（完整版）Unit2跨⽂化交际课后题答案
Unit Two Culture Shock
Ⅰ.Fill in blanks
a. In a formal western meal, you’re offered a cond helping but you have already had enough. You should say “______”. That was delicious but I’ve already had plenty, thanks.
b. Taboos are words, expressions, et
c. that are considered as being ______ or ______. unpleasant, disgusting
c. ______ is a culture that scores high on individualism. Individual culture
d. Social distance refers to the degree of ______ or ______ between two cultures. similarity, dissimilarity
e. Becau of their ______, individualists give little thought to the ______ of others. But collectivists care very much what others in their groups think and do not like to be the targets of ______ and _______. independence, evaluations, scrutiny, criticism
Ⅱ. Key Terms
a. culture shock
b. collectivist culture
c. hospitality
d. politeness
e. privacy
Ⅲ. Short Answer
a. What are the five basic themes in individualist culture?
b. Why is there a lack of concern at public displays of physical or xual intimacy?
c. What ‘s the difference on tendency for foreigners to treat strangers between Individualism and Collectivism Theories?
Ⅳ. Ca study
(1) Analyze the ca and try to find the misunderstanding between the girl and the westerner.
A westerner invited a Chine girl to have lunch and take a tour around the British Parliament. In fact, the girl didn't have the lunch just becau when the westerner asked her "Are you hungry?" The girl answered no. Then they didn't have lunch together.
(2) Can you find some differences in hospitality between a Chine and English? What are the reasons?
An English guest: Each time a new dish arrived his parents would lean over and load my plate with tasty morls. As they had taken all the trouble to cook it I just had to polish it off. As soon as my plate was empty they would put more on. Of cour, I felt duty-bound to ear that too.
A Chine guest: Can you imagine how many dishes I had? One one -- a stew with meat and vegetables. The meat was over done and too hard to eat; green vegetables were no longer green. They never put food on your plate but just ask you to help yourlf. If you, as a guest, are shy or modest, waiting for the food to be put on your plate, you will remain half-starved.
Key to Unit Two
Ⅰ.Fill in blanks
a. That was delicious but I’ve already had plenty, thanks.
b. unpleasant, disgusting
c. Individual culture
d. similarity, dissimilarity
e. independence, evaluations, scrutiny, criticism
Ⅱ.Key Terms
a. culture shock: It is a psychological phenomenon that is experienced most often by tho who, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, in the process of adjusting themlves to a new culture.
b. collectivist culture: It is a culture that places little value on individual identity and great value on group identity.
c. hospitality: It means cordial and generous reception of or disposition toward guests.
d. politeness: It refers to consideration for others, tact, and obrvance of accepted social usag
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e. privacy: It could be understood as the right of an individual to lf-determination as to the degree to which the individual is willing to share with others information about himlf that may be compromid by unauthorized exchange of such information among other individuals or organizations.
Ⅲ.Short Answer
a. 1) There is a tendency for foreigners to treat strangers as equals, en in the politeness with which foreigners treat out-group members and their willingness to follow public rules and laws that guarantee the rights of all. 2 ) There is a desire for independence and parateness, found in foreigners' needs for their own privacy and autonomy and in the freedom they give to children. 3) There is a lack of inhibition on the part of foreigners in terms of expressive behaviors, en in their lack of concern about drawing attention to themlves and their willingness to disclo feelings and emotions. 4) There is a lack of understanding if the reciprocal bonds and duties that regulate in-group members, found in foreigners' casual attitudes towards hospitality. 5) There is a lack of concer
n at public displays of physical or xual intimacy.
b. The reason might be that even the freedom with which foreigners express love and xual desire can be en as a valorization of the individual's pursuit of personal pleasure and happiness. That this is offensive to
collectivists is not surprising, as inten dyadic fusion is a kind of personal involvement that draws loyalty on attention from the group and focus it on individual needs.
c. Individualists tend to believe in equality; their communication norms stress equal treatment of subordinate and superior, friend and stranger. In contrast, collectivists’ communication norms often stress deference; a clear demarcation is made between one’s treatment of tho above and below one in the social hierarchy. Clearly, to a collectivist, the way individualists treat strangers will em unusual and unnecessarily polite.
Ⅳ.Ca study
a. The mistake is that the westerner ud his question as an invitation. The girl understood it only as a question. According to the Chine tradition, the man should have invited her to lunch since their appointment was to have lunch first.
b. Yes. The Chine student felt disappointed at British hospitality becau she ud the Chine way of showing hospitality to judge the British one. In the story taking place in China, the westerner couldn't imagine that there should be sixteen dishes prepared for her. When she ate from the eight cold dishes, she couldn't eat anymore. It is becau a Western meal normally vers one main cour plus a starter and sweets or desrts. The fact is that different people in the world show their different hospitality in different ways.
