cultureshock文化差异精品PPT课件

• Culture shock is almost like a disease: it has a cause, symptoms, and a cure.
文化差异
• 一个中国男人和一个美国或加拿大妇女谈 话时，看着对方是否失礼？
• 两个男青年或两个女青年同行时，其中一 个搭着另一个肩膀或两个人手拉手向前走， 西方人是否认为合适？
Unit2CultureShock1
Culture Shock
• The ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu says in The Art of War: “He who has a thorough knowledge of himself and the enemy is bound to win in all battles. He who knows himself but not the enemy has only an even chance of winning. He who knows not himself and the enemy is bound to perish in all battles”
• 在有各种文化背景的民族中，点头是否都 表示“是”，摇头是否都表示“不”？
Gesture Interpretation
Study the following pictures and tell each other the meanings of them.
1) __G__o_o_d_!__
2) ___B_a_d_!___
Culture Shock
• The term culture shock is used to describe the anxiety incurred when a person moves to a new environment, expressing the lack of direction, the feeling of not knowing what to do or how to do things in a new environment, and not knowing what is appropriate or inappropriate.

Task2: ...or too little?
• Read the following story told by a Chinese student in Britain about her first invitation to have dinner in an English family. Then answer the questions which follow.
Warm up
• Task1: Listening
• Listen to the conversation of a group of foreigners who have been working in China for a few months. They meet to celebrate Christmas. After dinner they are sitting back discussing their experiences of living in China.
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What did she really mean when she said 'They were really hospitable, if anything too hospitable...'? When she said 'But I think that was a big mistake', what was the mistake? What is a sea slug? Why did she call it 'horrible stuff' ? How did she feel when she was totally 'bloated' ?

Journal 1 Journal 2
A surprised B excited A bored B puzzled
Culture shock
A enjoyable Journal 3
B disappointed
Discussion
Supposing you graduate from senior high school and study in Chicago next month, you may meet culture shock.
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2. September 5…… 3. October 6……
A. People in Taipei tend to be more private than in Chicago.
B. Business hours in Chicago are much shorter than in Taipei.
Careful reading
Translation:
I was window-shopping with
another student this evening when
suddenly the store owners along
the street started pulling down their
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• Americans are met, would not shake hands, just smile and say hello to go, even meet for the first time, Chinese then see a handshake as a basic decorum. • 美国人见面时，不一 定会握手，只要笑一 笑，打个招呼就行了， 即使是第一次见面， 而中国人则视握手为 一个基本礼节。
H ave you ever th ou gh t abou t you r ow n w ed d i n g d ay?
W hat kin d of w eddin g do you prefer?
C u Cul tur e shock i s a ter m used to descr i be the l anxi ety and feel i ngst ( of sur pr i se, s h u di sor i entati on, confusi on, etc. )fel t w hen o r peopl e have to oper ate w i thi n an enti r el y c e k di ffer ent cul tur e or soci alenvi r onm ent,such
D efi ni ti on: as a di ffer ent countr y.
D o you som eti m es fi nd i t di ffi cul t to adapt to a new envi r onm ent ?
I n fi l ms or i ny our personal experi ences, y ou may h ave found Westerners b eh ave di fferentl y from us Ch i nese.Pl ease gi ve some exampl es to sh ow th e cul ture di fferences.