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黑龙江外国语学院
2011-2012
学年
第
1
学期
Term 1 2011-2012 Academic Year
Heilongjiang
International University
机密
（
Confidential
）
编号
（
No
.
）
：
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/p>
11-12-01
）
-019503A
试
题（
Te
st
）
课程名称（
< br>Subject
）
：跨文化交际
考核类别
（
Type of
test
）
：
考查
课程类别
(
Type of
course
) :
专业必修课
考试形式
(
Test
type
) :
论文
使用范围（
Target group
）
：外语系
2009
级英语专业本科<
/p>
1-10
班，合作班，
英语（翻译方向）
1-2
班
Writing a paper on one of the following
topics, or you can choose a topic you
are interested to compose a thesis
paper:
1.
The
Influence of Axial Age on Culture
2.
Comparison
between Holistic and Dualistic Worldview
3.
A Study on
Culture based on Hofstede
’
s
Value Dimensions
4.
A Comparison of Associative Meanings
between English and Chinese
5.
Different Forms of Address
between Chinese and English
6.
Family Educational
Differences Reflected from Cultural Differences
7.
Analysis of
Dress Formality from the Perspective of Culture
Differences
8.
Comparison between Instrumental and
Affective Communication Styles
9.
Analysis of
Friendship from Different Cultural Backgrounds
10.
Analysis of
Direct and Indirect Styles of Communication
Requirements:
1.
You are required to choose
one from the above topics, or you can choose a
topic that you
are interested to write
a paper. Please pay attention to that you must
show the knowledge
you learned in your
paper.
2.
Your
paper
should
have
a
complete
organization,
including
a
title,
a
clear
and
logical
argument, analysis and a conclusion.
3.
You are
required to write at least 1000 words.
4.
The
format
of
your
paper
should
be
in
accordance
with
the
format
requirements
about
thesis paper.
黑龙江外国语学院
2011-2012
学年
第
1
学期
Term 1 2011-2012 Academic Year
Heilongjiang
International University
A Brief Comparison of Chinese and
Western Festivals
“A holiday of a
nation represents a glorious culture and
concentrated customs of a nation.”
To
understand a nation's cultural implications and
its cultural characteristics, we must start with
its traditional festivals. There exists
great difference between Chinese and Western
festivals due
to
their
different languages, education, life styles
and
customs.
Recently, western festivals
are
becoming more and more
popular among Chinese people, especially among the
young. On one
hand, it can indeed bring
some benefits to our country to some extent. On
the other hand, we
should
pay
attention
to
this
phenomenon.
On
the
background
of
globalization,
we
should
pay
respect to western festivals, and carry
forward our excellent traditional festivals at the
same time.
Western traditional
festivals emphasize on interactivity, collectivity
and extreme carnival,
focusing
on
self
and
advocating
free
expressing
of
personality.
While
in
China,
we
focus
on
family
reunion and enjoy happy family relations. Here two
examples were set as follows.
I. Comparison of Spring Festival and
Christmas Day
In
China,
as
spring
is
the
most
beautiful
season
and
all
creatures
on
earth
begin
to
grow,
flowers
are
blooming
in
a
riot
of
color;
seeds
sprout
everywhere,
i
t
is
vitally
important
to
celebrate the coming of
the spring. As the beginning of a year, December
23
rd
in lunar year is the
prelude to Spring Festival. On that
day, all families without exception will worship
the god of the
kitchen and started to
busily prepared for
the New Year’s
coming. In addition, according to the
traditional
habits,
Chinese
people
will
also
make
a
thorough
cleanup,
which
is
also
called
spring-
cleaning, to show
their desire to sweep “the old and bad things” out
of their house, ring
out the Old Year
and ring in the New Year. After this work, every
house along the street has a
bright and
new look. With paper-cuts on the windows, couplets
on the wall and red lanterns in
front
of the door, it looks really brilliant and full of
happiness. The New Year’
s Eve is the
last
day of December in lunar year. At
that night, all members in a family will get
together to enjoy
the
“family
reunion
dinner”,
implied
meaning
lucky
and
harmony.
When
having
dinner,
everyone should only talking about
things happy and good, avoid referring to death,
disease or
something bad. What’s more,
family members will not sleep until the dawn of
the New Year’s
Day. Instead, they will
chat, watching TV and having snacks such as melon
seeds, orange, and
peanuts.
The
most
exciting
moment
is
when
the
New
Year’s
Bell
rang.
It
seems
as
if
all
the
firecrackers around the world are set
off with only one second. The sound of
firecrackers will not
stop until the
dawn, and the new upsurge will begin
at
that time, when every family open the
door and begin to visit their
relatives. The carnival will continue to January
15
th
in lunar year.
In
western
countries,
a
similar
festival
is
the
Christmas
Day
which
actually
begins
in
December
12
th
and
ends
in
January
6
th
in
the
next
year.
Like
Chinese
New
Year,
it
is
also
a
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