大学生跨文化交际案例分析2014年定稿

Case Study

Unit1A

Q、What made the Britisher feel quite unhappy in this situation? Answer: The loud speaking and speaking their native language made the reserved Britisher feel quite unhappy.

As we know, the Englishmen are reserved. They seldom show their generosity and hospitality to strangers. Usually, they are cold and rarely open shows of feeling. What’s more, they look down on more excitable people and actions that they think less reliable. One important point we should keep in mind is that conversation in Britain is in general quiet and restrained and loud speech is considered ill-bred.

Unit1B

Q;Why did the American feel uncomfortable? Please give him suggestio ns on how to get along with English people.

American: outgoing/optimistic/casual/friendly

English: Reserved/polite

Because he did something that he thought it was friendly, but the English seemed unfriendly to him.

Suggestions:

On the whole British habits of politeness are very informal. All politeness is based on the elementary rule of showing consideration for others, and acknowledging the consideration they show to you.

2.Conversation in Britain is in general quiet and restrained and loud speech is considered ill-bred.

Unit1C

China is a society of complicated social relation. Friend is a very important factor in society. Chinese people take care of maintaining friendship and tend to avoid direct conflict or making other lose face. In this case, to maintain the face of Jimmy, I would not mention the borrowed money in the face of Jimmy. But Jimmy keeping reminding "I" of the money made "I" feel quite embarrassed, and a bit angry. "I" thought Jimmy was not friendly. America is a society advocates individualism and their social relation is quite loose. They think friend is friend, money is money. What's more, compared with Chinese society, it is one with low-contexted culture, in which people would put everything in words and say it directly. In the case, Jimmy reminded "I" once again about the money lest "I" forget about it. To Jimmy, it was the fault of "I" not mentioning about the borrowed money earlier. So, when "I" asked about it, he said "Why didn't you remind me earlier?" What’s more, Americans don’t readily

give money to others, which will most likely render a sense of humiliation about one’s ability to earn one’s own living. So in this case, Jimmy is a bit annoyed for “I” not remind him to pay back the borrowed money. He thought that he had been looked upon by “I”.

Unit2A

Would you please make suitable explanations for his declining the promotion so that Joe would understand him ?

Because in China, it emphasizes cooperation among group members and individual success is due to the collective effort of the staff in a unit ,an organization or a community, so he think he should not receive the honor personally.

Unit3 A

case1:

Q1：He will feel amazing and sympathy for her ,for which she is old enough but still living alone.

Q2: 1)Their financial support is often provided by government-sponsored social security or welfare systems that decrease their dependence on the family.

2)old people often seek their own friends rather than becoming too emotionally dependent on their children.

3)Many old people do not want to have to rely on their grown children The same spirit of independence that guides child raising and young adulthood affects older people.

Unit3B

Case 1

Because Jackson thinks friendship is mostly a matter of providing emotional support and spend time together.This situation creates dependence of one person on the other and it goes against the principle of self--dependence.

Case3

Q1.They broken their friendship because they finished they common chemistry class and didn’t see each other very much at school .No one should be blamed for it because the different cultures between Jordan and Steve lead to different attitudes to friendship.

Q2.No I don’t think so. Because American friendship is impermanent and based on a shared class , activity or event .If one drops out of it , the relationship will be fragmented.

Unit 5 passage A