跨文化交际greeting-compliments-thanks.ppt

1.Greetings and Farewell2.Compliments and Responses3.Gratitude and Thanks1.1.Greetings and FarewellGood morning/afternoon/evening.How are you?How are things going?How are you getting on?How are things(with you)?Hows everything?Hows life?Hello.Hey./Hi.Greeting Western expressions2.Whereareyougoing?你上哪去？Wherehaveyoubeen?你去哪里啦？Haveyouhadyourmeal?吃过了吗？Chinese expressions 3.Greetings 打招呼/问候上哪去？上哪去？去哪啦？去哪啦？吃吃过过了了吗吗？Where are you going?Where have you been?Have you had your meal?Its none of your business!Are you going to invite me to dinner?4.Have you had your lunch?/Where are you going?A greeting An invasion of privacy ChineseWesternersnormaloffended5.The way to greet a Chinese is to say his/her name,adding a term of respect:Teacher Li,Professor Wang.A:Prof.SmithB:Yes?6.Farewell7.2.Compliments and ResponsesAmerican A:This is really a nice sweater.B:Im glad you like it.A:You did a good job.B:Thank you/Thanks.Chinese:A:Your sweater is very good.B:I bought it only for ten yuan.A:You did the job very well.B:Thats the result of joint efforts./Theres still much room for pliments and responsesActivity5,Awesterners:accept compliment with thankschinese：generally murmur some reply about not being worthy of the praise.9.Compliments and compliments responses Activity5,BFishing for compliments(Activity5,B)A:“Growing flowers is my hobby,but Im not much good at it”-B:“But these flowers are beautiful”“I wish I could do as well!”10.Fishing for complimentsA:“I really know little about the subject.”-B:Oh,come on,I know youre an expert on Chinese art.11.Activity5,C(the second situation)W:1.It is common for a man to informally give a woman compliments on her looks or clothing2.In the western culture,generally,saying that someone is old is impolite,even among family members,both privately and in public.C:It is taken as a kind of flirtation if a man compliments a woman12.3.Gratitude and ThanksGratitudeThe expressions are far more frequently used in English than in Chinese.Chinese often neglect minor favors especially among friends and members of family.They think the expressions of gratitude unnecessary and even tiresome.13.However,native Chinese speakers tend to repeat the thanks many times,which make westerners feel uncomfortable.thank you,thank you,thank you very much,gratefully appreciate your time.14.Activity6,BA：Thank you.B:Its my duty to do so./This is what I should do.15.16.