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【
communi
cation across
cultures
】
Chapter One
Conceptual Foundation
【跨文化沟通】第一
章概念的基础
Why study intercultural
communication?
为什么学习跨文化交际
?
There
is
a
folk
tale
that
comes
to
us
from
the
foothills
of
the
Himalayas.
A
man
was
trying
to
explain to a blind friend what colors
are. He began with the color White.
有一个
民间的故事
,
来自于喜马拉雅山的山麓。一名男子试图解释一个
盲人朋友的颜色是什
么。他开始与雪白的颜色。
“
Well,
”
he said,
“
it is
like snow on the hills.
”
“嗯
,
”他说
,
“这就
像雪在山上。
”
“
Oh,
”
the blind man said,
“
then it must be a wet and
dampish sort of color, isn
’
t
it?
”
“
No,
no,
”
the man said,
“
it
is also the same color as cotton or wool.
”
“
Oh
yes, I understand. It must
be fluffy
color.
”
“
No, it is also like
paper.
”
“哦
,
”盲人说
,
“那一定是湿<
/p>
,
微湿的颜色
,
不是吗
?
”
“不
,
不
,
”那人说
,
“这也是相同的颜色
,
棉或羊毛
。
”
“哦
,
是
的
,
我明白了。一定是毛茸茸的颜色。
”
“不
,
它也像纸。
< br>”
“
Then it
must be a crackling or fragile
color,
”
said the
blind man.
“
No, not at all.
It is also like
china.
”
“那一定是脆皮或脆弱的颜色
,
”瞎子说。
“不
,
不是。也喜欢中国。
< br>”
2
讲【
culture and
communication
讲文化和沟通
An American university student Tom is
active in a foreign student club at his university
and has
several good friends from
different countries. One of them tells Tom his
parents and sister will be
visiting,
and he asks Tom if he would like to meet them. Tom
invites all of them to visit his home
one
arrive
and
present
him
with
a
nicely
wrapped
gift.
Tom
tells
them
they
shouldn
’
t have
brought anything, but thanks them and proceeds to
open the gift, which turns out
be very
pretty vase from their country. He thanks them
again. He sense some awkwardness and
realizes that he has not offered them
anything to drink.
“
Would you
like coffee or tea or a soft
drink?
”
he asks.
They all refuse. Things seem more awkward now. But
he talks a little of their
country,
about studies at the university, about the cost of
living, and everything the father whispers
something to his
son.
“
I think we must be
leaving to return to the
hotel,
”
he says. Everybody
stands
up, shake hands, and they start
to leave.
“
Please come and
visit again,
”
Tom says as he
stands and
watches the family walk to
the door, open it and disappear down the hall. Two
days later, in a very
indirect way, Tom
learns from another friend that the visitors
thought he was a rude host
一个美国大学的学生汤姆是
活跃在他大学的外国学生俱乐部
,
有几个来自不同国家的好朋<
/p>
友。其中一人告诉汤姆他的父母和妹妹将访问
,
< br>他问汤姆是否想见到他们。汤姆邀请他们参
观他的家的一个下午。他们到达
,
给他一个包装精美的礼物。汤姆告诉他们他们不带来任何
东西
,
但由于他们
,
继续打开礼物
,
这证明是非常漂亮的花瓶从
他们的国家。他再次感谢他们。
他感觉有些尴尬
,
意识到他没有给他们任何东西喝。
“你想要咖啡还是茶还是饮料
?
”他问道。
他们都拒绝。事情似乎更尴尬的了。但
他的小国家
,
谈论研究大学
,
生活费用
,
父亲低声说些儿
子的一切。
“我认为我们必须离开回到酒店
,
”
他说。
每个人都站起来
,
握手
,
他们开始离开。
“请
再来拜访
,
”汤姆说
,
他站和手表家庭走到门口
,
打开它
,
消失在大厅。两天后
,
汤姆非常间接的
方式
,
可以从另一个朋友
,
游客认为他是一个粗鲁的主机
3
讲【
cultural
diversity
】
【文化多样性】
Mr. Zhao and Mr. Qian have been on good
terms with each other, though Mr. Zhao lives in
China
while
Mr.
Qian
became
an
overseas
Chinese
working
in
the
United
States.
The
two
both
have
children about the same
age. Mr. Qian has two brothers who live in
the U.S. and manage their
family businesses. And both Mr. Zhao
and Mr. Qian have business that seems fairly
prosperous. In
recent times, however,
Mr. Qian is bogged down with some difficulties,
and in fact, his business is
almost on
the rocks. But, he has an opportunity to invest in
a very promising venture but at the
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