” “How many children do
4. Thanks and Responses
In China,“Thank you” is not frequently used between intimate friends and family members because it may imply a certain distance between the addresser and the addressee.
• In English, people often employ the following expressions to greet each other “Good morning/evening/afternoon. “Fine day, isn’t it? ”How is everything going?”,etc.
Different cultural factors may result in cultural differences.

pliments and Response
For example, if a hostess is complimented for her cooking skill ,how she will response in west and china?
East&West
A Chinese hostess will apologize for giving you “Nothing”. She will say“I just made some dishes casually and they are not very tasty.”
In the western, most old people do not live with their children or relatives.
If they have enough money they will buy house or apartments in places where other old people live .If they do not healthy and strong enough to live alone, they would rather live in nursing houses for old people than be taken by their children.
Different cultural factors may result in cultural differences.
1.Cultural Background 2. Different values 3.Individualism and
Collectivism 4. Family 5.Nationalism

Dietary differences in the way
➢ When the chinese go to a restarant,however, they ask for a small room with plain walls where they cannot be seen except by the members of their own party, where jackets can come off and they can proceed with the serious business which brought them there.The chinese intentions are both honourable and whole-hearted.
Man”(天 人合), Westerners focus on “people oriented”(以人为本 ).
1.The concept of two different diet
不同的饮食观念
2.Differences between Chinese and Western food objects
developed muscles
there are relatively well-developed food industries, such as canned food, fast food and so on,although taste is monotonous, but to save time, and the well-nourished
不同的饮食对象
3.Dietary differences in the way
不同的饮食方式
The concept of two different diet

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Differences in food
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Chinese food and western food
In China, we prefer noodles, rice , dumpling as the main course.
We like cooking a lot of delicious dishes, then we set up the tables, put the dishes on the tables, sit together, and taste the dishes together, we don’t eat with individual plates, when we eating ,we like chatting and laughing, we think it’s warm and happy to eat this way;
• An western hostess is likely to say,” Oh, I am so glad that you liked it. I cook it especially for you.”
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THANKS
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The standard of evaluating
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Differences in living style
Chinese prefer getting up early and go to bed early too. We
usually go home early and cook meals, then we eat and watch TV, then we go to bed. We often work during the holidays , children often go to different spare schools to study. We like save money and when we have enough money, we then go and buy what we want, in my opinion, Chinese are so tired and busy;