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CulturaldifferencesbetweenChinaandAmericaOpinion／意见WayofLife／生活方式Punctuality／准时Contacts／人际关系Anger／对待愤怒Queue／排队SundaysontheRoad／周日的街景Party／聚会Intherestaurant／在餐厅HandlingofProblems／处理问题Threemealsinaday／三餐What'sTrendy／时尚Transportation／交通工具Elders’dailylife／老人的日常生活Thechild／孩子oneself／自我TheBoss／领导MoodsandWeather／心情与天气WelcomeXiaoge!GreetingandParting•InChina,Whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends,wealwayssay,“Haveyoueatenyet?”Whatareyougoingtodo?”•InEnglish,peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/evening/afternoon.“Fineday,isn’tit?”Howiseverythinggoing?”,etcThanksandResponses•InChina,“Thankyou”isnotfrequentlyusedbetweenintimatefriendsandfamilymembersbecauseitmayimplyacertaindistancebetweentheaddresserandtheaddressee.•“Thankyou”iswidelyusedinEnglishtoshowgratitudeinsuchcasesasbeinginvited,helped,givenagift,etc.AskingPersonalAffairs•PeoplefromChinadonotregarditasaskingpersonalaffairswhentheyaskothersname、age、maritalstatus、wages、personallife、beliefandpoliticalpoints.Itisregardasconcerns.Whilethewesternswillthinkyouviolatetheirrightofprivacy.•whenwetalktothewesterns,wemustavoidaskingsomequestionslikethis:•“Howoldareyou?”•“Areyoumarried？”•“Howmanychildrendoyouhave？”•“Howmuchdoyoumake？”•“Doyougotothechurch？”Invitation•InthecultureofBritishandAmerica,itisveryimportanttoconsultatimebeforeyouinvitesomebodytoattendabanquetortakepartinsocialactivities.Esp.inAmerica,invitesomebodymeansyouareborrowtimesofothers.Sotheyrespecttimeverymuch.WhileinChina,peopleareprefertoanuninvitedguest.ComplimentsandResponse•AChinesehostesswillapologizeforgivingyou“Nothing”.Shewillsay“Ijustmadesomedishescasuallyandtheyarenotverytasty.”•Anwesternhostessislikelytosay,”Oh,Iamsogladthatyoulikedit.Icookitespeciallyforyou.”