中国茶文化与美国咖啡文化对比研究论hay4nsaw.doc

分类号 单位代码 11395 密 级 学 号 0803210118 学生毕业论文 题目 中国茶文化与美国咖啡文化对比研究 作者：朱旭明 指 导 教 师 李 洁 专业技术职称 讲 师 学科（专业） 英 语 答 辩 日 期 2012年5月 2012年5月 A Contrastive Study on Chinese Tea Culture and American Coffee Culture A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Foreign Language Department Yulin In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts by Zhu Xuming May,2012 Acknowledgements In the English Department of Yulin First, I wish to express my gratitude to Li Jie, my thesis supervisor, and this thesis would not have been completed without her assistance. She is so kind and willing to spare her precious time on my drafts, and never do I see such a patient teacher. She would never lose her temper, though my drafts were in a disorder. She analyzed every part of my thesis that was illogical or existing grammar and spelling mistakes. So here I would like to express my deep gratitude to her. Thank her from the bottom of my heart for her patient instruction and support. Second, I would like to thank all the teachers in the English Department of Yulin Finally, I want to appreciate my parents, classmates, roommates, and girlfriend. I know it is impossible for me to complete this thesis all by myself. Without their care and help, I could not have finished this thesis on time. So, thanks again. Abstract: Tea and coffee, the representatives of the east and the west, are not just two kinds of drinks, but symbols of two different cultures. Chinese tea culture is extensive and profound. After thousands of years’ development it has become a great material and spiritual wealth of Chinese. Similarly, American coffee also has cultivated its culture in the long history. The importance of tea to Chinese is what the importance of coffee to Americans. From the perspective of intercultural communication, the thesis makes a contrastive study on Chinese tea culture and Americ