跨文化交际选修课2015-2.ppt

Language and culture It’s impossible to separate our use of language from our culture. Language is a set of symbols and the rules for combining those symbols that are used and understood by a large of community of people. When we study another language, we soon discover not only symbols and sounds, but there are rules such as grammar, syntax, and intonation. – Language have a major impact on the way individual perceives and conceptualized the world. 不可望文生义的英文 1.Do you have a family? 你有孩子吗？ 2.It’s a good father that knows his son.? 就算是最好的父亲，也未必了解自己的儿子。 3.I have no opinion of that sort of man.? 我对这类人很反感。 4.She put 5 dollars into my hand, you have been a great man today.“ 她把5美圆塞到我手上说：“你今天表现得很好。” 5.I was the youngest son, and the youngest but two. 我是最小的儿子，但是我还有两个妹妹。 6.They didn’t praise him slightly. 他们大大地表扬了他。 7.That’s all I want to hear. 我已经听够了。 8.I wish I could bring you to see my point. 你要我怎么说你才能明白呢。 9.You really flatter me. 你让我受宠若惊。 10.He made a great difference. 有他没他结果完全不一样。 对外汉语考题：请解释下文中每个“意思”的意思： 阿呆给领导送红包。领导说：“你这是什么意思？”阿呆说：“没什么意思，就是意思意思。”领导说：“你这就不够意思了。”阿呆说：“小意思，小意思。”领导说：“你这个人真有意思。”阿呆说：“其实没有什么别的意思。”领导说：“那我就不好意思啦。”阿呆说： “是我不好意思。” 领导说：What do you mean by this?阿呆说：Nothing much, you know, 领导说：You are going too far.阿呆说：Well, just something trivial, not worth mentioning.领导说：You are quite interesting, you know.阿呆说：Just a little gift, and nothing else.领导说：Well, in that way I will take it and thank you.阿呆说： Its my pleasure. 外国人口中的汉语 我太喜欢吃菜.我不但吃得比较多,而且常常吃.所以我有很多吃菜关联的经验. 贪小便宜吃大亏的经验也不例外.其中一个经验是去年发生的.我很喜欢吃软柿子.一天我去超市为了买软柿子.售货员对我说如果我买一箱软柿子,那么他们就给我打折.我觉得那有很利益,所以我买了一箱.买的时它们都没熟,两个多周以后也没熟.看着软柿子让我想吃.可因为它们一点儿也没熟,他们让我心里很难受.所以在第三周我开始不管它们.第四周我觉得时间过的充分,看去它们了.我发现它们都突然熟了.熟以后,软柿子很容易烂.所以我开始天天吃两个,可竟然吃不完了.我把剩余的放在冷冻室,可几个坏得厉害 没办法弃几个.不但我弃了几个,还不能十分安享吃他们.这行为确实很傻的,我确实贪小便宜吃大亏了. Language differences 中国的相声 美国的脱口秀 多国语言 多种方言 Basics of communication are these criteria actually essential elements of communication? Communication occurs if: there are at least two