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跨文化交际中的文化冲击

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天津商业大学结课论文

跨文化交际中的文化冲击

TheCultureShockinInter-culturalcommunication

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2016年6月

TheCultureShockinInter-culturalcommunication

AThesisPresentedto

SchoolofForeignLanguages

TianjinUniversityofCommerce

Contents

Abstract（inEnglish）

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Abstract（inChinese）

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1.Introduction

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2.Example

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3.CaseSummary

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4.Waystoavoidthecultureshock

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Abstract

Multi-ethniccultureshockisaveryimportantproblemininter-culturalcommunication.Peopleusuallyrealizelessaboutit,sotheywilloftenmakesomemistakes.Weshouldknowmorecultureshockandlearnhowtoavoidthem.

Keywords:

cultureshock;multi-ethnic;avoid

摘要

文化冲击在跨文化交际中是一个很重要的问题，而通常人们很少意识到不同国家、不同民族之间的文化冲击。

这就是为什么总有人在这方面犯错误。

我们应该了解学习更多文化冲击，并学会如何避免这种问题。

关键词：

文化冲击；多国家多民族；避免

1.Introduction

Multi-ethniccultureshockisaveryimportantproblemininter-culturalcommunication.Peopleusuallyrealizelessaboutit,sotheywilloftenmakesomemistakes.Weshouldknowmorecultureshockandlearnhowtoavoidthem.

Cultureshockisjustlikeanoccupationaldiseaseofpeoplewhohavebeensuddenlytransplantedabroad.Wedonotknowhowtotalk,shakehands,shopping,andevenhowtosay‘hi’.

Wehaveowncustom,whichweusemorethantwentyyears.Allofthesehavebeenourbeliefandcreed.Sowecannotadaptthemquickly.

Nowadays,withthedevelopmentofmultimediatechnology,weknowmoreinformationsaboutcultureshock,suchaswhentwoAmericanssaidtheyaredatingwitheachother,itdonotmeanstheyarecouple.Howamazingnews!

Now,let’sseesomecommoncultureshock.

2.Examples

1.Cultureshockingreetsomebodyindifferentcountry

Nowadays,mostcountriesadapttogreetpeoplebyshakinghands,butnoteverycountryadaptsit.Japaneseusedtogreetsomebodywithbow.Themakeabowwitheachothertoshowtheiresteem.Inthissituation,somemistakeswillberaised.AnAmericanpeoplemeetwithaJapanese.TheAmericanreacheshishand,buthetouchestheJapanese’sheadjustright.Thisisveryembarrassed.

Franceisaveryromanticcountry,Frenchalwaysshowstheiremotionwithexaggeratedbodylanguage.Theygreeteachotherwithhug,andevenkisseachotheronthecheek.Iftheirguestsareshyorclose-minded,theymaybenotveryhappy.

IntheArabStates,twooldfriendsmeeteachothernotonlyshookhandsandembraced,veneer.Whenthesalute,holdeachother’sleftshoulderwiththerighthand,lefthandarmsaroundtheopponent’swaist,left-right-leftfacingthreetimes.Iftwopeoplecloseto,alsowillbeissued.Believeitornot,Icannotadaptthiswaytoshowmyhappiness.

2.Thedifferentmeaningforcolors

Colorsindifferentcountryhavethedifferentmeaning.Chinesepeoplethinkredisaveryfestivecolor.Inspringfestival,Chinesefamilyalwaysuseredcolortodecoratetheirhouse,andtheywillwearredclothestoshowtheirhappiness.RedinChinanotonlyusedinfestivalbutalsousedinweddingceremony.Chinesebridewearcheongsam,weddingdressinred.

Inwestcountry,theythinkwhitemeansclean,chaste,andelegant,sotheyalwayswearwhiteweddingdressintheirweddingceremony.

But,redinBritishmeansatrocity,andwhiteinChinameansominous.Thisisaverybigdifferentintwocultures,ifpeopleneglectthiscultureshock,itwillbeadisaster.

Greenisavividcolor,butnoteverycountries’peoplelikeit.

Peoplewholiveindesertlikegreenverymuch.Intheiropinion,greenshowsvitality,theyusegreenontheirnationalflag.ButJapanesedonotlikegreen,theythinkgreenisominous.Egyptianthinkgreenisevil,andEnglishhategreenbecausetheyalwaysmakeshroudinolivegreen.

3.Flowerindifferentcountries

CarnationinChinaalwaysmeansbenediction,weusuallygivecarnationtomothertowishherhappymother’sday.Butinforeigncountries,carnationshowsrefuse.

Tulipinturkeymeansthesymboloflove,butinGermanytheythinktulipistheflowerwhichshowsindifference.

PeonyinChinameansrichandhonored,butinGermanytheythinkpeonymeansshyandovercautious.

Chrysanthemumismoreinteresting.InJapan,theyusechrysanthemumtosymbolizeimperialhousehold,butinEurope,chrysanthemumonlyusedtosacrificeatcemetery.InChina,chrysanthemumshowsintegrity,butItalyandLatinAmericacountriesthinkchrysanthemumismonsterinflower.

LotuswaterlilyinChinameanschaste,butinJapanlotuswaterlilymeansunlucky.

3.CaseSummary

Allofthemshowthatweshouldknowhowtogreetpeopleandwhatcolororwhatflowermeansintheplacewhereyouwillgo,andthatyouwillnotmakemistakeinaforeigntour.

4.Waystoavoidthecultureshock

Trytofindsomeinformationaboutthecountryandcultureyouaregoingto.

Trytohavesomecontroloveryourexpectation,youself-awareness,andyourpersonality,sinceyouwillhavelittlecontroloverthenewculture.

Trytobeopen-mindedandoptimistic.

Trytothinkthatfacinganewcultureismorelikeamentalchallengethanaphysicalone.

Lookforwardtopersonalchange-oneresultoflivinginanotherculturewillbethatyouwillbechange,youwillbeonyourwaytobecomingabilingual,biculturalperson.