文化差异(Culture Difference):种族 National race The whole question of the changing role of Blacks in American society as been the subject of newspaper articles around the world so frequently that visitors to the United States do not know what to expect when they They may be surprised when they see that Blacks and Whites work side by side in offices ， factories ， and schools across the country The majority of Blacks in the United States， however， live in and around only a small number of American Many dark-skinned visitors arrive in the United States fearing personal attack or expecting various degrees of racial Some forms of discrimination [1] still exist ，unfortunately， especially in the areas of the housing ， schools ， and jobs The school equality is still more a dream than a There are still too many areas of the country where Black Americans do not enjoy the same full opportunities as White Americans However， the vast majority of American s are working ， studying ， and sharing public places This was not true even a few years ago in some parts of the country ， but progress is steadily being made You will be able to observe the improvement in race relations as soon as your plane lands You will see it in the airport， in public buses and trains ， in theaters ， restaurants ， rest room， in sops and libraries ， in offices and factories Close personal friendships between Blacks and Whites ， full trust and social relationships are still not common ， except in certain areas， However， even in this - the slowest area of progress-there has been change ， especially among young [1] discrimination 辨别， 区别， 识别力， 辨别力， 歧视 Excerpted from " A Guide to USA "， edited by Li Yang， Li Yi， published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research P Culture Difference 发表日期：2005-04-22 10:58:52 作者：洪恩在线 It is not a novel knowledge that culture difference exists between eastern and w estern But not until I heard the lecture given by a Chinese scholar， who has been lived in Australia for several years， did I came to understand that how different it The scholar summarized that we， as Chinese， prefer to think in a spiral， casual way， while western people， more often than not， are fond of a linear， business-i s-business Supporting the idea， he named out examples he himself experience d while staying in A Here are some Firstly， line up If you are in China， it is not rare to see that a crowd of people throng in the supermarket， trying to get service People in Ch ina do line up， the scholar said in a humorous tone， but they prefer to line up at a horizontal In contrast， in western countries， say， in Australia， people always line up， no matter in a big bank or a small grocery And they take it for Lin ing up has long since become part of their life that they scarcely doubt it or g row impatient while doing Secondly， first come， first Though in words it is a normal principle her e in China， it’s mostly not the case in Take an example of what usuall y happens in a Here when we are in a middle-sized bank， and suppose we are talking with the cashier， it always tends to have someone butt in， claiming tha t his or her request takes only one And it seems that we have already been accustomed to So has the But in western countries， it never It is always rude that you butt in whil e the cashier is serving his No matter how little time your request co sts， the cashier， more often than not， is likely to turn you Only one cust omer at a time is his Thirdly， change Suppose I am in a shopping mall and the stuff I purchase cost me 142 RMB While lining up at the casher’s and happening to check my wall et， I find I have 200 RMB and two one-yuan What will I do? To give the ca shier 200 RMB， or give him 200 RMB and the two one-yuan coins so that he could r eturn me 60 RMB， which is more convenient for both of I think when the Chinese were in this situation， they would mostly choose the la tter But the scholar said， in Australia， they won’t do He then told th at he himself did try it once， and he thought it was self-evident to do But the cashier did not So the scholar latter on summarized that western people are prone to lack of fle xibility while doing their Then how about us in their eyes? They think we Chinese have a tendency to make things What an interesting contrast! Here I don’t intend to tell which is better and which is What I try to s ay is just that we might well be in conformity with the customs and be aware of the culture differences while being Like the saying goes—while you are in Rome， do as Romans If you don’t want to put yourself in the public， bear ing all this in mind is perhaps the best Caroline This article has been read by 276 Copyright: This article was written by and first posted in HongEn The author owns the copyright， and HongEn online owns the right of using Any other unit or individual should get the author's approval before using， repasting or The author will assume all the civil and penal responsibility， directly or indirectly caused by posting the The SYSOPs and board masters have the right to reserve or delete the Reply|Digest|Return|Search Replied Articles Title Author Size Post Time Grade Re：Culture Difference tdeanxx(Tim) 1K 20 01:19 Dear Caroline， I think your scholar friend spent several years in Australia and completely miss ed the most important value represented in his That value is egalitar The principle that people should be treated When the bank teller insists on attending one customer at a time the principle i s not "only one customer at a time" it is "this customer waited in line and so w ill you， no matter how tall， how well dressed or how loud your " And you can be sure if the customer is a poor working man and the impatient man is a wel l dressed business man， the customer will very bruskly insist on his rights not to be A well run bank will have a customer service person who can answer questions， but people doing transactions must wait their My impres sion of a business or a nation where people are not treated equally in the marke tplace and a bully can obtain service without waiting is a place where there is a class oriented culture and/or where one can bribe one …………[文章太长，没有全部显示，点击本文标题阅读全文] Re：Culture Difference (caroline) 2K 20 12:25 Dear Tim， The lecture given by the scholar is mainly on English That's for he na med such He just aimed to tell the audience how important to understan d a culture is， which is different from our What you said is indeed And I am with you on The corruption in Chi na is rampant these years， you relate it with Well， I haven't thought abo ut But I do agree that the idea of class roots in many people's Like the example you took in the article， I almost could be sure that here the c ashier would definitely turn to the well dressed business You say that the poor working man will insist on his rigts not to be But here I gues s he would just pretend not to mind it and let it I myself experienced this once， in Once I was in a post office to have a p ackage You know， it was crowded inside and the people lined up in a wayw ard So when it was my turn， and when I was just about to tell the man my re quest， one guy …………[文章太长，没有全部显示，点击本文标题阅读全文] Re：Culture Difference panpanpan 210 20 08:32 You've got a sharp eye for the human conditions， T -- Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop Learning is like sailing a boat against the current; it either advances or retre Re：Culture Difference tdeanxx(Tim) 351 20 12:47 Dear Panpanpan， I wouldn't have written in such a non-diplomatic fashion except that I wanted to see what people thought， and that sort of behavior is particularly irritating t o I will try not to lose my temper when I am in C I don't want to get "kung fu'd" Great to hear from you， I want to hear more of your thou Tim Re：Culture Difference smdyfc(Dont happy) 263 20 18:05 English is so good!Do you announce some articles more again?Did you graduate?Wor ker， should have of， all of you And have brains!Can come to our company to work? -- Power is everything!!Falling behind would be beaten!! I'm never，never，never，never give up!!! Re：Culture Difference spoilme(maple) 804 22 06:02 "Thirdly， change Suppose I am in a shopping mall and the stuff I purchase cost me 142 RMB While lining up at the casher’s and happening to check my wal let， I find I have 200 RMB and two one-yuan What will I do? To give the c ashier 200 RMB， or give him 200 RMB and the two one-yuan coins so that he could return me 60 RMB， which is more convenient for both of I think when the Chinese were in this situation， they would mostly choose the la tter But the scholar said， in Australia， they won’t do He then told th at he himself did try it once， and he thought it was self-evident to do But the cashier did not " It won't happen in New Y Maybe the cashers in NY are :) -- Be not afraid of going slowly， be afraid only of standing 参考一下Diet Culture difference between China and A（中美饮食文化的差异）这篇也可以参考一下The main difference between Chinese and America eating habits is that unlike， where everyone has their own plate of food， in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody If you are being treated by a Chinese host， be prepared for a ton of Chinese are very proud of their culture of food and will do their best to give you a taste of many different types of Among friends， they will just order enough for the people If they are taking somebody out for dinner and the relationship is polite to semi-polite， then they will usually order one more dish than the number of guests ( four people， five dishes) If it is a business dinner or a very formal occasion， there is likely to be a huge amount of food that will be impossible to A typical meal starts with some cold dishes， like boiled peanuts and smashed cucumber with These are followed by the main courses， hot meat and vegetable Finally soup is brought out， which is followed by the starchy "staple" food， which is usually rice or noodles or sometimes Many Chinese eat rice (or noodles or whatever) last， but if you like to have your rice together with other dishes， you should say so early on
