Maker:GuoWanyaoLiLidanTheEast-WestdifferencesinetiquetteContentThedefinitionofmannersThecauseofmakingdifferenceThedifferenceofcommunicationmannersThedifferenceoftablemannersThedefinitionofmannersEtiquetteisnotonlythepeopleexchangerules,butalsoalanguage,andisakindoftools.ThecauseofmakingdifferenceDifferentmannersmayresultinculturaldifferences.1.CulturalBackground2.Differentvalues3.IndividualismandCollectivism4.Family5.Nationalism…Thedifferenceofcommunicationmanners1.GreetingandPartingInChina,Whenpeoplemeetacquaintancesorfriends,wealwayssay,“Haveyoueatenyet?”“Whatareyougoingtodo?”InEnglish,peopleoftenemploythefollowingexpressionstogreeteachother“Goodmorning/evening/afternoon.”“Fineday,isn’tit?“”Howiseverythinggoing?”,etc2.AddressingInChina,thesurnamecomesfirstandthenthegivenname.Whilewesternersnamesarewrittenandspokenwiththegivennamefirstandthefamilynamelast.East&WestChineseuse“title(头衔)+surname(姓氏)”toaddress(致敬)theirsuperiororeldersratherthancallthemsurnames,whilethesuperiororelderscalltheaddresserstheirnames.otherwise,theaddressermaybeconsideredasillmannered,illeducatedorrude.Inwest,Althoughtheyaredifferentinageandstatus,theycancalltheotherdirectly,namely,theirnames,evenfirstnames.Theydemonstrate(证明)thesenseofintimacy(亲密)andtheconception(概念)of”Everyoneiscreatedequal”3.ComplimentsandResponseForexample,ifahostessiscomplimentedforhercookingskill,howshewillresponseinwestandchina?East&WestAChinesehostesswillapologizeforgivingyou“Nothing”.Shewillsay“Ijustmadesomedishescasuallyandtheyarenotverytasty.”Anwesternhostessislikelytosay,”Oh,Iamsogladthatyoulikedit.Icookitespeciallyforyou.”ThedifferenceoftablemannersWest&EastInChinaMaketheeldershaveasitfirst.Washyouhandsbeforeeachmeal.Don’tspeaktooloudly.You’dbetternoteattoofastortoomuch.Don'tspeakwithyourmouthfulloffood.InChinaPutupthebowlDon'tstickthechopsticksuprightinthebowl.Lay…on…IntheWestKnifeandspoonareplacedtotherightoftheplate.Theforkisontheleft.Openthenapkinandputitonyourlapbeforeeating.Youshouldusetheforkwithyourlefthandandtheknifewithyourrighthand.IntheWestDon’tdrinktoomuch!Talktothepeoplebesideyou,butdon’tspeaktooloudly.Youcanuseyourhandtoeatchicken.Youeatonlyfromyourplate.Thetablewaresofwesternare:knife,fork,plate,napkin,goblet,serviceknifeandsoupspoon.ThetablewaresofChinaare:chopsticks,bowlandspoon.Thankyou!!!