American culture The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals' value， the pursue of democracy and freedom， the promotion of deploitation(开拓， 经营) and competition and the need of realistic and Its core is individualism: self first， personal need first， pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment， emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self- This type of intentionally build up of personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons， it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation; on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the entire society lack of American citizens emphasize on achievements and respect They have great sense in their hearts to praise success and Personal achievements are one of those with the highest value in Americans Americans have very strong senses of Success is the pursuit of most Americans， it is their attractive future and the incentives for moving They believe that one's personal value is equivalent to his achievements in his Some high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs， scientists， artists and all kinds of super starts became modern The process and result of how they strived have become the frame of reference of social cul ture value and the real life text book for parents to educate their American society has great movements within These movements are shown in two aspects: movements amongst locations and movements inside the The United States are relatively more open and have more Developed transport and the tradition of adventure and sporty makes a lot of American migrate from countryside to cities， from downtown to uptown; and from north to the southern sunny land， from one city to
Western cross-cultural communication often appear in the cultural conflict Cross-cultural communication in the Central and Western appears in the culture there are many kinds of conflicts， and here we have only listed the more common of 1 privacy conflict China's concept of privacy has been relatively weak， and that the individual should be vested in the collective， with the stress unity， fraternity， mutual concern， therefore often very willing to understand other people's mixed， the other side is also willing to frankly相告 And the only way to show how care about each other when the other side real friends to Westerners， by contrast， they are very focus on privacy， and emphasize personal space， a strong sense of personal， not too many others to mention their own affairs， even more reluctant to let others Even more are close friends， they would talk Enough is Therefore， in both Chinese and Western on the issue of privacy often conflicts， such as: China's first meeting will often asked each other's age， marital status， children， occupation， income and even in the eyes of the Chinese people is an act of courtesy， but in the West think that the eyes of these issues a violation of their 2 hours of the conflict Western concept of time is very， very cherish their time in life tend to advance on the time made careful arrangements and plans， and develop a good habit of flying In the West， to visit someone， prior notice or agreement， and indicate the purpose of visit， time and place， the business will be conducted China's people are more accustomed to the time of the countries in the use of time is very arbitrary， as Westerners generally not as strict accordance with the plan， sometimes even met with others may be just a temporary decision or early half only hours， flying in the punctuality extent， the less stringent， a few minutes late is very common And the reason is a pretext for the sale， any traffic jam ah， what is happening at home from the provisional body can not ah， and so This area vary greatly with Westerners， Westerners are often able to meet this， it is difficult to However， the Chinese people have taken for granted， do not feel there is any 3 courtesy of the phrase conflict China has always been a more traditional areas of the China also has been modest attention in communication with the people， emphasizes "Belcher own statue，" see this as a virtue， which is a rich Chinese cultural heritage， courtesy We commend the people， we tend to a self-criticism to show modest and This is particularly prominent in the name， such as on their own to others will be introduced his wife: "This is Jianna!" My son will be "Quanzi" and said that he is "I" and so But others call it is a light put words: your father's parents are Liantang， and the other is the son of the son， and so Them to as a courtesy， a courtesy， others under their own In particular， by praise or recognition， the Chinese people always like this sentence: "Where where your winning! When not afraid!" On the contrary， the Western countries have no such cultural practices， when they are praised， the Association is pleased to say "Thank you" acceptance of other people's Initial contact with the Chinese people may also think that this is a narcissism what? Westerners call expression and the Chinese seem to the contrary， the more intimate relationship， the more accustomed am having its Traveled around the United States in the "Family album USA，" the grandson Robbie see Grandpa， called the "Voice of Grandpa，" Grandpa immediately corrected to "Call me Malcolm" appears briefly Duida， yet they Jiesunlia to narrow the gap between the In the eyes of Chinese people， this is kind of great disrespect is absolutely not The difference between Chinese and Western cultures， we believe that the West is too self-confident， without modesty， and when Westerners have heard that the Chinese people to deny others their own tribute or hear their denial of their own achievements， even when their criticism of worthless ， would be very surprised that the Chinese people
