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1、Culture different,What leads to the cultural difference How differently do people behave in daily life What can we do to treat the culture gap,What leads to the cultural difference The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries:China and India.Both of the two cultures are gestated b
2、y rivers.These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own styles.Then in Dang Dynasty of China,the Chinese culture gradually went overseas to Japan,mixed into the Japanese society and shaped the Japanese culture nowadays.When the two mother rivers gave birth to the e
3、astern culture,another famous culture was brought up on the Mesopotamian Plain-the Mesopotamian Civilization.This civilization later on developed into the cultures of the Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome.And these two are well-known as the base of the European culture.When the colonists of England se
4、ttled down in America,their culture went with them over the Atlantic Ocean.,How differently do people behave in daily life Greeting How do we Chinese greet each other?Informally,if we meet an friend in the street,we are used to say:“Hi,have you had your meal?”or“Where are you going?”.When it is the
5、case of two gentlemen,they tend to shake hands.However,in the western countries,the above questions are just questions,not greeting at all.They may think youre inviting them to dinner if you ask about their meals.Usually,theyll just give each other a smile or greet with a“Hi.”.Theyll shake hands onl
6、y in some formal situations.DiningEasterners use chopsticks,or sometimes even grasp rice straightly with hands as Indians do.The thin and long chopsticks cannot be used to cut food,so we usually use our teeth to act as knives.We hold our food,meat or vegetable,with the chopsticks,send them to the mo
7、uths,bite off a part of it and remain the other part on the chopsticks.Thats the usual way we eat.We are also used to hold up our bowls when having rice or soup.In the West requests that when eating,bowls and plates cannot leave the tables.Food should be cut by knives to fit into the mouths.Of cours
8、e your mouth cannot touch the plates or bowls.So the regular process is like this.You cut your steak on the plate with fork and knife,send the meat cube into the mouth with fork and nothing will be returned back but the fork alone.,What can we do to treat the culture gap Firstly,we cannot deny any o
9、f the cultures.Every nation has its own characteristics and its mainly through its culture that we first begin to know the nation and its characteristics.So we cannot say that this culture or custom is right and that is wrong.Equal respect should be attached to every culture in the world,even to tho
10、se that are not in existence any more.Next,we should get to learn how to coordinate the different cultures.We say the world is becoming smaller and smaller.More foreigners come and go everyday.When it is in the same country,the same city,the same neighborhood,the cultural collision is expected to be
11、 more serious.So we should try to avoid this happening.One important thing is to get some basic knowledge about the other cultures so as not to misunderstand some actions or habits of the foreigners.When the above two is done,we can start to communicate.We can take in some strong points from the for
12、eign cultures.Though there doesnt exist correctness in terms of culture,it does have the terms of more advanced or more suitable for the world nowadays.Of course,we cannot throw away our own culture and accept another one totally.Every culture is a treasure to the history of the Earth,so we should only pick out those we lack to perfect our own.,
