英语口语赵阳口语课.docx

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英语口语赵阳口语课

Cross-culturaldifferences

Sampleone:

DifferenceBetweenAmerican&ChineseCulture

SocialStructure

Chinahasaveryformalandhierarchicalsocialstructurethatextendstobusiness,institutionalandfamilylife.

Forexample,childrenareexpectedtorespecttheirelderswiththeoldestfamilymembercommandingthegreatestrespect.InAmerica,thereisgreaterfluiditybetweengroupswithworkers,managers,childrenandadultsoftenmakingjointdecisionsandenjoyingsocialoccasionstogether.



Collectivismvs.Individualism

InChina,peoplethinkaboutideasinacollectivesense,oftenconsideringhowtheiractionswillaffecttheirfriends,neighborsandcolleaguesbeforemakingadecision.Decisionsaremorecommonlymadeforthegreatergoodasopposedtopersonalgain.InAmerica,prioritizingindividualgoalsandmotivesovercollectiveonesisconsideredthenorm.Thisethosisoftenactivelyencouragedtostimulateambitionandadrivetoachievebusinessandpersonalsuccess.



MoralsandValues

HumilityandrespectareveryimportantinChineseculture.Individualsareexpectedtotreateachotherwellandtoshowmodestywhendiscussingsuccesses,ortonotdiscussthematall.InAmerica,peoplearecomfortableopenlydiscussing,playingupandpraisingsuccesswithhumilitybeingseenbysomeasaweakness.
Additionally,inChina,thereisastrongsenseofrightandwrong.InAmerica,therearemoregrayareaswithquestionsofmoralitybeingamatterfordiscussionasopposedtobeingsetinstone.



FreedomofExpression

TheChinesearestrictlyboundbyprotocolandsoitisbetterto'saveface'byrespectingandhonoringtheopinionofothers,evenifyoubelievewhattheyaresayingisincorrect,thantodemandthatothersagreewithyourwayofthinking.Americancultureismuchmoredirectwithpeoplebeingencouragedtodebatecontentiousissuesevenifitleadstoconfrontation.



TimeSensitivity

Differencesintimesensitivitybetweenthesetwoculturescanbeafrustratingissuewhenconductingbusiness.WhilemostAmericansarepunctualandverytime-sensitivewhenitcomestomeetingtimesandmaterialdeadlines,theChinesehaveatendencytoviewtimeschedulesasmerelysuggestions.IfareportisdueonFriday,anAmericanbusinesspersonwouldexpecttoreceivethereportbytheendofbusinessdayFriday,whereasaChinesebusinesspersonwouldn'texpressconcernifthereportdidn'tarriveuntilafewdayslater.



Additiontosth.

Accordingtosomereports

Exert/makeaninfluence/impactonsb.

Advantagesanddisadvantages

Meritsanddemerits

Prosandcons

Thing?

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Preventthisphenomenonfromworsening

Incident

Drasticmeasuresshouldbetakento....

Worth/worthy

Thebookisworth30Yuan.

Beworthdoing

Themovieisworthseeing.

Themovieisworthyofbeingseen.

Themovieisworthytobeseen.

Itisworthwhiletodosth.

iconic

AThirty-minutewalk/drive

Itwilltakeyouonlythirtyminutestowalkthere.

Asix-year-oldgirl

Thegirlissixyearsold.

HowtomakethebestuseoftheInternet?

Real-nameregistrationinMicroblog?

Whatmicrobloghasbroughtus?