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ness of culture. In cross-cultural communication, people are required with not only the knowledge of phonetics, grammar, vocabulary, language , but also the understanding of English. If not, misunderstanding caused by cultural barriers may occur. So it’s important to taech cultural konwledge in English teaching.

      

4.  Differences between Chinese and English cultures

Due to the differences in geography, development level, different countries and nationalities possess different cultures, histories, customs and religion, misunderstandings often occur in English teaching.With the development of modernization, the world itself is becoming a “global village”. Opportunities for Chinese to contact with westerners are growing,  teaching  should focus on culture study and learn the skills of communication. Otherwise, there will be “culture shock” during the cross-cultural communication.

The followings are the details of cultural differences.

4.1   Cultural differences in daily conversation

4.1.1   Greetings and Farewells

Having been influenced by international greetings, Chinese intellectuals are accustomed to say “您好!” “您早!” “早上好!” “晚安!” With the more and more frequent communication, greetings have been diversified dramatically since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China. You may greeting one of your acquaintances by asking, “上街买菜了?” even it is obvious that he is going out for shopping because he is carrying a basket; asking about whatever you see; by asking “上班啦?” if seeing somebody taking a handbag; by asking “旅游啦?” if seeing somebody taking luggage. Western people, however, will be amazed at your words, since you have seen that he is obviously going out for shopping, for office or for travelling. Why do you still ask question like “Are you going out for shopping” and so on? And the ultimate comment is “What a stupid question!

In China, people would said to a visitor from afar, “你一路辛苦了。” But if he is an English native speaker, Chinese usually put the sentence into English like this, “ I am afraid you must have had a tiring journey.” It will make him/her uncomfortable, for it does not meet the culture background of English speaking countries. The right expression is “Did you have a good trip?/ Did you enjoy your journey?” Or “How was the trip?”

When Chinese meet, they often say “上哪里去？” which if translated literally, would be “Where are you going?”. The natural reaction of most English-speaking people would most likely to be “It’s none of your business” to thins greeting. Another expression is “你吃了吗?” which is a common greeting around meal time. It means nothing more than “Hello” or “Hi”. But to westerners, it could indicate an invitation to a meal.

When Chinese part, the hosts see the visitor to the door or gateway. It is customary for the guest to say to the hosts 请留步. The final words of the hosts are usually 慢走，走好，慢点儿开. None of these should be interpreted directly. Stay here would sound strange; Go slowly, Walk slowly or Drive slowly would be equally so. Native speakers usually say G本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。