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1、InterculturalCommunicationCulturaldifferencesonpolitenessbetweenwesternChinesecanbefoundinmanyaspectsofdailycommunicationincludingaddressinggreetingpartingcomplimentsapologiesthanksetc.1.GreetingPartingWhenpeoplemeetacqu

2、aintancesfriendspeopleusuallygreeteachother.Thepurposeofgreetingistoestablishmaintainsocialcontact.SofmulaicexpressionsareoftenusedbutsuchfmulaicexpressionsoftencausesconflictbecauseofthegreatculturaldifferencesbetweenCh

3、inesenativeEnglishspeakers.InEnglishpeopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmningeveningafternoon.“Finedayisn’tit”“How’severythinggoing”“Haveyoueatenyet”Whatareyougoingtodo”“Wherehaveyoubeen”etc.West

4、ernerstreatthemasrealquestion.WhileinChinesewealwayssay“Haveyouhaddinner”“Whatareyougoing”toshowourconsideration.Partingmaybedividedintotwosteps.Befethefinalpratingthereisusualaleavetaking.WesternChinesecultureshavediver

5、sewaystodealwithleavetakings.FirstlyinEnglishsocietyduringtheclosingphaseofanencounterfrom”I”perspectivereasonsfterminatingtheencounterarepresentedinmediatycomments.Typicalcommentsareassociatedwithexpressionsofapologysuc

6、has“I”amafraidImustbeoffIhavetorelievethebabysitter”etc.2.FmofaddressEverycountryhasitsownwaytoaddresspeople.Intheprocessofcrossculturalcommunicationwehavetobecautiousenoughtochoosetherightfmofaddressaccdingtootherpeople

7、’sculture.Case(1)(AChinesestudentgreetshisfeignteacher)Student:“HelloTeacherHedges.”Analyses:Inchinait’squitenaturalfstudentstocalltheirteachersbycombingthetitleoftheprofessionthefirstname.Butinwesterncountriesespecially

8、inAmerican“teacher”isjustaprofessionbutnotafmofaddress.TherightwaytogreetteachersistoaddMrMrsMissinfrontofone’sfamilynamecalltheirnamestraightfwardly.Case(2)(AchildinchinametanAmericaninaparktriedtospeaktohimcourteously)

9、A:Unclehowdoyoudo3peopleregardmodestyasamostvaluablevirtuesotheyseldomagreetothecomplimentontheirown.4.ApologiesResponsesIfwrongthingsaredonetheremustbeapologies.AstohowtoofferapologiesbothwesternChinesepeoplemay“Iamsry…

10、.”“Iapologizef…”etc.ButChinesewouldliketoapologizefthecrowdedstateoftheirdwellingsfsmallnumbersofdishesalthoughtheroomisbigenoughtherearemanydishes.Chinesestaythesetoexpressselfdepreciationonlyoutofcourtesynothavingother

11、implication.Butthewesternerswouldwondersincetheroomissolargetherearesomanydisheswhydotheysayso.Maybetheydonotwelcomeourvisittheydon’tlikeustoeatme.WhenChinesecontactwithwesternersiftheydonotknowthesedifferencesifwilllead

12、tomisundersting.Thewaystorespondtoapologiesaredifferenttoo.A:OhI’msry.Ifgetit.B1:Itdoesn’tmatter.B2:That’sallright.B2iswesterners.B1isaChineseperson.“Itdoesn’tmatter”isacommonpatterninChinesetorespondtoapologies.IfaChine

13、seusesthistorespondtoapologieswesternerswillthinkthatheisasharppersonwhosimplycannotfgiveaverylittlewrongthing.5.ThanksResponses“Thankyou”iswidelyusedinEnglishtoshowgratitudeinsuchcasesasbeinginvitedhelpedgivenagiftetc.C

14、ulturaldifferencesexistbetweenChinesewesterninhowtoexpressthanksresponses.Infact“Thankyou”isutteredinEnglishfmethanacknowledgingfavgratitudeitisoftenameanstoshowpoliteness.Asamatteroffact“Thankyou”isusedmewidelybywestern

15、ersthanChineseuse“thankyou”fminfavslikebrowingpencilaskingdirectionsrequestingsomeonetopassonamessagereceivingatelephoneetc.“Thankyou”notonlyshowspolitenessbutalsocarriesaperson’sgratefulfeelingfthosewhoofferhelp.Without

16、usingexpressionsofgratitudemisunderstingsmayarisebecausethehelpseemstobetakenfgrantedismostappreciatedFwesternerseachpersonisanequalindividualwhetherheisafamilymemberofnot.InChinese“thankyou”isnotfrequentlyusedbetweenint

17、imatefriendsfamilymembersbecauseitmayimplyacertaindistancebetweentheaddressertheaddressee.Nativespeakersmayrespondto“Thankyou”bysaying:YouarewelcomeIt’samypleasureNotatalldon’tmentionitThat’sallright.WhileChinesepeoplema

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