跨文化交際英語(yǔ)教程答案

1、Unit1CommunicationAcrossCulturesWarmUpQuestions1.Whyisitdifficulttoexplaintoablindpersonwhatcolsare2.DoyousometimesfindithardtomakeyourselfproperlyunderstoodbyothersIfyoudowhydoyouthinkitishardItisverydifficultfpeopletou

2、nderstoneanotheriftheydonotsharethesameexperiences.Ofcourseweallsharetheexperienceofbeinghumanbuttherearemanyexperienceswhichwedonotsharewhicharedifferentfallofus.Itisthesedifferentexperiencesthatmakeupwhatiscalled―cultu

3、re‖inthesocialsciences－thehabitsofeverydaylifethecuestowhichpeoplerespondtheautomaticreactionstheyhavetowhatevertheyseehear.Theseoftendifferthedifferencesmayintroducemisunderstingswhereweseekundersting.ReadingIIntercultu

4、ralCommunication：AnIntroductionComprehensionquestions1.Isitstilloftenthecasethat“everyone?squicktoblamethealien”inthecontemparywldThisisstillpowerfulintoday‘ssocialpoliticalrhetic.Finstanceitisnotuncommonintoday‘ssociety

5、tohearpeoplesaythatmostifnotallofthesocialeconomicproblemsarecausedbyminitiesimmigrants.2.What?sthedifferencebetweentoday?sinterculturalcontactthatofanytimeinthepastToday‘sinterculturalencountersarefarmenumerousofgreater

6、imptancethaninanytimeinhisty.3.Whathavemadeinterculturalcontactaverycommonphenomenoninourlifetoday6Butwehavetorememberthatthedefinitionofbeautydiffersfromculturetoculture.FexampleHispanicstardsoffemalebeautyaretohavebigh

7、ipsamoderatetanashtheight.AsisdescribedinthearticleinsoutheasternNigeriaCocaColabottlevoluptuousnessiscelebratedamplebacksidesbosomsareconsideredidealsoffemalebeauty.What‘smetheidealstardofbeautyvariesfromtimetotime.Fins

8、tanceduringtimesoffaminetheidealstardofbeautyfwomenisamuchlargerbodysize.Largersizemebodyfatmayreflectone‘sstatusfitsuggeststhatthepersoniswellfedhealthy.Thinnessthenwouldreflectmalnutrition.Howeverduringtimesofplentyplu

9、mpnessisnotareflectionofstatus.Peoplemayeasilyassociatefatnesswithhypertensionheartdiseaseotherpotentialdiseases.Likewiseduringerasinwhichlowerclasslabshadtotoilpredominantlyoutsidefhoursadaytannedskinwasanindicationoflo

10、werstatustherefetheidealstardoffemalebeautywasverypaleskinwomenduringthosetimesactuallyusedalotofwhitepowderedcosmeticstoexaggeratethepalenessoftheirskin.Nowhowevertanisareflectionofhavingmeleisuretimespentonseashesinste

11、adofwkinginanofficeallthetimetherefeitmaysuggesthigherstatussowomenstrivefdarkerskintones.Itistruethatbeautyisintheeyeofthebeholderbecausepeopleofdifferentculturesindifferentsituationsmayhavedifferentideasaboutwhatisbeau

12、tifulwhatisnot.GroupWkFirstsharewithyourgroupmemberwhateverexperiencesyouhavehadincommunicationeventsthatcanbeconsideredasintercultural.Thenwktogethertodecidewhethereachofthefollowingcasesofcommunicationispossiblyintercu

13、lturalnotifitistowhatextentitisintercultural.Trytoplaceallthecasesalongacontinuumofinterculturalnessfromthemostinterculturaltotheleastintercultural.Allthecasesmayseemtobeinterculturalbuttheydifferintheextenttowhichtheyar

14、eintercultural.Howeveritmaybeverydifficultfustoplaceallthesecasesalongacontinuumofinterculturalnessfromthemostinterculturaltotheleastinterculturalfmanyotherfactshavetobetakenintoconsiderationifwehavetodecidewhichismeinte

15、rculturalthananother.Finstancewhethercommunicationbetweenamalemanagerafemalesecretaryisinterculturalnotifitishowinterculturalitmaybemaydependontheculturalsocialbackgroundsofthetwopersons.Iftheyarefromdrasticallydifferent

16、culturescommunicationbetweenthemissurelyinterculturalmaybeveryintercultural.Iftheyarefromthesameculturecommunicationbetweenthemmaybelittleintercultural.Thefollowingistentativelysuggestedfmeasuringtheinterculturalnessofth

17、ecasesofcommunicationthecasesarepresentedfromthemostinterculturaltotheleastintercultural:CommunicationbetweenaChineseuniversitystudentanAmericanprofessCommunicationbetweenaCanadiangirlaSouthAfricanboyCommunicationbetween