... in cross-culture communication from three aspects to demonstrate the importance of knowing the cultural background in foreign languages studying. Chapter 1: the misunderstanding caused by the different semantic meaning of a word lies in two phenomena, and showing the reason of it. Chapter 2: through three different relations between semantic meaning and pragmatic meaning of a word, to analyze the reason of misunderstandings caused by ... ...

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... of western countries. The consequence may be highly developed cities with advanced high technology but without history. A matter of course, people have different opinions for the future development of Chinese cities. There is a point of view that our modern cities should have distinguishing features and competitive ability. To some extent, a city should have its characteristics as a person ... term one. As a result, when making the urban planning, we should expand our horizon into the future and think of our descendants' life. Furthermore, sustainable development of Chinese city in the co...

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... value and the importing western cultural value has become nationwide recognized. Confronted with the enormously coming western culture and product nowadays, my point is that, we Chinese are having a kind of attitude that combined with partially acceptance, partially refusal and partially development. Firstly, we are NOT taking the "whole-refusing" conception. China is an ancient country with a ... ", which has down from dynasty to dynasty, from generation to generation for thousands of years. This kind of typical Confucian value has been largely vanished into by the end of Chinese emper...

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... well as it did if the main character, Marisa, was a white woman. It is no secret that this film is a playoff of the Cinderella story; now if Marisa was white it would just be the same old Cinderella story. The race component adds a layer of difficulty for Marisa to move out of her situation. This could also be said for the dominant ... production, to market big time actresses and movies to Latina audiences, but it definitely sent a message to the viewers. To me, this was extremely effective. Indeed, Maid in Manhattan is a Cinderella story like I earlier depicted, so the role surrounding...

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... still commit violent crimes and there are still a lot of murders. There some examples of what is going with gangs on the website http://www.iir.com/nygc/summaries.cfm. This website gives some summaries of what is going on currently with gangs, by looking at this website you can tell gangs are still a challenge for law enforcement. The computer is now ... ...

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... 2500 years. Its influence penetrated into all fields, from court politics to the everyday life of the ordinary people. Therefore, comparing Confucianism with Western culture helps people understand Chinese culture. Confucianism stresses the social structure of the society based on a hierarchical order. China has a long history of being an authoritarian society: that is, Confucius's three ... China, organizational culture was based on hierarchy where a strong authoritative person controls the whole organization. A pyramid system may show relationship between leaders and subordinates. Unde...

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... faced penalties. Families with only one child are issued a "one-child certificate". This entitles them to such benefits as cash bonuses, longer maternity leave, better childcare, and preferential housing assignments. Chinese who decide to have more then one-child face fines, pressures to abort a pregnancy, and even forced sterilization accompanied second or subsequent pregnancies. The one child policy has had some ... education than previous generations. The dramatic cut in the number of newborns has made it possible for the nation to better its educational services and optimise educati...

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... faced penalties. Families with only one child are issued a "one-child certificate". This entitles them to such benefits as cash bonuses, longer maternity leave, better childcare, and preferential housing assignments. Chinese who decide to have more then one-child face fines, pressures to abort a pregnancy, and even forced sterilization accompanied second or subsequent pregnancies. The one child policy has had some ... education than previous generations. The dramatic cut in the number of newborns has made it possible for the nation to better its educational services and optimise educati...

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... although as shown, it is not independent of other cultures. Please summarize what you have understood form our class about Chinese approaches to medicine and health. How is this different from the Western practices and attitudes we also noted, and that many of you ... the medical understanding is generated from ideas about nature. Also, there is an emphasis placed on mind and social interactions, which is apparent in their Chinese culture. Incorporated in the culture is the concept of yin-yang. A balance of hot and cold elements, it can be understood through its five ... -yang, qi is co...

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... could compete against America's dream of individualism. Also, some would argue that the loss of individualism could result in the failure of hope in the American dream. For example, "Chinese-majority society has been found with the characteristics of collectivism (Hofstede, 1984). Group orientation is considered as a key feature of ... 'self-actualization in the service of society' replaced Maslow's individually defined need for 'self-actualization'" (Yui-tim). Although China is a developing country that has a prosperous future ahead of them, Chinese citizens have not reached the fulfil...

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... to study medicine, however, his eyes widened to new experiences and developed interest in film. Due to his background, he well portrayed the Chinese stereotypical characteristics (e.g., tiger mom, strict on their child and plays mahjong while gossiping) which well illustrates each character's hardship, oppression, power dynamics ... and power struggles depicted in both the first-generation mothers and the second-generation American born daughters, who were raised in traditional Chinese ways at home while being exposed to American cultures outside of homes. At the same time, the movie dep...

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... about, it creates a comedic theme, which is created by the language used by Christopher Sly, it introduces many themes that link to the play proper i.e. deception and illusion and it summaries the play as a whole. Obviously the play proper can stand on its own, but the story of the Lords practical joke on Christopher Sly does reinforce one of the main ... ...

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... that someone of so high a rank embraced the new religion shows that its influence at the time cannot be ignored. Jonathan Spence painted a dark, but brutally realistic portrait of Chinese society in the seventeenth century. It spoke volumes in terms of explaining why China has long languished behind other countries, in terms of progress. Instead of moving forward, the society ... steadfastly held onto the customs and traditions established generations earlier. This refusal to implement social reforms affected every aspect of the Chinese political and intellectual histories. Women were la...

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... , giving the impression that a woman's value is based on her appearance, and that popularity is derived from beauty. Thus, in many TV shows such as housewives, keeping up with Kardashian, Cinderella for little girls, and so on, they usually put beautiful women so frequently that makes them believe that with a good body, make up, self-sacrifice, they can look stunning as ... ...

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... statements that should have applied to most humans or parents or whatever the case and they just discussed it in terms of the mother. In this chapter where they said "mother," they included "fathers" as well, and where they talked about lesbians they included dialogue on gays as well. There was ... a lot of hard fact and not author opinion. On the other hand, a lot of the chapter was just a psychology review. The basic premise of the chapter was that there is no distinct psychology or personality for women. For the most part, a woman's personality is based on her ... upbringing and cul...

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... , another cruel example of the inequalities that exist in a supposed public space. Kay J. Anderson's article on Vancouver's Chinatown details how social constructions were created to slow down the progress of Chinese immigrants in Canada. The public policy of the late 19th and early 20th century was one of prejudice and discrimination. "[Chinatown is] an ulcer lodged like a piece of wood in ... zone," (Anderson 592) in which certain laws can be bypassed simply because of the location which they are taking place in. The stereotype that "the Chinese are always on the lookout to evade [the ...

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... This is the first time we see the peasants up rise and they become the oppressors and the aristocrats become the oppressed. In Book 2, Chapter 21 The peasants have taken on the characteristics of their long-time oppressors, now they are threatening to murder any of the aristocrats who disobey their ... turning of attitude in the peasant class. Before the up rise was for freedom from oppression but now it is turned to murdering. In Book 2, Chapter 23 This completes the change. The peasants have turned into what they overthrew, they are blood draw and savage. All they want to do is ... mu...

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... taking an interest in them. It got to a point where he had lost almost all of his societal ties, becoming more and more a deviant. Chapter 2 As the book progresses, Sam's ties to the criminal theories become more evident. As he associates himself more and more with the criminal underworld, ... profit from their thefts, thereby luring them into committing a deviant act. However these types of thieves are just one type of thief named in the chapter. There are many more that provide illegitimate business opportunities for a fence like Sam. As Sam's business grows, so does the amount of thi...

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... , in her refusal to embark on a clandestine affair with Newland, displays a considerable degree of ethical standards which are not dictated by society. In chapter four, when Newland and May go to Mrs Mingott's, it is clear that Ellen is the one who is independent and follows her own course of ... her, which in another social context would be perfectly acceptable, it is clear that in this culture, such a meeting would be unheard-of. In chapter five, there is considerable irony in the discussion on freedom which takes place between the characters. Newland has already expressed some vague di...

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... throughout the book. Atticus Finch is a fairly static character. He didn't change much throughout the story, but in chapter 13, Scout witnesses a change in him. At the end of this chapter, Atticus tries to explain to Scout and Jem about where they came from and he speaks harshly to Scout when she ... in one another's presence" (Goffman 15). In this scene, Scout witnesses how Atticus' behavior changes when he is in the presence of Aunt Alexandra. In chapter 2, Scout goes to school for the first time. Scout's first grade teacher, Miss Caroline, calls on her to read the alphabet, which she ...

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Judge Dee and Chou Chin Judge Dee is an essay written by Chinese author, Dee Goong An. This essay tells us a great deal about law, culture, and social status in China under the Ming dynasty. The story is about a young bride who is ... this crime and appropriating the right sentence for the perpetrator. The article tells the reader a lot about how social status and the law came into play during this era in Chinese culture and society. Another essay that explains social status under the Ming dynasty is "The Scholars" by Wu Ching-Tzu. This is the tale of a scholar by the name of ... desk set w...

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... the Western culture because of their preference in living. "Ungentlemanly behavior. It's a British sport after all". This cultural view on dancing does not differ much from my Chinese cultural values. From what I know, the Chinese really emphasize on cleanliness, modesty, and good behavior. Dancing and outward displays of affection goes against all of these three elements in that in a sense it seems ... to imply that it was ok to indulge in self-gratification. However, as an American born Chinese, I do feel that dancing is appropriate at times, and I do not feel shameful about it. Compr...

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... individuals who emigrated from China over the course of the 19 to 20th centuries. Negative stereotypes of Chinese immigrants such as opium smokers, gamblers and so forth reflected law or court rulings to regulate Chinese form participating socially and economically in the community. Yee Clung was a Chinese immigrant whose right to hire white women was rejected by Saskatchewan's white women's labour law in ... ...

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... It was most clearly established, oddly, in an ambitious attempt to discredit the notion that such links exist." The above text deals with the chapter titled "The social scientists and the great experience." In 1965 the social scientists began to reach out from the campuses to join in the excitement ... policy," in which we find three chapters entitled "what do we want to accomplish," "the constraints on helping" and "choosing a future." The first chapter explains the goals and achievements in which our social policies try to obtain. It sites specific examples of everyday things of how th...

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... that focuses on family services. What is similar between the two texts books is that they both focus on patriotism and filial piety. The individuals that are modeled in the Chinese texts books are the people who are dedicated to building a new society in China. Two other points that the books help to teach are: self-sacrifice and hard work. They ... got caught in a blizzard with the sheep. He was able to survive overnight in the blizzard and he managed to keep all the sheep together and alive. (Ibid: 141) The Chinese stress the importance of manual labor in their texts. Constantly indiv...

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