The Cultural Difference between English and Chinese in Modern English Teaching语言是社会的产物,文化的载体。在分析了中西方国家产生文化差异的原因基础上,阐述了中西方分别在词汇意义、审美取向、颜色用语、日常生活用语等方面的具体不同体现,从而揭示出在现代英语教学中了解文化差异的必要性,突出了文化的重要性。 Language is the product of society and the carrier of This paper explains the reasons why there exist differences between English and C Then the concrete differences about the lexicon, aesthetic taste, color words and daily words between English and Chinese are Therefore, culture is important in English teaching and it is necessary to learn cultural differences between English and C先发一篇
There are some cultural differences between Chinese and western inorder to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding caused and First, Chinese concept of privacy isrelatively People count on their in-group to look after each Sothe Chinese are often very willing to understand other people's ups and downs, andthe others are willing to But to the westerners, violation of personalprivacy does not allow, For example, we tend to ask one's age, marital status,children, occupation, or income when first met each other, which is a polite inChinese, but in the West it will be considered as a violation of their Second, westerners deeply believe that time ismoney, so they are much cherished time in life, and they often do a carefulplanning at a fixed time, they have a good habit of Keep the appointment on But Chinese people are not very focused on Westerners have often feltuncomfortable about Third, Chinese people are willing to be When communication with others, we often praises others and belittle ourselves,we think that modesty is a For example, when we were praised, we often say"No, I am I just did what I should ” But in the same case the Westwill always say” Think you” to So we always think that westerners aretoo-confident and pride, and when hear the Chinese people that deny otherstheir own praise, westerns would be very surprised and think that the Chinese peopleare Finally, the Chinese nation's fine traditionof hospitality is In social situations, Chinese people often toast eachother and offering each other cigarettes, even if filled with delicious food,the owner has always used to say a few words such as” bear with me” Sometimesthe owner will use chopsticks to take their food the guest's bowl, using a varietyof ways to persuade the guests more than a bite, drink But in Westerncountries, people have respect for individual rights and personal So theywill not use various means to persuade guests to drink, you will not need todrunk so 您采纳,我很开心。