中西方文化差異

1、 Americans tableware is mainly, knife, fork and spoon disc, bread, fork spoon, glass, napkin Chinese tableware is mainly chopsticks and spoons中國餐具以筷子和勺子為主 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 d

2、ecorum. 美國人見面時，不一定會握手，只要笑一笑，打個招呼就行了，即使是第一次見面，而中國人則視握手為一個基本禮節(jié)。 Chinese: You look pale. Whats the matter? American: Im feeling sick. A cold, maybe. Chinese: Go and see the doctor. Drink more water. Did you take any pills? Chinese medicine works wonderful. Would you like to try? Put on more clothes. Ha

3、ve a good rest. American: You are not my mother, are you? Part1Part2Part3134679We might call culture shock a disease which is caused by the frustration and anxiety resulting from losing all our familiar signs and symbols of social intercourse.Culture shock is due to our own lack of understanding of

4、other peoples cultural background and our lack of the means of communication rather than the hostility of an alien environment.To get over culture shock, we should get to know the people of the host country and their language; we should find out what they do, how they do it, and what their interests

5、 are, etc. But understanding the ways of a people does not mean that we have to give up our own.Key Words Transplant Abroad Ailment Symptom Cure Precipitate Symbol Intercourse Orient Invitation Facial Efficiency Efficient Series Regression Tremendous Irrational Glorify cultural Capacity Dictate Tran

6、smit Tendency Attribute Peculiarity Censure National Hostility Allocate Participant Ritual transplant 1.v. mover from one place or residence to another; resettle or relocate transplant the flowers to the garden transplant ones family to the countryside2.n. the act or process of transplanting; someth

7、ing transplanted 移植移植 Kellys only hope of survival was a heart and lung transplant. heart transplant surgery 心臟移植手術(shù) a bone marrow transplant 骨髓移植Words & Expressions transform 使改觀，改變使改觀，改變 sb/sth (from sth) (into sth) transformation transport 運(yùn)輸；搬運(yùn)運(yùn)輸；搬運(yùn) transportation 交通，運(yùn)輸交通，運(yùn)輸 transfer 轉(zhuǎn)移，移動；調(diào)動

8、轉(zhuǎn)移，移動；調(diào)動; 轉(zhuǎn)車轉(zhuǎn)車 sb/sth (from) (to) transference transmit 傳送，播送；疾病的傳染傳送，播送；疾病的傳染; 傳播傳播(光、熱、聲音等光、熱、聲音等) transmission transplant v./n. 移植移植 transit v. 過渡，通過，橫越，過渡，通過，橫越， transition transcend v. 超越，勝過超越，勝過trans- 表表“變化，移動變化，移動” ,“從一個地方到另一個地從一個地方到另一個地方方”。 Practice 1.The Beatles, the most famous British ban

9、d of the 1960s, traveled worldwide for many years, _ cultural barriers.A) transporting B) transplantingC) transferring D) transcending 2.There is much I enjoy about the changing seasons, but my favorite time is the _ from fall to winter.A) transmission B)transformationC) transition D) transferprecip

10、itate (n. precipitation)1. vt. to make (an unwanted event) happen sooner促成The 1929 stock market crash precipitated the collapse of the American banking system.2. vi. to separate a solid substance from a liquid by chemical action, or to be separated in this way沉淀This material causes most of the alumi

11、na in the solution to precipitate quickly.3. n. a solid substance that has been chemically separated from a liquid 沉淀物老師讓他在沉淀物溶解后再加熱混合物。老師讓他在沉淀物溶解后再加熱混合物。The teacher asked him to warm the mixture after the precipitate dissolved.近義詞為近義詞為hastenorient: v. to arrange or direct with a particular purposeS

12、he looked at the street names, trying to orient herself.確定方向，方位We must orient our products to the needs of the market.使適應(yīng)；按調(diào)整Collocations orient oneself to sth. 使自己熟悉某事使自己熟悉某事It takes new students a while to orientate themselves to college life.be oriented to/towards/around sth/sb 迎合某人的需要迎合某人的需要, 圍繞

13、某事圍繞某事The course is oriented towards the needs of businessmen.the Orient 東方oriental adj. 東方的；東方國家的orientation n.定位，方向；熟悉環(huán)境構(gòu)詞法：由名詞加-oriented構(gòu)成的詞匯 表示“以為中心的,以為主導(dǎo)的”e.g. market-oriented economy 市場經(jīng)濟(jì)examination-oriented education system應(yīng)試教育glorify v. glorify a hero glorify oneself Your descriptions have g

14、lorified an average house into a mansion.贊美，頌揚(yáng)美化，使增色，增光glory n. glorious adj.After reading: Useful Expressions1. 職業(yè)病職業(yè)病an occupational disease2. 因因而產(chǎn)生而產(chǎn)生result from3. 社會交往社會交往social intercourse4. 使自己熟悉（新情況使自己熟悉（新情況）orient oneself to5. 握手握手shake hands6. 購物購物make purchases7. 對對當(dāng)真當(dāng)真take sth. seriously8

15、. 面部表情面部表情facial expressions9. 在在過程中過程中in the course of10. 離水之魚；不得其所的人離水之魚；不得其所的人a fish out of water11. 心胸開闊心胸開闊be broad-minded12. 一系列一系列a series of13. 對對做出反應(yīng)做出反應(yīng)react to14. 抱怨抱怨complain about15. 克服，戰(zhàn)勝克服，戰(zhàn)勝get over16. 除了除了in addition to17. 社會風(fēng)俗社會風(fēng)俗social institutions18. 增加，積累增加，積累build up19. 用，依靠用，依靠by means of20. 使自己適應(yīng)使自己適應(yīng)adapt oneself to21. 和和打交道打交道associate with22. 和和打成一片，認(rèn)同打成一片，認(rèn)同identify with23. 到這樣的程度以至于到這樣的程度以至于to the extent that24. 例如例如for instance25. 個人行為個人行為an individual act26. 因?yàn)橐驗(yàn)閐ue to27. 而不是而不是rather than28. 盡快盡快as quickly as possible29. 進(jìn)行交談進(jìn)行交談ca