中西方文化差异讲义.ppt

2A210成员： 舍长：车明祥 成员：宋通、郭天昊、王慎云、康瑶、魏乾宽 建筑工程系工程管理三班 制作人：宋通 中西方文化差异 Cultural differences between China and the West 中西方文化差异 Cultural differences between China and the West 宗教信仰religious belief 中国主要信仰佛教、道教。 The main belief in Buddhism and Taoism in china. 西方主要信仰基督教。 Christianity in the west. 节日差异Festival difference 中国传统节日有春节、元宵节、端午节、中秋节。 西方的节日有隆重的圣诞节，感恩节、复活节。在节日方面，中西方表现出巨大的差异。 Chinese traditional festivals have Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid Autumn Festival. Western festivals have a grand Christmas, Thanksgiving, easter. In festivals, the Chinese and the West show great differences. 问 候To Greet 表现：中国人打招呼，一般都以对方处境或动向为思维出发点，而西方人往往认为这些纯属个人私事，不能随便问。 Performance: Chinese people say hello, generally in the other side of the situation or trends for the starting point, and the Westerners tend to think that these are purely personal matters, not just ask. 西方人总奇怪于中国人在见面是问“您吃了吗？”中国朋友的话等于英语中的Hello或Hi，但如果照字面译成Have you eaten yet？或Have you had your lunch？外国人听起来就很怪。? 美国人会以为，这种打招呼似乎是说：“我也没有吃。走吧，我们一起去吃点东西吧。”或者说：“如果没有吃的话，我正要请你到我家去呢。”；总之，这样打招呼有时意味着邀请对方去吃饭 。 The west is always strange to the Chinese people in the meeting is to ask, do you eat it? Chinese friends words are equivalent to English in the Hello or Hi, but if literally translated into you eaten yet Have? Or you had your lunch Have? Foreigners sound strange. Americans will think that this kind of greeting seems to be saying, I didnt eat it.. Come on, lets go and have something to eat. Or, if you dont eat it, Im going to invite you to my house. In a word, it is sometimes mean to invite someone to dinner. 再如，汉语中的“上哪儿去啊？”和“到哪儿去啦？”这样打招呼的话直译成英语就是Where are you going？和Where you have been？用这两句英语来打招呼，大部分讲英语的人听了会不高兴，他们的反应很可能是：It’s none of your business! 你管得着吗！ For example, in Chinese, where are you going? And where are you going? So say hello word translated into English is are you going Where? And you have been Where? With these two English to say hello, most English speaking people will not be p