中西方文化的不同 中英文對照

1、The Differences between Chinese and western Culture,Diet,首先,中國人和西方人在飲食上是不同的概念。中國人民正在關(guān)注的味道。他們追求所有的色、香、味。但西方的概念合理飲食。他們追求提高和他們吸收熱量和蛋白質(zhì)。中國人民非常小心地選擇食物。他們只使用新鮮的材料來制造可口的食物。西方國家像英國或美國,他們沒有新鮮的食品,因?yàn)樗鼈儚某匈I他們的食品,只出售存儲材料中國有很多的想法和技巧用于烹飪。 例如,我們可以煮雞在超過十種方法,人們就可以品嘗所有他們津津有味。西方的人并沒有很多技能用于烹飪,他們大多只煮、蒸、烤食品。,For one thing

2、, Chinese and Westerners are different concepts in the diet. Chinese people are focus on the taste. They pursue all the Color, flavor and taste. But Western concept of rational diet. They pursue nutrition and they absorb Calorie and protein .Chinese people choice food very carefully. They only use f

3、resh material in order to make delicious food. Western country like English or American, they dont have fresh food because they buy their food from supermarket which only sells stored materials. Chinese have a lot of ideas and techniques for cooking. For example, We can cook a chicken in over ten wa

4、ys and people can taste all them with relish. Western people do not have many skills for cooking, mostly they only boil, steam and bake the food.,The atmosphere of Western-style food is particular about scenery. The good restaurant is generally built in the beautiful mountaintop, park or the revolvi

5、ng dining-room of the city center high building. So Western-style food is “Eat the scenery” but not “Eat taste”. 在西方，人們看重就餐的環(huán)境。一家好的餐館最好建在風(fēng)景如畫的山頂、公園或者城市中心的高樓上。所以西餐吃的不是味道，是環(huán)境。 The atmosphere of Chinese food is particular about taste and participation. Chinese food conquers the world with taste. There

6、is a folk adage in China “If I want to conquer your heart, I will conquer your stomach first”. Everybody sits around table while eating Chinese food, everybody is eating the dish in the same plate, the hospitable host will also nip the dish into your bowl, it is so friendly. The friendship between p

7、erson and person is deeper after a meal. 在中國，人們看重食物的味道與分享。中餐以美味征服世界。中國有句古話：欲征服人心，先征服人胃。進(jìn)餐時(shí)，大家一起圍坐在餐桌旁，所有人共同分享一個盤子中的食物，主人還會熱情的為你夾菜。一頓飯后，人們之間的情誼會加深。,Whats more ,Chinese and westerners are different ways and manners in the diet. As well as Im concerned, there is also a huge difference between Chinese a

8、nd Western people, I think. Chinese people use chopsticks and western people use fork and knife. Chinese just use chopstick to pick things and pass it into their mouse . But western people who use fork and knife will use fork to hold the meat and cut it by knife and use fork to help to get that piec

9、e of meat into mouse. Apart of this, Chinese people only have three meals during a day. But western people will have more, they have afternoon tea. Usually they would have fruits, homemade cake, tea and cheese. 更重要的是,中國人和西方人的飲食都是不同的方式和禮儀。以及我所關(guān)心的, 我想中國和西方的人們也有一個巨大區(qū)別。中國人使用筷子和西方人民使用刀叉。中國只是用筷子把東西并將它送到他們

10、的嘴巴。但是西方那些使用刀叉將使用叉子來保存肉，使用刀和叉的以幫助來吃到這一塊肉。除了這個,中國的人們只有在一天三頓飯。但西方的人們將會有更多,他們喝下午茶。通常他們會有水果、蛋糕、茶和奶酪。,The Differences between Chinese and western Culture,Wedding,中西方婚禮的差異,LOVE,Chinese weddings,Chinese wedding customs are still maintained traditional style. Chinese wedding wearing a red cheongsam. The Chi

11、nese regard the color red as the symbol of happiness， success， luck， faith and growth They like red very much， which comes from worship of the Sun In traditional Chinese weddings， there are double Xi characters in red， red scarves， red flowers and the bride wears a red coat. 中國的婚禮習(xí)俗仍保持著傳統(tǒng)的風(fēng)格。中國婚禮上新娘

12、穿一件紅色旗袍。中國人將紅色看做是幸福、成功、好運(yùn)、忠誠和繁榮的象征。他們很喜歡紅色，其實(shí)是由于對太陽的崇拜。在傳統(tǒng)中國婚禮上，有紅色的“囍”字、紅色的絲帶、紅花和新娘的紅衣。,The food the bride eats has cultural significance .In traditional weddings， the bride usually has red dates， peanuts， longans and melon seeds The meaning is evident in the Chinese pronunciation of these four foo

13、ds When they are said together， it sounds like Have a baby soon 新娘吃的食物也是一種文化象征傳統(tǒng)婚禮上，新娘一般會吃紅棗、花生、桂圓和瓜子。其中的象征意義可以從這四種食物的讀音中看出。當(dāng)這四種食物放在一起讀時(shí)就是“早生貴子”。 。,Western wedding,Western wedding customs is a romantic style， Married to western costume; The bride dressed in white, football, wearing a white garlands,

14、 but also cast a long white, carrying white flowers. 西方婚禮習(xí)俗是一種浪漫風(fēng)格。西方人結(jié)婚要穿禮服；新娘身著白衫、白裙、頭戴白色花環(huán)，還要罩上長長的白紗，手持白色花束?？傊鞣饺顺缟邪咨?，它象征愛情純潔、吉祥如意。,Throwing the bouquet: It is the last but one item of a wedding, which also is the most popular one. It is said who is lucky enough to catch the bouquet, she will be

15、 the next bride. In some place, only girls has the access to take part in this exciting activity. 拋花束: 這是最后的但有一項(xiàng)婚禮,這也是最受歡迎的一個。據(jù)說誰足夠幸運(yùn)接花束,她將成為下一個新娘。在一些地方,只有女孩來參與這一令人振奮的活動。,The Differences between Chinese and western Culture,Festival,中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化的特色食品和葡萄酒。西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化特色的娛樂中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化背景下的農(nóng)耕文化。西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化背景下的基督教。不同的背

16、景，傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化不同內(nèi)容的節(jié)日文化不同的價(jià)值取向不同的民族文化心理,Traditional Chinese festival culture featured by food and wine. Traditional western festival culture featured by entertainment. Traditional Chinese festival culture under the background of farming culture. Traditional western festival culture under the background of

17、 Christianity. Different background of traditional festival culture Different contents of festival culture Different value orientation Different national culture mentality,Important traditional festivals,Chinese ones Spring Festival Tomb sweeping Day Ghost Festival Dragon Boat Festival Qixi Lovers D

18、ay Mid-autumn Day New Years Day,Western ones Christmas Day All Saints Day (Halloween) Easter Valentines Day Thanksgiving Day New Years Day,中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化的集體主義。中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日注重群體活動和倫理道德的傳承。西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化的個人主義。西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日特別注重表達(dá)個人情感和個人的心理感受。,Traditional Chinese festival culture featured by collectivism. Chinese traditional fes

19、tivals attach more importance to group activity and the passing down of ethics and virtues. Traditional western festival culture featured by individualism. Western traditional festivals lay great emphasis on the expression of personal emotions and the individual psychological feelings.,特殊形式文化傳統(tǒng)的中國節(jié)日

20、。中國傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化追求快樂的結(jié)局和和諧朝拜是西方傳統(tǒng)節(jié)日文化。古希臘文化是基督基督教文化乃是罪意識,Comedy-oriented traditional Chinese festival culture. Traditional Chinese festival culture pursuit the happy ending and harmony Tragedy-oriented traditional western festival culture. Ancient Greek culture are tragic-conscious Christian culture are si

21、n conscious,The Differences between Chinese and western Culture,Education,Throughout England, politicians, parents and pundits worry that the industriousness and discipline of kids in the East are leaving relatively relaxed Westerners trailing behind. Though there is some debate surrounding the stat

22、istics, it is widely believed that North America is failing to produce sufficient graduates in sciences and engineering.,整個英格蘭，政治家，家長和專家們擔(dān)心，孩子在東方的勤勞和紀(jì)律，離開相對寬松的西方人尾隨其后。雖然有一些爭議的統(tǒng)計(jì)，它被廣泛認(rèn)為北美未能在科學(xué)和工程上產(chǎn)生足夠的畢業(yè)生。,Chinese students are taught that all questions have but one right answer and there is little ro

23、om for debate.North American education needs to move away from an emphasis on fun, flexibility and individual learning styles.Instead, it has to shift towards a more strict, disciplined teaching environment that math and science, in particular, seem to demand.This shift can be discerned even in Cana

24、da, where there are no college entrance exams, and where, standardized testing, memorization and rote learning have long been frowned upon.,中國學(xué)生學(xué)習(xí)所有的問題只有一個正確的答案，很少有討論的余地。北美教育需要從強(qiáng)調(diào)樂趣，靈活性和個人的學(xué)習(xí)風(fēng)格。相反，它已轉(zhuǎn)向更為嚴(yán)格，紀(jì)律嚴(yán)明的教學(xué)環(huán)境，數(shù)學(xué)和自然科學(xué)，特別是，似乎需求。這種轉(zhuǎn)變可以看出，即使在加拿大，在那里沒有大學(xué)入學(xué)考試，并在那里，對標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化測試，記憶和背誦一直不滿。,Western students

25、 enjoy a seemingly relaxed educational experience. however,This is not the case for students in Asia, who face crushingworkloads and are often very disciplined. In the first part of her Globalist. China has a long history of standardized tests, beginning with the ancient imperial exams initiated dur

26、ing the Sui Dynasty.Shelly Chen is at the top of the class at the Shanghai foreign language school, one of the citys best middle schools. Already near fluent in English, she is studying German and ranks among the highest in her grade in physics. Her goal is to get a full scholarship to Harvard to st

27、udy biochemistry. It is not only Western expatriates that grow anxious when hearing about students like Shelly.,西方學(xué)生享受一個看似輕松的教育經(jīng)驗(yàn)。然而，這不是在亞洲的學(xué)生，面對破碎的工作量，往往是非常有紀(jì)律的案件。在她的應(yīng)對全球化的第一部分。 中國有著悠久的歷史，標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化測試開始與隋唐時(shí)期Dynasty.Shelly陳發(fā)起的古代科舉考試是在頂部之類的，在上海外國語學(xué)校，全市最好的中學(xué)之一。已接近流利的英語，她正在研究之中她在物理級最高的德國和職級。她的目標(biāo)是獲得全額獎學(xué)金到哈佛學(xué)習(xí)生

28、物化學(xué)。它不僅像雪萊學(xué)生聽力時(shí)，成長焦慮西方的外籍人士,The Differences between Chinese and western Culture,Greeting and Parting,There are so many cultural differences on politeness between western and Chinese which can be found in many aspects of daily communication, including addressing, greeting and parting, compliments, ap

29、ologies, thanks, and so on. In the following, we will mainly look at the Greeting and Parting.,在禮儀方面，中西方文化同樣有著許多差異。 主要表現(xiàn)在日常交流的眾多方面， 包括稱呼、打招呼與道別、道賀、致歉和致謝等。 接下來我們重點(diǎn)關(guān)注在打招呼與道別上的中美文化差異。,When people meet acquaintances or friends, people usually greet each other . The purpose of greeting is to establish or

30、 maintain social contact. So formulaic expressions are often used, but such formulaic expressions often causes conflict because of the great cultural differences between Chinese and native English speakers. In English, people often employ the following expressions to greet each other “Good morning/e

31、vening/afternoon. ”“Fine day, isnt it? ”“How is everything going?” “Have you eaten yet?” “What are you going to do?” “Where have you been?”etc. Westerners treat them as real question. While in Chinese, we always say “Do you have a meal？”“Where are you going？”“What are you going todo？”to show our con

32、sideration.,當(dāng)人們見到熟人或朋友,人們通常會互相問候。問候的目的是建立或維持社交。那么公式化的表達(dá)方式是非常常用的,但這樣的公式化表達(dá)常常會因?yàn)橹形鞣降木薮笪幕町惗鹫`會。在英語中,人們常常通過以下語句來問候彼此“早上好/下午好/晚上好?！薄扒缋实囊惶?不是嗎?”“一切都好嗎?”“你吃過了 嗎?”“你有什么打算?”“你去哪兒了?”等。西方人把他們視為真正的問題。而在中國,我們總是說“你吃飯嗎?”“你要去哪兒?”“你會干些什么?”來顯示我們的問候。,Parting may be divided into two steps. Before the final prating, t

33、here is usual a leave-taking. Western and Chinese cultures have diverse ways to deal with leave-takings. Firstly, in English society, during the closing phase of an encounter, from “I” perspective, reasons for terminating the encounter are presented in mitigatory comments. Typical comments are assoc

34、iated with expressions of apology, such as “I” am afraid I must be off, I have to relieve the baby-sitter” etc. Western people believe that to be willing to visit and converse with someone is to have respect for him. To terminate the visiting is not of ones own free will, but because of some other a

35、rrangements, therefore they always try to make their leaving sound reluctant by finding some reasons and apologize for it to make the leaving acceptable for both parties. English speakers often signal several times before leaving. “Well, its been nice to see you again. I do enjoy our talk and the lo

36、vely dinner, but I must be going soon”. Thank you very much for asking me over. I hope well be able to get together again before long” Consolidation in a wider range of common acquaintances also occurs, in expressions such as “Say hello to Jack for me” or “Remember me to John”. In Chinese society, during the closin