赵启正:跨文化交流需跨越四障碍

Zhao Qizheng: Obstacles of Intercultural Communication

需要扫除和跨越四种障碍：语言障碍、生活方式障碍、宗教信仰障碍、意识形态障碍，其中最难沟通的是宗教信仰。 国际人才的交流合作就要面临跨文化的难题，要承认、正视和跨越交流合作中的种种障碍。这正是赵启正在国际人才交流大会深圳论坛主题演讲的主旨。赵启正认为，跨文化交流很重要的一点是对待文化差异的态度，不同的态度可能会导致不同的结果。相互尊重的态度，

Intercultural Communication calls for one to overcome the following four kinds of obstacles: language, lifestyle, religious beliefs and ideology, the most difficult among these being religious belief. Zhao gave an example of a lifestyle difference: a French friend didn’t understand why refraining from drinking means looking down on one’s host while getting drunk often means one should be taken as a good friend in China. The French friend might have been puzzled about Boris Yeltsin having enjoyed Chinese spirits and having gotten drunk when visiting Shanghai.