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A:Mynameiszhangting.Nicetomeetyou.B:Nicetomeetyoutoo.MynameisJohn.A:So,ah,IheardyouarefromUSA.Areyouaninternationalstudent？B:Yeah,IamstudyinghereformyPhD.ThisismysecondyearinChina.A:Oh,goodforyou.AreyougettingusedtoyourlifeinChina,yourknow,sometimeitisalittlebithardforwesternstudent.B:Yeah,you'reright,itishard,becauseoftheculturedifference.IwasgrowingupinUS,anditismyfirsttostudyabroad,soIguessitstilltakesmesomemoretimetogetusedit.A:whatisthemostdifficultthingforyoutolivehere?PerhapsIcanhelpyouout.B:Oh,really?That'ssweet.Iguessthemostdifficultthingisthecustom.LackingofknowledgeaboutChinesecustomsometimebingmetroubles.B:forexample？A:Inwesterncultureclosefriendsandevenfamilymembersthankeachotherfortheslightesthelporfavor.ItseemsverydifferentfromChina!Asimpletasklikeopeningadoororfillingoutaformisseenasexpectedbehavioramongfriends.Thereisnoneedtothank!B:That’sture.Inchina，asimpletasklikeopeningadoororfillingoutaformisseenasexpectedbehavioramongfriends.Thereisnoneedtothank.A：I’mquietafraidtodosomethingunplitetomychineseclassmatesjustbecauseofcustomdifference.B：Icantotallyunderstandit,IthappendtomewhenIlearntEnglishbefore.IthinkyoucanreadbooksaboutorsearchtheinternettoknowmoreaboutChinesecustoms.Alsoyou'dbettertomeetsomechineseguysandtalktothem，youcanlearnmorebycommunicatingA:Umm.Goodidea！B:bytheway，showingrespectforothercultureisveryimportantandwilldoforrelationshipbetweenpeopleofdifferentculture.A:Exactly.Thankyouforyouradvise.B:Oh,itisallright.Betweengoodfriends,parentsandchildren,husbandsandwives,brothersandsisters,Chineseconsideritunnecessarytosticktopoliteformulas.Theyseldommakecomplimentsofeachotheranddonotkeepthankingeachotherallthetime.Theywouldfeeluncomfortableinthatway,orawkwarddoingthis.Friendsthinkthattherelationshipisgettingdry,orassumethattheyhaveproblemsintheirrelationship.InEnglishspeakingcountries,however,thesituationistheopposite.Nomattertowhom,evenforparentstotheirlittlechild,everyoneexpressesthankstothosewhohelpandofferassistance.Thephenomenonisdescribedas“actingasanexampletoothers”and“equalityofhumanrights”.CulturaldifferencesWecanfindthatit’svarietyofculturesnow,thoughweliveinthesameworld.Facingvarityofcultures,weshouldadjustourselvestoacceptthemwhichareright.Personally,ifwecanacceptallkindsofcultures;wearegoodalongwithourfriend.What’smore,itcandeveloptherelationofourcountriesnationality.Onceuponatime,ourfamilyhadamealwithmymother’sfriendwhoisaHuinationality.Fortunately,IknowHuinationalityregardpigasgod.Soweorderedbeefinsteadohporkinthatmeal.Mymother’sfriendexpressedhissatisfy,becauseonlyafewofpeoplerememberedthisdetail.Itgoeswithoutsayingthatit’simportantthatpeopleinincreasingnumbersarebeginningtoacceptculturedifferences.Toknowmoreculturedifferences,thereareatleastthreethingswecando.Firstly,wecanreadthebooksorsearchtheinternettoknowtheculturedifferences.Secondly,wecanacceptotherculturewhichisgoodforus.Thirdly,wemustrespectotherculture,thoughwedon’tlikeit.Thewordculture,fromtheLatincolo,-ere,withitsrootmeaningtocultivate,generallyreferstopatternsofhumanactivityandthesymbolicstructuresthatgivesuchactivitysignificance.Differentdefinitionsofculturereflectdifferenttheoreticalbasesforunderstanding,orcriteriaforevaluating,humanactivity.Anthropologistsmostcommonlyusethetermculturetorefertotheuniversalhumancapacitytoclassify,codifyandcommunicatetheirexperiencessymbolically.ThiscapacityislongbeentakenasadefiningfeatureofthegenusHomo.However,primatologistssuchasJaneGoodallhaveidentifiedaspectsofcultureamongourclosestrelativesintheanimalkingdom