大学英语跨文化交际所有CASE答案Word文档格式.doc

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Indianinterviewee.TheytalkaboutsomeaspectsofIndiancultureandthechangesoccurredthese

years.Thecasereflectssomebasicculturalelementspeoplemayfindinallcultures:

language,

familypattern,marriage,weddingceremony,foodandthewaytoeatfood,etc.Fromthiscase,

guidethestudentsinculturestudyandculturecomparison.Thestudentsshouldrealizethatthere

arebothsimilaritiesanddifferencesinculture.Cultureisinfactverydynamicandpervasive.

Case2:

WhiteDress

TheIndianwomenmightthinktheweddingceremonyisafuneraliftheysee

thewesternbrideinwhitegown.Thecasereflectsthesimilesandmetaphorsinthetext.Cultureis

likeaniceberg:

wecanidentifythecolorofthedresswornbywomenindifferentcultures,butwe

donotknowthevaluesunderneath.Cultureislikethewaterafishswimsin:

peopleweardressof

differentcolorsfordifferentcontextbuttheyusuallytakeitforgrantedandneveraskwhy.

Case3:

TheFrenchinNorthAmerica

TheFrenchwereabletoseeIndianbehavioronlyinthelightoftheirown

hierarchicalsocialsystem,whereitisnaturalforthefewtocommandandthemanytoobey.

Socialsystemsthatworkedonotherprincipleswereliterallyunimaginable.

Case4:

Coconut-skating

Thecasereflectsthecharacteristicsofculture.Wecantellfromthecasethat

cultureispervasiveandit’slearned.Peoplemayinventdifferentwaysforthingsevenassimpleas

theissueoffloormoping.ThePhilippinewomanmusthavelearnedthiswayofmoppingfromher

ownculture.

Case5:

ABlackGirl’sIdentity

Althoughwemaysaythatidentitiesareconstitutedbyourcommunication,it

isobviousfromthecasethatwecannotsimplychooseatanymomentwhatouridentitywillbe

regardlessofthecontext.First,weoftendonotsharetherecipeforcertainidentitieswithothers

evenifwebelongtothesameethnicity,gender,ornationality.Understandingthiscanhelpus

avoidsomeofthebroadassumptionsmadeaboutgroupsofpeoplebasedonthereflectivewayof

thinking.Second,aswelearnedintheveryfirstchapter,allmeaningincommunicationistosome

extentsituational.Thus,thecontextmediateswhatidentitieswecanchoose.Sometimesthings

onemayhavenocontrolover,suchasageorskincolor,areseenasessentialpartsofhowone

communicatesanidentity.

Case6

Hippies

Hippiescouldbedefinedasasubgroup,asthehippiesculturetendstobe

temporary.InmodernAmericansociety,hippiesculturecouldalsofindtraits,butithaswide

spreadinfluenceonAmericanvaluesystem.

Case7

CleanuptheBathroom!

Culturaldifferencesdecidethetwostudentsaregoingtocommunicatein

differentways.TheChinesestudentwantstheAmericanstudenttounderstandtheunderlying

meansofhiswords,buttheAmericanstudentisusedtothedirectstyleofcommunication.Thisis

decidedbyculture.InChineseculture,peoplewanttosavefaceofboththemselvesandothers,so

theywouldnotexpresstheirideasdirectly.However,intheUnitedStates,unlessyouexpress

yourselfclearlyanddirectly,theotherscannotunderstandyou.

Case8:

SheHasThreeHands

ThiscasecanreflectthedifferentcommunicationstylesbetweenChineseandCanadians.In

westerncultures,communicationisthemeansoftransmittingideas.Westernpeopleusually

communicatedirectlywitheachother.ThatiswhytheCanadianinthiscasesayswhatisinhis

minddirectlyinfrontoftheChinesewomanwithouthidinganything.WhileChineseculture

stressesharmonyandemphasizestherelationshipsbetweenthecommunicators.Chinesepeople

viewcommunicationasaprocesswhereallpartiesaresearchingtodevelopandmaintainasocial

relationship.SotheChinesewomaninthiscasetriesnottoarguewiththeCanadianfacetofaceto

keepthe“harmoniousrelationship”betweenthem.

Case9:

APieceofCake

Thiscasewantsustorecognizesomecomponentsofcommunication.Sender/sourcerefersto

thepersonwhotransmitsamessage.Receiverisanypersonwhonoticesandgivessomemeaning

toamessage.Contextreferstoasettingorsituationwithinwhichcommunicationtakesplace.In

thiscase,MarilynandRichardaresimultaneouslythesendersandreceivers.Andtheirroom,

wherethecommunicationeventhappensandwhichmakesthecouplefeelcomfortableand

relaxed,isjustthecontext.

Case10:

ThePlacetoHaveLunch

Thiscasereflectsthatcommunicationiscontextual,whichmeansthatcommunicationdoes

nothappeninisolationanditmusthappenwithinasettingorcontext.Whetherthiscontextis

quietornoisyisimportanttothesmoothnessofc