are usually different in different cultures.
A: table manners
B: polite
C: table
D: customer
A: table manners
B: polite
C: table
D: customer
举一反三
- (餐桌礼仪) are usually different in different cultures.
- 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.
- Read Table 13 on Pages 236-237 which shows how gender roles are distributed in different cultures. Find out the top 5 cultures of femininity and write out the Chinese versions: 1. ____________________; 2. ____________________; 3. ____________________; 4. ____________________; 5. ____________________.
- Different culture has different ways of using language. In terms of degrees of directness, Anthropologist Edward Hall identified two kinds of cultures, namely ________cultures and ________cultures.
- Brush up on table manners and the basics of business etiquette before you go. This may help you avoid inappropriate behavior in a different culture.