中西文化差异课前演讲(简约版).pptVIP

The cultural differences between Chinese and American Greeting and Parting In American, people often employ the following expressions to greet each other “Good morning/evening/afternoon. “Fine day, isn’t it? ”How is everything going?”,etc. In China, When people meet acquaintances or friends, we always say ,“Have you eaten yet?” What are you going to do?” In China, when people meet ,In order to express friendly they will shake hands with each other In American，embrace instead of shaking hands Dining tools Americans use fork and knife. Chinese use chopsticks lucky number chinese lucky number means dead USA lucky number; God use seven days to made the world,and created Adam. Removed Adam‘s seventh rib made Eve. 7 means sunday. Unlucky number Chinese people like to drink tea Americans like to drink coffee In contrast, Americans always line up, no matter in a big bank or a small grocery store. And they take it for granted. Lining up has long since become part of their life that they scarcely doubt it or grow impatient while doing it. If you are in China, it is not rare to see that a crowd of people throng in the supermarket, trying to get service first. People in China do line up, the scholar said in a humorous tone, but they prefer to line up at a horizontal way.