跨文化交际-Unit 2

Some likely possibilities
6. Ms. Kelsen may feel that accepting the gift would put her under obligation to Frank. (Most Westerners feel that accepting a valuable gift entails a degree of reciprocity.)
4. Ms. Kelsen may feel that she only did her duty, so she has done nothing to deserve such a special gift.
5. Ms. Kelsen may feel uncomfortable because she assumes Frank cannot afford to give expensive gift.
Some likely possibilities
1. Ms. Kelsen may feel that teachers should not accept gifts, especially valuable ones, from students. (In the West, it is rare for individual students to give teachers gifts, especially expensive ones.)
The gift
Interpretation question
Why do you think Ms. Kelsen won’t accept the gifton question: Why do you think the taxi driver is asking for $50.00 instead of $32.50?
2. Ms. Kelsen does not think it is right to accept a gift, especially a valuable one, just for doing her duty as a teacher.
Some likely possibilities
3. Ms. Kelsen is afraid that other people will find out that she has accepted the gift, and that they will think she took a bribe.
➢ In such situations, there are often more possible explanations than we might initially think.