1 跨文化交际重点归纳 Unit 1 Intercu ltu ral Commu nication What is culture? Culture is the total accumulation of beliefs, customs, values, behaviors, institutions and communication patterns that are shared, learned and passed down through the generations in an identifiable group of people. Generally speaking, culture is the way of life. Culture is everything and everywhere. Thanks to culture, without it we can’t survive in society A metaphor 比喻 of culture We compare culture to iceberg. It suggests that only small part of it is visible while most of it lies concealed. Habits, dress and manners are visible. Worldview, value systems, ways of thinking, national character and any other deep concepts are foundation of visible part. “Where are you going?” in China ,we give a general answer to it. Chinese culture emphasizes on social relationship and the heavy interdependence between Chinese people. In western countries, it may be interpreted as an intrusion into one’s 2 privacy. The underlying individual-oriented relationship is the invisible part of the iceberg. exercise 1. If you are a tourist guide, what are you expected to say when you are showing the foreign visitors to another site? A. This way, please. B. Come here, please. C. Follow me, please. D. Move on. 2. A visitor stops you in the corridor of your head-office probably to ask for the way. What is your most likely reply to the visitor’s “Excuse me”? A. What’s the matter? B. Yes? C. That’s all right. D. Don’t worry. 3. At a fair, a visitor, accidentally having knocked down your poster, says, “I’m terribly sorry.” What should you reply? A. It doesn’t matter. B. Never mind. C. Don’t worry. D. That’s all right. What is...
