书城外语流行文化篇(老外最想和你聊的101个英语话题)
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第14章 Introduction of China介绍中国(13)

He Jiang: Wow, that is a long time。 And you have never enjoyed the Spring Festival in China, right?

何江:哇,很久了。那你一定没有在中国度过春节了。

Susan: Yes, and I going to stay in China this year to see how Chinese people spend their most important festival。

苏珊:对啊,所以我打算今年留在中国,看看中国人是怎么度过他们最重要的日子的。

He Jiang: Our Chinese people play firecrackers,paste spring couplets and do spring-cleaning and so on during the festival。

何江:我们中国人在春节期间都会放鞭炮、大扫除、贴春联等。

Susan: How did you spend your spring festival?

苏珊:你的春节是怎样度过的呢?

He Jiang: I have a wonderful holiday。 I spend most of the time with my family members and friends。 I had visited some relatives and spent some time watching TV and surfing Internet。

何江:事实上,我度过了一个精彩的假期。大多数时间我和家人和朋友待在一起,我拜访了一些亲戚,再就是看电视上网。

Susan: That must be a wonderful day。

苏珊:那一定是一个快乐的节日。

HeJiang: Maybe you can come to celebrate it with my family。

何江:也许你可以和我们家人一起过节。

Susan: Can I?

苏珊:可以吗?

He Jiang: My parents would be happy to have you。 I am sure you will love it。 Though we live in the city, we always enjoy Spring Festival in the country。

何江:我父母一定会很高兴的。我相信你一定会喜欢的。虽然我们住在城里,但我们都是去乡下过年的。

Susan: Wonderful! I can’t wait。

苏珊:太棒了,我都快等不及了。

Culture Shock

文化冲突

文化的产生是以人的生命体验和生存经验为基础的,不同民族、社区和集团的文化,有不同的价值目标和价值取向,并且常常以自己的文化为优越,视其他文化为对立面。当它们在传播、接触的时候,便产生了竞争、对抗甚至企图消灭对方的状况。

Realize Culture Shock

文化冲突

1文化冲突简介

Culture shock is a phenomenon arising from cross-cultural communication。 It happens when different cultures clash with each other。 The term, culture shock described the anxiety produced when a person moves to a completely new environment。 In fact, cross-cultural adjustment should be considered a continuum with at least two period-sentry to another culture and reentry to one’s home culture。

Metaphor is not only a linguistic phenomenon but also a way of thinking, which is one of the basic methods for human survival and cognition。 It is rooted in language, thought and culture。 Through the analysis and comparison of the use and concept of metaphor in different countries, we find that its universality and commonality of the metaphor as a basic human cognitive activities。 However, metaphor in different languages reflects a different way of thinking and behavior and different cultural patterns。 Owing to the different two modes of thinking and culture, there are some differences in understanding and formation that can not be ignored。

The metaphor of the cross-cultural differences exists between Chinese and Western influence。 Language is a cultural change in the development of the complex, subject to political, economic, historical, environmental and other factors。 Chinese and Western styles are different, but in many ways to infiltrate interaction and integration, language differences and cultural metaphor for the inevitable impact is complex and diverse。

2文化冲突类型

(1)文化冲突类型

Cultural shock exists in all aspects of life。 As long as chatting with others with different culture, it will have different understanding。 For every shock, what we want to do is to adapt and fusion, not to denigrate。

privacy shock隐私冲突

hours of the shock时间观冲突

Language shock语言冲突

(2)商务上的文化冲突