Ca 1 A Canadian
The shipping agent is rving the customers in the way that is considered efficient in Venezuelan culture. To the Canadian, however, this is unfocud activity that is not nearly as efficient as it would be — particularly from her point of view —素媛观后感 if the agent simply dealt exclusively with her scheduled appointment./ In Canada, businesspeople typically write appointments and activities into the day’s agenda every day. They then work quentially through the agenda until they have completed each task or the day is over. In other words, Canadians prefer to do one thing at a time, while the South Americans, including Venezuelans, tend to do a few things simultaneously.
Ca 2 A dozen
As a Westerner, the American visiting professor does not quite understand the collective ownership of information in some other cultural environments. What made her annoyed is a different attitude toward information about people. In the United States, it is generally assumed that personal matters are private. Teachers go through elaborate procedures to a
ssure that students do not have access to each other实习报告模板’s grades. In business it is the same. E残歌valuations are confidential.
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Ca 3 When
As a matter of fact, the American woman was not being disrespectful. However, it is clear that her way of showing respect and welcome was different from the ancient tradition of keeping physical distance from superiors, which is still widely obrved, especially when royalty is involved.
Paul Keating, the Australian prime minister, may have intended to suggest by his gesture that Australia would no longer accept the queen as head of state but just as one of their honored guests. 松前Obviously, the British would not like it at all.
Sometimes, such emingly trivial things can influence relations between countries. That’s why protocol is taken riously and people who are to hold diplomatic posts will be given detailed and careful instructions.
Ca 22 An American
People from different cultures may consider their own communication style to be natural and normal, and therefore tend to evaluate other styles negatively. In this ca, both people are unaware of the American preference for a direct and explicit style in contrast to the more contextual African style. Both the communicators are likely to leave the situation less inclined to ask or answer questions of each other again.
Ca 23 A French
In France it is required that all calls begin with an apology for disturbing the answer. They are also expected to begin the call by checking that they have reached the right number, identifying themlves, and then chatting with whoever has answered the phone, if this person is known to them. Only after some conversation may callers indicate their wish to speak with the person they have actually called to speak to.
In contrast, callers in the U. S. A. apologize only when they feel they have called at an ina
ppropriate time; they often ask for the person they want without identifying themlves or conversing with the answer, even when that person is known to them; and they behave, in general, as though the person who has answered the phone is just an extension of the instrument itlf.
Ca 24 At a 1970
上海德语The Japane have a strong dislike of entering into direct confrontations and placing others in an embarrassing position. 枸骨树的药用价值It is very difficult for a Japane to respond to any suggestion or request with a definite “no”电影晚秋. What the Japane will often do instead is resort to a vague sort of reply to the effect that the matter needs further study and consideration. They do this to save face for the person who has made the suggestion or request, but Americans may not properly understand it and may completely misinterpret the vagueness as compliance and assume that the proposition has been accepted. But this was apparently never made clear to Nixon. That is why he included that he had been double-crosd. The misunderstanding had rious adver conquences for Japane U. S. relations.
Ca 9 In a cross-cultural
When they are being scolded by the trainers for being repeatedly late for afternoon ssions, the Chine trainees felt bewildered becau they thought it is inappropriate for the Canadian trainers to become so angry about it. In their opinion, one should not let him- or herlf behave as emotionally like this. The appropriate way to deal with such a person would be to become cooler toward and more distant from the person who behaved so irresponsibly. It was understandable that one would feel angry in this situation but it was not appropriate to show anger, for the other person would certainly lo face if anger were directed toward him or her, and the angry person would look foolish and childish and therefore also lo face.
Canadians e such situations in a very different way. They tend to explicitly express how they feel and openly criticize the person who they think has been wrong or irresponsible. It ems to them that this has little to do with face.
