2021春跨文化交际期末复习题〔填空与选择局部〕
演变英语
I. Fill in the blanks to make the statements complete
1. Generally speaking, in terms of contextuality, the communication in the West is low-contextual
while that in the East is high-contextual
2. Generally speaking, in terms of world views, the West adopts Dualistic view, while the East
adopts holistic view
3. Generally speaking, in terms of thought patterns, the West follows Analytic and abstract
thinking, while the East follows synthetic and concrete thinking
4. Generally speaking, in terms of discour patterns, the West us Deductive 科名星pattern, while the East us
inductive pattern
5．In the Axial Age, the great thinkers in China are Confucius, Lao Tze, Mo Tze, and the great thinker in India is
Siddhartha Gautama, the great figure in Palestine are Hebrew prophets, and the great thinkers in the West are Plato, Homer and Archimedes
6. After twenty five years working in the bank she decided on a different vocation .
7. Finally, after arguing about the meal for five minutes it was decided he would foot the bill .
8. Despite the circumstances of the accident there were still some grey areas that needed explanation.
9. There are many different kin terms ud when talking about people's relationships in China.
10. "Mike! Meet Jane, the trouble and strife ."
11. "Ok, the argument is over. Let's forget it, live and let live you know."
12. People in English speaking countries also avoid losing face or hurting other people by telling white lies .
13. It is difficult for foreigners to understand British pub culture, especially the system of buying a round which all members of the group are expected to join in.
14.English compliments often begin with the word “you〞 while Chine compliments often start with the word “__I科学英语__〞.
15. Due to different cultural influences, the descriptions of the same or similar situations are not gained by using the same or similar words as is expected. For instance, we Chine 吹牛，but the English talk _hor_.
16. To Chine people and English people, “bear〞 has quite different figurative meanings. To Chine people “bear〞 means “cowardly and timid〞 or “stupid〞, such as笨熊,瞧那熊样, etc. However, in English, people u “bear〞 to refer to tho having special ability, for instance, “he is a_朝花夕拾好段摘抄bear_ at music.
17. To Chine people, “_tiger_〞 is referred to as the king of animals and stands for power, vigor and bravery. But in English it symbolizes cruelty. The westerners regard “_lion_〞 as the king of animals. Its connotation is courage, bravery, dignity or dominance.
18. The Chine phra “知识分子〞 has the same meaning as “intellectual 〞.
19. The following six English word: vice〞, “associate〞, “assistant〞, “deputy〞, “lieutenant〞 and “under〞 can all mean “副〞 in Chine language. But they are a little different in usage.
20. In referring to animals and birds, the Chine practice is generally, but not always ,to u “公〞 or “母〞 to show whether a creature is male or female. This is the same with the English language.
21. As far as the human culture is concerned, Chine culture holds that it is good胃气痛 but corruptible without
proper educationwhiletheAmerica culture holds that it is evil but perfectible though hard work.
II Choo one correct answer from the four choices
无可非议的意思
1. Non-verbal messages are classified into two comprehensive categories: tho that are primarily produced by the body, such as_________,________,_______; and tho that the individual combines with the tting, such as _______, _______, _______.消防安全主题班会教案D
A. physical contact, eye contact, paralanguage; space, time, man
B. facial expression, touch, taste; space, time, silence
往事立残阳C. appearance, movement, gesture; surrounding, occasion, man
D. movement, smell, paralanguage; space, time, silence
2. In Chine writing, there are usually more adjectives, proverbs and allusions than in English writing. Some Western scholars name this style “flowery〞, stating that its aim is to give a more fanciful impression than information, and the information is usually of beauty, fragrance, happiness, and any other “goodness〞 aspects so as to attract people. We may term this style as_______-oriented. Western writing is more direct with objective information. To them, much-repeated words may mean less after a while. We may term the Western writing as ________-
oriented. C
