Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the words you hear. In the globalized society of the 21st century, we need to understand different cultures. Understanding different cultures helps us 1) ___________ unfamiliar environment in which we meet, work and live with other people from different cultures. Adjustment and 2) ___________ toward different cultures help us to take active roles in the 3) ___________ society. It is not only a matter of knowing what to say or when to arrive for a meeting, it also involves a continued effort to 4) ___________ our partners' culture and etiquette. We need to know and respect their greeting practice, gift-giving etiquette, table manners, and other aspects of etiquette. In a word, we need to be 5) ___________ to other cultures to be successful in this world.
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- Etiquette is dependent on culture; that is to say, peole in different cultures have different kinds of etiquette.
- People from different cultures will always understand you even if you make etiquette mistakes.
- People from other cultures have a different understanding of—————————————— .
- Which one is not ethnocentric attitude？ A: Lifestyles in other cultures are not as valid as those in my culture B: I have little respect for the values and customs of other cultures C: My culture should be the role model for other cultures D: People of other cultures are different from me
- We all need art, need arts to 1)________ ourselves spiritually, really. And to 2) ____________: to learn about other people, other cultures ... 3) ____________.