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1、ConflictbetweenChineseandwesterncultureInrecentyears,withtheglobalizationofsociallifeandeconomy,peoplefromdifferentcountriescontactwitheachothermorefrequentlythanbefore.However,theymaymisunderstandeachotherduringtheircontactsandcauseconflicts.So,itisquitenecessaryforustoknowmoredifferenc
2、ebetweenChineseandwesternculturethatwecanreducemisunderstandingsandavoidconflictsduringthecontact.Firstofall,whatisthedefinitionofculture?Therearemanydefinitionsofculture,theonethatIagreemoreisthefollowingone.Cultureisasystemofsharedbeliefs,values,customs,behaviors,andartifactsthatthemem
3、bersofasocietyusetocopewiththeirworldandwithonanother,andthataretransmittedfromgenerationtogenerationthroughlearning.ThereasonwhyIpreferitisthatthisdefinitionincludesnotonlypatternsofbehaviorbutalsopatternsofthought.Secondly,whatcausetheconflict?Peoplefromdifferentnationsliveinthediffere
4、ntecology,material,socialandreligiousenvironment.Soeachlanguageenvironmentproducesdifferentlanguagehabits,socialculture,thelocalconditions,customsandsoon.Also,duetodifferentculturebackground,peoplealwaysliketotalkwithhisownwaystoexplaineachwordsincommunications,itcouldmakeinaccurateinfer
5、encetosomewordsandthencreateconflictsorfaults.Incross-culturalcommunication,iftwosidescan'tgointothesameculturalbackground,itiseasytomisunderstandorunabletounderstand,sothatthecommunicationmayfailure.Thirdly,therearetoomanykindsofconflictsbetweenChineseandwesterncultureformetolistandanal
6、yzeinthetext,sothefollowingIwilltalkabouttablemanner,privacyandtimeviewthesethreekindsofconflicts.Ontheaspectoftablemanner,therearemanydifferencesbetweenChineseandwesternpeoplewhichmaycauseconflicts.Forexample,insomewesterncountries,wheneatingbreadrolls,breakoffapiecebeforebuttering.Uset
7、heknifeonlytobutterthebread,nottocutit.Theyshouldnotstarteatingbeforeyourhostdoesorinstructstodoso.Atlargermeals,itisconsideredokaytostarteatingonceothershavebeenserved.Whenfinished,placetheknifeandforktogetheratfiveo’clockwiththeforkontheleft.Itisconsideredrudetoanswerth
