1、Maker:GuoWanyaoLiLidanThe East-West differences in etiquetteContentnThedefinitionofmannersnThecauseofmakingdifferencenThedifferenceofcommunicationmannersnThedifferenceoftablemannersThedefinitionofmannersnEtiquetteisnotonlythepeopleexchangerules,butalsoalanguage,andisakindoftools.Thecauseofmakingdiff
2、erencenDifferentmannersmayresultinculturaldifferences.1.Cultural Background2.Different values 3.Individualism and Collectivism 4.Family 5.Nationalism Thedifferenceofcommunicationmanners1.Greeting and PartingnIn China,When people meet acquaintances or friends,we always say,“Have you eaten yet?”“What
3、are you going to do?”nIn English,people often employ the following expressions to greet each other“Good morning/evening/afternoon.”“Fine day,isnt it?“”How is everything going?”,etc2.AddressingnInChina,thesurnamecomesfirstandthenthegivenname.nWhilewesternersnamesarewrittenandspokenwiththegivennamefir
4、standthefamilynamelast.East&WestnChineseuse“title(头衔)+surname(姓氏)”toaddress(致敬)theirsuperiororeldersratherthancallthemsurnames,whilethesuperiororelderscalltheaddresserstheirnames.otherwise,theaddressermaybeconsideredasillmannered,illeducatedorrude.nInwest,Althoughtheyaredifferentinageandstatus,theyc
5、ancalltheotherdirectly,namely,theirnames,evenfirstnames.Theydemonstrate(证明)thesenseofintimacy(亲密)andtheconception(概念)of”Everyoneiscreatedequal”3.Compliments and ResponsenFor example,if a hostess is complimented for her cooking skill,how she will response in west and china?East&WestnAChinesehostesswi
6、llapologizeforgivingyou“Nothing”.Shewillsay“Ijustmadesomedishescasuallyandtheyarenotverytasty.”nAnwesternhostessislikelytosay,”Oh,Iamsogladthatyoulikedit.Icookitespeciallyforyou.”Thedifferenceoftablemanners West&EastIn ChinauMaketheeldershaveasitfirst.uWashyouhandsbeforeeachmeal.uDontspeaktooloudly.
7、uYoudbetternoteattoofastortoomuch.nDontspeakwithyourmouthfulloffood.In ChinaPutupthebowlDontstickthechopsticksuprightinthebowl.LayonIn the West n nKnifeandspoonareplacedtotherightoftheplate.Theforkisontheleft.n nOpenthenapkinandputitonyourlapbeforeeating.n nYoushouldusetheforkwithyourlefthandandthek
8、nifewithyourrighthand.In the Westn nDontdrinktoomuch!n nTalktothepeoplebesideyou,butdontspeaktooloudly.n nYoucanuseyourhandtoeatchicken.n nYoueatonlyfromyourplate.The tablewares of western are:knife,fork,plate,napkin,goblet,service knife and soup spoon.The tablewares of China are:chopsticks,bowl and spoon.Thank you!