中西文化差异英语对话.doc

T　:　 Ｈi ｙａngxuｅ ,I heaｒd　thaｔ yoｕ arｅ going tｏ stｕdｙing abｒoaｄ　,iｔ　‘s a new　exｐeriｅｎｃe ,which cａn bring you opｐｏrｔunitｙ　ｔo discover fasｃinaｔiｎg　ｔhings and a　feeｌing of ｆrｅｅdom、
Y : 　 Oh　！yeah　,in sｐitｅ oｆ ｔｈis ａｄvantagｅs, hｏwever tｈｅre are alsｏ ｓome chaｌｌeｎgｅs　I wilｌ enｃouｎｔｅr、 Ｃｕlture ｓhｏｃk　will be ｔhe　firｓｔ oｎe.
T: 　 yeah, I haｖe watchｅd seveｒal moｖｉes　ａｂｏut wesｔern ｌifｅstyles and ｃｕｌｔures, ａnd really finｄ　an imｍeｎse dｉffeｒeｎce. 　
Y:　 　 Yeah, the diｆｆｅrｅnce ｉs almosｔ　evｅrywherｅ。　Aｓ far　as the tａble cｕlture, therｅ is ｎo ｄoubt it is ａ ｔraditiｏn　tｏ ｕse　chopsｔｉcks for Chｉnesｅ、 But　peｏｐｌe iｎ Ameriｃa pｒｅｆer　to forks　and knｉves、
T: Tｈe different ｔools are basｅd　oｎ diffeｒent food they　like. Fｒiｅd fｏod anｄ ｆast　food arｅ Amerｉｃanｓ' favoritｅ while Cｈinｅse ｐeople ｃｈoose　nｏodles, ｐancaｋes and ｒice。
Ｙ:　 　 Yｅs,　besideｓ, haｖe you noｔicｅd thａt when wｅ havｅ meals wiｔh our faｍiliｅs ｏr good ｆrｉeｎdｓ, ｗｅ　uｓuaｌly ｇet soｍｅ ｄelｉｃious ｆooｄ fｏｒ each oｔher ｔo sｈｏw　ｏuｒ ｃare。　Bｕt the weｓteｒｎ　stｙle　oｆ eatｉnｇ seｅms ｔｏ ｂe more hygienic、　Nobodｙ ｕｓeｓ his own　fｏrk tｏ ｇｅt ｆｏoｄ for otheｒs.
Ｔ:Yeaｈ, quitｅ ｓｏ、　Thiｓ is ｏｎly ｔable manｎers、 Ｉ ａlso know thａｔ　greetｉng is difｆeｒent。 In Ｃｈiｎａ, when I ｍｅet　you in the ｓtrｅet, I ｍay greeｔ you　by ｓayinｇ　“Ｈave yｏu eａtｅn yｅｔ?” Anｄ whａt ｗill be yｏｕr　reｆlecｔ?
Y:　Oh, I ｗｉll fｅel noｒmal、 Pretｔy　normal　ｇreetｉng　woｒds。
T:Buｔ if　yｏu ｇreeｔ　a fｏrｅignｅｒ　with　tｈesｅ　wｏrdｓ。　Theｙ wiｌl belieｖｅ　that yoｕ　wanｔ to　ｉnvite hｉm　to a meal、
Y: Ｒeallｙ？ Ｔoo ｉnｔｅrestｉｎｇ、
T:Sｏ it’s　eaｓｙ to leaｄ tｏ　misｕｎderstandiｎg bｅcaｕse ｏf difｆerｅnt　cultures。 Of cｏurｓｅ,　thｅ situａｔiｏns　are more seｒiｏｕs if you grｅeｔ someone in ｗesｔern ｃountｒiｅs　bｙ　saying “Ｗｈaｔ aｒｅ　you　ｇoｉng ｔo do？” “Whｅrｅ ｈａve ｙoｕ been?”　ｅtｃ。　Ｂeｃauｓe they ｔhｉnk ｙｏu havｅ ｉnfｒｉnged tｈeiｒ ｐrｉvaｃy. Tｈuｓ,you can imagｉne ｔheir greeｔings, thｅy uｓuaｌｌｙ　greet eａcｈ oｔｈer “Ｇoｏｄ morning/ｅvening/ａfteｒnoon. “Fine daｙ, ｉｓn’t it? ”
Y: Ｂut don’t ｙｏｕ feel thｅsｅ aｒe too ｆormulａiｃ or uｎnｅcｅssaｒy？
T:Yes, bｕｔ　thaｔ’ｓ onlｙ our thｉnkｉng。
Y: Jusｔ　ｎｏw, ｙou referｒｅd　to personaｌ affairｓ ,tｈeｒe ｉs ａlso mａｎy ｄiffeｒｅnｔ　oｐinionｓ here。 For example, ｗe dｏ　noｔ ｒegａrd　it ａs asking　pｅｒsonal aｆfａirs　whｅn they aｓｋ otheｒｓ namｅ、yeａr、maｒital　ｓｔatuｓ、ｗages、peｒｓonal life、beliｅf ａnｄ　pｏlitical ｐｏｉnts、
T:Yeｓ,　ｗe　regａrd it　aｓ conceｒns、
Y: But the　ｗeｓterns wiｌl tｈiｎｋ　you　infringe their riｇht of　pｒiｖａcy。 Ｓｏ 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 you have?”、“Hoｗ much　do you makｅ?”、“Whａt’ｓ　ｙour ｗeigｈｔ？”、“Ｄo　yoｕ go ｔo tｈe chuｒch？"
Ｔ:So　ｍａny dｅtailｓ need ｔｏ notiｃe、 Ｗe hａve talked　so ｍuch, bｕt ｉｔ oｎly coveｒs sｅvｅral　ｓmall asｐｅcｔｓ in lｉｆe。 I even feｅl tｈe way ｏｆ lｉfe in Amｅｒicａ is plｅteｌy ｄｉfferenｔ frｏm mine。 Ｉ think　I　will bｅ mad　fａcing alｌ thｅse。 Noｗ that yｏu　ｗilｌ gｏ tｈere、 Havｅ you　coｎｓider　hoｗ ｔo adjust　yoursｅlf to aｄapt tｈeｉr　ｃuｌｔuｒｅs?
Ｙ: In fａct,　I ｈave considered tｈｅ probｌem for　long ｔime、　At　leaｓｔ fouｒ ｅssential　stageｓ of ａdjustment　ocｃｕr ｄuｒiｎg ｃuｌｔuｒe ｓｈock to new　arrivaｌs。 I will keｅp ｐｏsｉｔive tｏ overe　thｅｓe。 Aｓ ｗｅ know , Aｍeｒicans　ａrｅ slａvｅs to notｈing　but　clocks ,they　work　haｒd at　the task　of saｖinｇ time　。 Ｉ ｍust get　ｒid of　the habit　of dｅlayinｇ ｔime to keｅp ｐace ｗith　ｔｈeｍ、 It’s　hｕge projｅcｔ。
T:Yeah,　yeah. Yoｕ　sｈoｕlｄ ｅstablｉsh a right aｔtitudｅ ｔowａｒｄ　cultｕre differenｃes,　to　be　oｐen－mindeｄ to　them、　Ａfter aｌl,　ａttｉtuｄe ｃan ｄecidｅ onｅ’s feeling　anｄ behaving、　Ｈｏweｖer, tｈeｓe sｅem not to　be enｏugh、
Y: That’ｓ true、 I ａｌｓｏ need　ｔo learn ａbouｔ their culｔural baｃkｇｒounｄ before I　go、　Anｄ　Ｉ　hａvｅ　ｒeａｄ some bｏoｋs　ａｎｄ gradｕaｌｌy accｅpt ｔｈｅiｒ ways of ｌife。 Ｎext, I　am　goiｎg to ｒead　theiｒ　nｅwsｐaｐers aｎｄ maｇazines ａnｄ ｓome literatuｒe wｏｒkｓ to ｌｅａrn thｅ　coｕntry ｄｅepｌy。
Ｔ:Ｙeah, ｙｏur　dｅｃiｓiｏｎ　is rｉght　anｄ it　will　benｅｆｉt you、 Ｙou　woｕld learn sｏ mucｈ　aｎｄ yｏu wｉｌl respecｔ　tｈeｉｒ　culｔurｅ　from youｒ ｄeｅp ｈｅarｔ。　Tｈus, ｙou ｃan adapt to tｈe life there ｍoｒｅ quickly and suｆfeｒ fｒｏｍ　littｌe　cuｌture shoｃk.
Ｙ: Ｉ thｉnk　so　toｏ. At leaｓt, I　can　aｖoiｄ uｎiｎtｅnｔionallｙ　offenｄiｎg otheｒs and ｍaｋe less ｊokeｓ.
T:Of cｏuｒｓe,　I bｅｌｉeve　youｒ ａｂiliｔy。