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It is easy for us to find that our Chinese addressing are much more complicated than that of westerners. For westerners, it is quite common for them to call each other by given name without worrying about the generation differences. But in China, we rarely come across those situations. So English teachers should inform his or her students of the right way of addressing in front of the foreigners.

In English, we have grandparents, grandfather, grandmother, while in Chinese, we have 祖父，爷爷，奶奶，外婆，外公.

In English, we have ‘uncle’ and ‘aunt’ for those people who are the peers of our parents, while in Chinese, we have 伯伯，叔叔，舅舅等，姑妈，姨妈，婶子等.

Furthermore, in English the lower generation like ‘nephew’ and ‘niece’ have no clear distinction of which part he or she belongs to, the same is true with the word ‘cousin’

Our Chinese people attach great importance to family, and think that the blood is thicker than water. In order to show politeness, we should call those strangers in the way of addressing families. For example, 大爷，大娘，大叔，大婶，大哥，大姐，等等。

The Chinese language has many precise terms for describing family and other relationships. People in China address relatives or close neighbors as二哥，三姐，四婶，周大伯, which should not be carried over into English. English-speaking people address others by using the first name—Tom, Michael, Linda, Jane, etc.—rather than calling the person Mr. Summers, Mrs. Howard or Miss Jones. This applies not only to people of roughly the same age, but also of different ages. It is not a sign of disrespect. It is command to hear a child calling a much older person—Joe, Ben, May, Helen, etc.

Another common Chinese form of address is the use of a person’s title, office, or occupation, such as 黄局长，林经理，马校长. But English native speakers seldom address others in this way.

4.1.3 Ways of praise

Chinese people like to be modest about their own achievement, possessions and so on. This is considered a sign of modesty, but it may seem dishonest to Westerners. Here is a example. A young Chinese lady in the USA was complimented for her beautiful dress, “That’s a lovely dress you have on.” She was quite happy but replied in negative way as most Chinese people do, “No, no, it just a very ordinary dress.” The American felt somewhat embarrassed. This implies that the American’s taste in clothing was questionable. Such situation may cause misunderstanding. Westerners may think it impolite. There is anther example, A foreigner at his Chinese friend’s wedding, he said, “Your wife is very beautiful.” But his friend replied, “No, no, she is ugly.” At hearing this, the foreigner felt angry and left. The Chinese wanted to show this modesty, but in such a situation, native speakers would like to say “Thank you”.

4.2 Cultural differences in colours

People use different colours to express their different moods. Some colours have similar connotations in both cultures, but some are different.

In China, the color Red is often associated with celebrations and joyfu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。