CulturalDifferences.ppt

Cultural￿￿￿Differences￿￿￿￿What￿problems￿may￿be￿caused￿by￿our￿failure￿to￿recognize￿cultural￿differences?￿•￿￿Nowadays￿the￿world￿is￿becoming￿much￿more￿mobile￿than￿ever￿before.￿under￿this￿circumstance,￿it￿is￿not￿uncommon￿to￿find￿some￿problems￿caused￿by￿the￿ignorance￿of￿cultural￿difference.firstly,￿this￿ignorance￿may￿cause￿some￿tension￿between￿outsiders￿and￿the￿local￿people.￿for￿example,￿it￿is￿a￿custom￿for￿some￿arabic￿women￿to￿cover￿their￿body￿tightly￿in￿the￿street.￿if￿you￿point￿at￿it￿or￿even￿laugh￿at￿it,￿the￿people￿there￿would￿certainly￿be￿greatly￿offended.￿secondly,￿the￿failure￿of￿recognizing￿cultural￿of￿the￿difference￿can￿lead￿to￿misunderstanding￿between￿people.￿as￿far￿as￿i￿know,￿nodding￿the￿head￿means￿no￿rather￿than￿yes￿in￿certain￿area.￿this￿would￿very￿possibly￿causes￿some￿misderstanding￿when￿you￿ask￿for￿permission￿for￿something￿else.￿lastly,￿the￿ignorance￿about￿each￿other's￿culture￿can￿even￿cause￿clashs￿or￿wars￿between￿counties,￿which￿is￿fully￿confirmed￿by￿history.How￿can￿we￿deal￿with￿cultural￿differences?￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿￿First,we￿should￿respect￿other￿cultures.Different￿culture￿have￿different￿features.Though￿different,they're￿all￿the￿treasures￿of￿human￿intelligent.They￿stand￿for￿the￿development￿of￿civilization.Second,it's￿better￿for￿us￿to￿learn￿more￿about￿other￿cultures.Once￿knowing￿more,we￿can￿understand￿others￿better￿and￿make￿less￿mistakes￿when￿communicating￿with￿people￿of￿different￿cultures.Last￿but￿not￿the￿least,as￿the￿old￿idiom￿says"￿when￿in￿Rome￿do￿as￿the￿Romans￿do".￿￿￿￿There￿may￿be￿many￿other￿things￿we￿can￿do￿between￿different￿cultures.But￿the￿most￿important￿,I￿think,is￿the￿recognition￿and￿respect￿of￿each￿other. When contacting a totally new civilization other than one’s own, some people may feel confused or in disorientation. At that time , you are encountering “Culture shock (文化冲击)”. So, In what ways can we cope with culture shock? Study of western culture，Take the essence and discard the dregs.Understand our culture......Thank￿￿you￿for￿￿listening！！。