Cultural Differences between East and West

Ⅰ. Factors leading to the cultural differences

A. Different culture 【L1】 ______

— Eastern culture:

a) China: Yellow River

b) India: 【L2】 ______

— European culture:

a) Base: Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome

b) European culture crossed over the 【L3】 ______

B. Different language systems

— Eastern: mostly belonging to pictographic language

— Western: mostly based on 【L4】 ______

C. Other factors:

— different 【L5】 ______

— infrequent 【L6】 ______ between the East and West

a) far distance and the steep area

b) no 【L7】 ______ from each other

Ⅱ. Different behavior in people’s daily life

A. 【L8】 ______

— the Chinese greeting:

a) questions about whether you have your meal or not

b) questions about where you are going

c) two gentlemen greet with 【L9】 ______

— the Western greeting:

a) with a smile or with a “Hi”

b) shaking hands only in formal situations

B. Expressing gratitude

— the Eastern way:

a) rarely say “Thank you”, otherwise, you’re 【L10】 ______

b) an exception: 【L11】 ______

— the Western way:

a) thank you is the most 【L12】 ______ phrases

Ⅲ. How to handle culture gap

A. No 【L13】 ______ any of the cultures

— every nation has its own 【L14】 ______

— we should pay equal respect for each culture

B. Learning how to coordinate different cultures by avoiding 【L15】 ______

C. Starting to communicate by taking in strong points from the foreign cultures