Culture is a complex concept which is hard to define. But, simply put, i think “Culture” refers to an inner spirit and the inherent charm of a nation, more specifically, which means people of a region often share the common values and worldview. Culture is a bond that ties people together, but it also may causes conflicts between different cultures sometimes. With the gradually close contact of nations and globalization, cross-cultural communication is becoming increasingly important today. Cross-cultural communication is not strange to us, it?s a kind of information exchange between two heterogeneous culture and as a dynamic social phenomenon, it has its specific motivation,trend and pattern. When it comes to cross-cultural communication,what matters is how can we avoid culture shock as possible as we can and understand and respect others of different culture.
So,the first basic thing of making a well cross-cultural communication is to learn about the similarities and differences between different cultures.Becoming aware of cultural differences, as well as exploring the similarities, can help us communicate with others more effectively indeed. And, learning about the similarities and differences between different cultures not only can help immerse in another culture, but enrich our own traditional culture by absorbing the advantages of foreign cultures and make it various and globalized. Not only that, learning about culture similarities and differences is the fastest way to broaden your knowledge of the world and help non-native speakers put the linguistic knowledge into practice in some way.Next,i will take two topics as examples to show the importance of learning about the similarities and differences in different cultures :
1、Differences between Chinese food and American food
Once there goes a saying,”Food is eating well-deserved for human life”, so food is the first need for human, and it does make sense to compare Chinese food culture with American?s. Then, i would like to share my opinions about food cultural differences between china and America: (1)Differences in concepts. There is a saying goes in china:”to the people foodstuff is all important.” it?s clear that Chinese put a fair high value on food.,so most of them eat to satisfy their desire for delicacy.Chinese food is much concentrate on the color, shape,taste of food. However,”an apple a day keeps a doctor away”goes a popular American saying. We can see that American diet is more rational and what must be assured is nutrition. They just eating for living and heathy life.
(2)Differences in content. China had been a large agricultural country, so Chinese people are used to eating rice and vegetables but little meat everyday. But, there exist heavy fertile grasslands in America which is the reliable foundation on which animal husbandry depends to develop.Thus,American prefer to eat meat. Even though Chinese living standard improves nowadays, Americans still eat more meat than Chinese. Besides, American love cold food like salad and ice-cream, but hot food are much accepted in china.
(3)Differences in cooking. Chinese dishes tend to be art and sentimental just because Chinese people believes that cooking is something full of art. There are a lot of cooking methods in china, such as fried,burning,boil,crispy,candied and so on. However, American focus more on the value and nutrition of dishes than on the way of cooking. In America, the whole process of cooking
bases on scientific standards strictly. So, cooking is more like a career with monotonous mechanical work.
(4)Differences in nature. Differences in the nature of the Chinese and American dishes are related to the respective lifestyle and the pace of the life. In America,people do the duplication of pipeline operations,and implement piece-wage system,so the paces of their lives are so fast. Accordingly,fast food restaurant can offer people on the run everything from fried chicken to fried rice instantly and easily.Therefore, fast food emerges as required and becomes one of the dishes Americans like best quickly. They live at such an extremely fast pace that they often just “grab a quick bite”. However, Chinese much more enjoy lives and enjoy delicious dishes.
With the development of economy and the strengthening of cultural communication between china and America,China has imported various kinds of American food, known as “KFC”,”McDonald”. This marks a new American food culture exchanges and infiltration.In the face of food cultural exchange problem between china and America, we should find each other?s advantages and draw the mutual advantages,as china can learn from the point that American dishes stress nutrition much,and make Chinese dishes more outstanding.
2、Differences between Chinese banquet and American banquet
After the discussion about cultural differences between Chinese and American dishes, i will talk about the cultural differences between Chinese and American banquet briefly.
In China,a banquet, no matter what, there will be one form,that is sitting together and sharing one feast. Chinese often use round table and a glass revolving plate sometimes if necessary to create an united and comity atmosphere. In addition,a person who is on the highest position or oldest sits in the center of all.The Chinese-style banquets is not only an occasion for people to taste and appreciate,but an intermediate of communication. These all show a strict rating system which is the embodiment of the spirit of Confucianism.
The American-style banquets,although food and wine are very important,but in fact they are just foil. And, food in the banquet often are placed on the long thin tables for everyone who wants to eat to take. Otherwise, the core of banquets is friendship, by the conversation with guests who sitting next to achieve the purpose of recreation.
The differences between Chinese banquet and American banquet show the different characteristics and culture.
Out of interest, i chose the course this semester. I think i have learned a lot in this course. Every class,the teacher and classmates introduced the cultural differences between china and America on a certain topic,which can further my understanding of different cultures. In this class, we have a group work,so we divided into an of three people,and our team chose two topics about “FOOD”and …Banquet? ,and what we should do was to find cultural differences on these topics. In class, we did a detailed presentation on this topic, discussed with others,and socialized. I can explore and solve the problem in the learning process by myself in this way,which can give me an in-depth knowledge of the cultural differences between china and America. And not only that, i can harden my courage and practice the spoken English by introducing my opinions in front of everyone. I really appreciate it.
In addition,every class revolves around a comparison of a certain topic. Every class which is filled with novel,interesting contents does expand the core thought process of my mind,while i may not use the specifics of every classroom lesson. In class,i?ve learned a lot that i hadn?t known before. For example, i know the colors of the American flag and what the Stars and Stripes stand
for by learning this course. I am very glad that i have chosen this class where i can learn some useful knowledge !
Comparison between Chinese and Western family education Family education is an important part of education, and it often plays a role that cannot be replaced by other educational models. It has a huge impact on our growth.I think Chinese and western family education has four different key. First the values of family education are different.For example, Chinese family care more about reputation in educating the child.The education’s goal is for making their living,f or honor.The Western family think the education is not preparation for making their ,but survival.And emphasize”the learned education and happy education.”Second the education method is different.The Chinese family more emphasize mechanical memorizing.If the book is read hundreds of times,its meaning is shown naturally.But the Western family emphasize the child’s “power of understanding.” Seeking the knowledge from life and nature.Third the emotional education and punishment .About all Chinese know one can become a useful person without being beaten and the club helps the child to be loyal son.We emphasize” reserve for everyone.”The Western family using the encourage language and pay great attention to individual quality and the emotional communication.The punishment also offends the law.Forth education in manage money.The Chinese family earn money to support one’s family and manage the wealth are adult’s matter.Try every means to satisfy the children with the money.But,the Western family teach the child to make plans for budget items,learn to spend money reasonably.Encourage the child to work outside to gain income by themselves. In my opinion,there are many differences between China and Western family education and each has its strong points and weak point.We should reject the dross and absorb the cream of them,advance the family educational.
T h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n c h i n e s e a n d w e s t e r n c u l t u r e With the rapidly challging word, people throughout the world have found it increasingly necessary to minimize the rate of misunderstanding due to miscommunication in their contacts with another. In the oast most human beings were born, lived, and died within a limited geoographical area, never encountering people of other cultural backgrounds. It might be said that technological advances have been most effective in creating the borderless word, the global community. As our world shrinks and its inhabitants become interdependent, people from remot cultures increasingly come into contact on a daily basis. It is no longer hard to find situations in which membes of ince isolared groups of people. Now these people may live thousands of miles away or right next door to each other. So all the people are faced with the challenge of understand this world. So when the east meet west, there are many problems. Some problems are listed as follows. First of all, the way of eating. All huaman beings have certain basic needs. Our fundamental needs for things that keep us alive. This is the physioligical need. All individuals must eat in order to survive. But what people eat, when they eat, and the manners in which they eat are all patterned by culture. No society views everything in its environment that is edible and might provide nurishment as food. Americans eat oysters but not snail. The French eat snails but not locusts. The Jews eat fish but not pork. The Hindus eat pork but not beef. The Russiand eat beef but not snake. We all have ideas about what kinds of food are good to eat. We also have ideas about what kinds of food are bad to eat. As a result, people from one culture often think the food that people from another culture eat are disgusting or nauseating. Dislike is not the only reason why some culture will not eat a certain food. In some clture, certain foods are taboo. Sometimes the food taboos may be so strong thrat just the thought of eating forbidden foods can cause an indivdual to feel ill. We can also find culture difference in way of bring up children treating the early, greeting each other, saying and spending money before other people do in everyday, but in some English-speaking countries, people do not agree with us. We chinese may enjoy something that is not usually consider as edible by the English-speaking people. Generally we perfer to have thing hot and much emphasis on the taste. We eat from one plate when we are eating with others, and we like to seat one by one, and in the shape of a round. On the
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The comparison between Chinese and Western festivals 中西方节日文化的差异比较 Abstract: the process of comparing the Chinese and Western festivals and studying Western histories and cultures can help people promote the communication and understanding of different cultures. With the further development of society and inter-cultures, globalization will affect many aspects of life in all countries. And western festivals are becoming more and more popular in China. We should respect them and select the essence. China boasts a brilliant history and splendid traditions. In modern times, Chinese tradition should be preserved and promoted. But it seems that young people no longer treasure the tradition. On the contrary, they turn to pursue enthusiastically a seemingly more modern culture. If this trend is allowed to continue, the priceless heritage of our ancestors will be replaced by western traditions. Nobody expects such a consequence. So let’s join hand in hand to protect and carry forward Chinese tradition. Key words: Traditional festivals; Chinese and Western cultures; difference; globalization Introduction: “A holiday of a nation represents a glorious culture and concentrated customs of a nation.” To understand a nation's
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The differences between teaching of China and westerns As we know ,our chinese teaching is far away from that of foreign from the students ,in China ,students in the middle school are allowed little time to deal with themselves .That in the foreign countries ,students are always free for almost all the time .and the teacher are very pleased with the children who with questions in foreign countries ,while our chinese students are afraid of asking questions . The education system in China is mainly based on the text book. All of the work to be done is in the text book and requires no additional education system in the west is different. It involves the text book, but many times, the students have to do research to answer some of the problems left by the their exams, the test papers are created as a challenge for every student, no one is supposed to be able to achieve 100 percent. The western education system encourages students to have individual thoughts and opinions. They want the students to learn to be independent in life as well as in their studies. They teach things outside of the books. They try to bring out the students' interests in things rather than just tell them that's what they have to isn't nearly as much homework for the
1.美国人的自我意识和独立意识很强。 Self-awareness and independent consciousness of Americans are very strong. 2.美国文化鼓励人民开拓创新，做一番前人未做过的、杰出超凡的事业。 In America, innovation often is encouraged and people often do something nobody has done. 3.美国基础教育实践，注重创造的教学形式. American education based on practice, pay attention to teaching form of creation. 4. 中国的家庭结构比较复杂，传统的幸福家庭是四代同堂。 China's family structure is more complex, the traditional happy family is four generations. 5. 中国人的婚姻相对来说比较稳定。这是因为中国人把婚姻当作一个严肃的道德问题，喜新厌旧，或是第三者插足都会被认为是极不道德的。 The Chinese marriage is relatively stable. Because Chinese people treat marriage as a serious moral problem, propensity or a third people involvement is considered highly unethical. 6. 新中国虽已建立了六十年，但传统的君臣，父子等级观念在中国人的头脑中仍然根深蒂固。The traditional manner, parent-child hierarchical remains entrenched in the Chinese mind. 7. 主动帮助别人或接受别人帮助在西方常是令人难堪的事。在中国，主动帮助别人，给人以无微不至的体贴是一种美德。 Take the initiative to help others or accept others help is embarrassing thing in America. However, help others is a virtue. 8. 在个性自由与团结协作上：美国人十分珍视个人自由，喜欢随心所欲，独往独行，不愿受限制。中国文化则更多地强调集体主义，主张个人利益服从集体利益，主张同甘共苦，团结合作，步调一致。 On the personality freedom and cooperation, Americans cherish personal freedom and don't want to be limited. Personal interest obedience collective interests and cooperation were advocated in China. 9. 美国家庭教育目的是把孩子培养成具有适应各种环境和独立生存能力的“社会人”；中国家庭教育的目的是把孩子培养成“才”，将来有出息，有个好职业，一生能在顺境中度过。 The education purpose of American family is to help children to adapt to the environment and improve the independent ability, and finally make children become a "social person". The education aim of Chinese family is to make children become a person with ability, and hope they can have ambition in the future, have a good career, life can be spent in prosperity. (You are very handsome! 或赞扬你Your English is very good时，中国人一般很谦虚地说：I do not think so! 或说 No ,no ,my English is poor. Thank you !; Have you had your meal? Where are you going? 他们则会认为你想请他吃饭或者干涉其私事，会引起误解。美国人见面，通常打招呼道：Hello! How do you do! Nice to meet you.) （American culture：The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals' value, the pursue of democracy and freedom, the promotion of deploitation(开拓,经营) and competition and the need of realistic and practicality. Its core is individualism: self-first, personal need first, pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment, emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self-design. This type of intentionally build up of personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons, it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation; on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the entire society lack of unity. egocentric:.自我中心的,利己主义的 American citizens emphasize on achievements and respect heroes. They have great sense in their hearts to praise success and heroes.Personal achievements are one of those with the highest value in Americans mind.Americans have very strong senses of success.Success is the pursuit of most Americans,it is their attractive future and the incentives for moving forward.They believe that one's personal value is equivalent to his achievements in his career.Some high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs,scientists,artists and all kinds of super starts became modern heroes.The process and result of how they strived have become the frame of reference of social culture value and the real life text book for parents to educate their children. incentive:Serving to induce or motivate: American society has great movements within itself. These movements are shown in two aspects:movements amongst locations and movements inside the society.The United States are relatively more open and have more freedom.Developed transport and the tradition of adventure and sporty makes a lot of American migrate from countryside to cities,from downtown to uptown; and from north to the southern sunny land,from one city to another.Unlike European countries,the social classes in America is not so stable.Further more,with the advocation of public education,movements upwards along the social ladder have become possible.Many people living in
The differences between teaching of China and westerns As we know ,our chinese teaching is far away from that of foreign countries.Just from the students ,in China ,students in the middle school are allowed little time to deal with themselves .That in the foreign countries ,students are always free for almost all the time .and the teacher are very pleased with the children who with questions in foreign countries ,while our chinese students are afraid of asking questions . The education system in China is mainly based on the text book. All of the work to be done is in the text book and requires no additional research.The education system in the west is different. It involves the text book, but many times, the students have to do research to answer some of the problems left by the teacher.In their exams, the test papers are created as a challenge for every student, no one is supposed to be able to achieve 100 percent. The western education system encourages students to have individual thoughts and opinions. They want the students to learn to be independent in life as well as in their studies. They teach things outside of the books. They try to bring out the students' interests in things rather than just tell them that's what they have to do.There isn't nearly as much homework for the students so they have time to spend on their hobbies and interests.
The comparison between Chinese and Western festivals 中西方节日文化的差异比较 Abstract: the process of comparing the Chinese and Western festivals and studying Western histories and cultures can help people promote the communication and understanding of different cultures. With the further development of society and inter-cultures, globalization will affect many aspects of life in all countries. And western festivals are becoming more and more popular in China. We should respect them and select the essence. China boasts a brilliant history and splendid traditions. In modern times, Chinese tradition should be preserved and promoted. But it seems that young people no longer treasure the tradition. On the contrary, they turn to pursue enthusiastically a seemingly more modern culture. If this trend is allowed to continue, the priceless heritage of our ancestors will be replaced by western traditions. Nobody expects such a consequence. So let’s join hand in hand to protect and carry forward Chinese tradition. Key words: Traditional festivals; Chinese and Western cultures; difference; globalization Introduction: “A holiday of a nation represents a glorious culture and concentrated customs of a nation.” To understand a nation's cultural implications a nd its cultural characteristics, we must start with its traditional festivals. There exists great difference between Chinese and Western festivals due to their different languages, education, life styles and customs. Recently, western festivals are becoming more and more popular among Chinese. On one hand, it can indeed bring some benefits to our country to some extent. On the other hand, we should pay attention to this phenomenon. The differences in their origin and shaping, celebration, food, banquet manners, color of festive dressing and the attitudes of accepting presents contribute to the great differences of Chinese and Western festive cultures. On the background of globalization, we should pay respect to western festivals, and carry forward our excellent traditional festivals at the same time. “A holiday of a nation represents a glorious culture and concentrated customs of a nation.” To understand a nation's cultural implications and its cultural characteristics,
如何对待中外文化差异英语作文 我们如何去看待，中外文化差异所带来的英语学习的思维转换?下面是给大家整理的怎样对待中外文化差异英语作文，供大家参阅! 如何对待中外文化差异英语作文篇1 The culture differences between the East and West. As we know ,there are so many differences between culture of the East and West that I can not list all of their different aspects.I will focus on the differences of diet custom and teaching system.For your better understanding ,I will set examples of China and America. It is no doubt that it is a tradition to use chopsticks for Chinese.But people in America prefer to forks and knives.This different result is based on different food they are like .Americans choose to eat beefsteak,bread,and salad,while Chinese people choose noodles ,pancakes and rice.What is more,the custom of drinking tea in China and drinking coffee in America are stand out particularly.However,there is a trend that the food in both countries has been mixture.For example,the coffee and bread have introduced to China.The famous KFC is very popular at children. The gap of teaching system between China and America is big.Chinese students always complain about their homework.Too much homework has limited the time to exercise and relax.They have to recite many things as to get a high mark.Homework comes the first to them. In my opinion,the study in America is more interesting .Teachers pay attentions to training students skills in thinking in realastic life not to emphasis on the importances of memories.In a addition,the rate of going to school ,the salary of teaching ,and the job of gruduates are quite different,too.I should say that Chima government should make great efforts to improve its teaching syetem.I am also expect to be one day ,the West give more cheers to our country.
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Chinese Education Is Superior The born of a baby is considered as a blessing to a family, while the family education will in turn leave a brand on the baby’s future. I was born in a Chinese family with western education system. I’m well respected. I’m growing up without any fence. But reflecting on my personal upbringing, I can tell you with certainty that Chinese Education is superior. Firstly, in a regulated Chinese family, the rules for family are the core of its education system, which could ensure children staying away from some bad habits. The rules Chua set up contributed to her children’s promising victory over long turn. But in my family, there is no such notion. At my formative year, I could stay up late enough to embrace the sunrise. Consequently, I always suffered from drowsiness at class. Worse still, my poor eyesight due to it has become a handicap to me. Therefore, Chinese strict rules are necessary, especially for a young child.
Chinese Education Versus American Education As we know, there are a great many differences between culture of the East and West. Because I can't list all of the different aspect, I will take the differences of teaching system in China and America for example. First of all, in China, in the same school, classes are divided to the key class and ordinary class. The purpose is to focus on students in key classes. The logic is that to maximize the use limited resources to improve their enrollment rate. In the United States, there is no distinction between classes. Those students who have strong ability can choose more difficult lesson; the ability inferior can choose more basic courses. The school regularly does a comprehensive summary to each student and takes remedial measures for the students who have poor performance. What's more, Chinese students always complain about their homework because too much homework has limited the time to exercise and relax. They have to recite many things as to get a high mark. Homework comes the first to them. However, the study in America is more interesting. Teachers pay attention to training students' skills in thinking the realistic life rather than emphasis on the importance of memories. In addition, the rate of going to school, the tuition, and the job of graduates are quite different, too. From what has been mentioned above, we can draw the conclusion that although two countries both attach great importance to education,