英语论文文化差异CultureDifference..doc

? ? ? Culture Difference Exhibited in Daily Life between East and West ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? XU Yushi F0203003 5020339055 ? ? ? Contents ? ? ? ? ? Abstraction P2 ? Introduction P3 ? Part I What leads to the culture difference? P3 ? Part II How differently do people behave in daily life? P Section 1 Greeting P Section 2 Expressing gratitude P Section 3 Dining P Section 4 Symbolizing P ? Part III What can we do to treat the cultural gap? P ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ABSTRACTION ? The cultures between East and West are distinguished by a rather large scale. This doesnt not only mean the opinions or ways of thinking are different. Actually, how do people behave in daily life is also not the same, sometimes even the opposite. This research will show some of the typical examples. ? ? ? KEYWORDS ? Cultural differences, the East, the West ? Introduction In many aspects of our life, we often divide the world into two parts: the eastern one and the western one. The former usually refers to Asia and the latter includes mainly Europe, North Africa and America. We divide like this not only because of the geographical location differences, but also due to the cultural differences to a large extent. In the following parts, you’ll see such differences, from the causes to the customs of the two sides nowadays. ? Part I What leads to the cultural difference? The cultures of the East and the West really distinguish each other a lot. This is because the culture systems are two separate systems on the whole. The origin of the eastern cultures is mainly from two countries: China and India. Both of the two cultures are gestated by rivers. In China, the mother river is the Yellow River while the Indian one is the Hindu River. These two cultures were developed for several thousand years and formed their own styles. Then in Dang Dynasty of China, the Chinese culture gradually went ov