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DifferencesBetweenCultures
ThinkingAhead

Studentsareaskedtodiscussthefollowingquestionsingroups.Thereferenceanswersforthequestionsareofferedbelow:

1.Howdoyouthinkabouttheword“culture”?
Cultureisawordforpeople’s“wayoflife”,meaningthewaytheydothings.Agroupofpeoplehasaseparateculturewhenthatgroupsetsitselfapartfromothersthroughitsactions.Culturesarewhatmakecountriesunique.Eachcountryhasdifferentculturalactivitiesandculturalrituals.Cultureismorethanjustmaterialgoods,thatisthingsthecultureusesandproduces.Cultureisalsothebeliefsandvaluesofthepeopleinthatculture.Culturealsoincludesthewaypeoplethinkaboutandunderstandtheworldandtheirownlives.2.Whyshouldwestudycross-culturalcommunication?
Cross-culturalcommunicationreferstothestudyofsuccessfulcommunicationsacrossdifferentcultures.Itconcernstheunderstandingoftraditionandmodernization,consistencyandchange.Asweunderstandsomeoftheongoingnationalcharacteristicsofapeople,wecanexaminehowthiscultureisseenfromtheoutside,howitinteractswithotherculturesandhowitischanging.
Theincreaseininternationalbusinessandinforeigninvestmenthascreatedaneedforexecutiveswithknowledgeofforeignlanguagesandskillsincross-culturalcommunication.
Thechallengeisthatevenwithallthegoodwillintheworld,miscommunicationislikelytohappen,especiallywhentherearesignificantculturaldifferencesbetweencommunicators.Miscommunicationmayleadtoconflict,oraggravateconflictthatalreadyexists.Soitisveryimportantthatweshouldstudycross-culturalcommunication.
(Fromhttp://www.tzsy.cn/english/news/culture/200805/13-86570.html

PartIVideoTime

Inthispart,studentswillhave2taskstoaccomplish.

Task1
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Intask1,studentswillwatchavideoclipfromGuaShaandthendotheexercisesasrequired.Beforewatching,studentsaresupposedtoreadthewords,expressionsandculturalnotesrelatedtothevideo.

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Mrs.Xu:Howcomeitdoesn’tlooklikethecourtroomonTV?
Judge:Becauseitisn’tacourtroom,Mrs.Xu.Doeseitherofthecounselorhaveproblemwithmyholdinghearingsinchambers?Totellyouthetruth,becauseIcan’tstandthatawfulechointhecourtroom,youknow,windsinthegallery.(Peoplewerechuckling.
LawyerQuinlin:Noproblem,yourhonor.JohnQuinlin,attorneyforthedefense.JudgeHorowizs:WhythatI’veneverseenyouaroundbefore,Mr.Quinlin?
LawyerQuinlin:I’veneverhadthehonor,yourhonor.Er,Idealmostlywiththeintellectualpropertyrightscases.
Judge:Applesandoranges（风马牛不相及）,MrQuinlin;Thetwoareasoflawhavevirtuallynothingtodowitheachother.
LawyerQuinlin:Well,yes,ofcourse.SoItoldmyclient.Butheinsistedonmyrepresentinghim.AlsoI’dliketohavetherecordshowthatmyclientonlyhadtwodays’noticeofthishearing;alsoformeonly24hours’preparationtime.Judge:Ithinkweareputtingthecartbeforethehorse（本末倒置）,yourcounselor.Thishearingisforthepurposeofdeterminingwhetherthereissufficientevidencetoadvancecourtproceedings,sotakeoffyourlawyercaps.Andbeforewegetcaughttotheseformalities,let’sjusttalkaboutthematter.WilltheChildWelfareAgencycaretostart?
LawyerDavis:Yes,yourhonor.Wearepreparedtoproceedinanywayyousaveit.Threedaysago,wereceivedatelephonecallfromthesocialworkerondutyatSt.MatthewhospitalinformingusofapossiblecaseofchildabusediscoveredasaresultofmedicalexaminationbyDoctorMichaelLongman.UponadministratingtreatmentintheERtoDenisXu,DoctorLongmanhadreasontosuspectthatDenishadbeenthesubjectofphysicalabuse.
Judge:I’vereadthereport,Ms.Avery.Verythoroughasusual.
LawyerDavis:Asyoucansee,themedicalreportindisputablyprovesthatDenisXuhasbeenasubjectofdeliberate,long-termneglectandabuse.
LawyerQuinlin:Objection!Nofoundation,justconjectureandspeculation!
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