The recent years have witnessed increasing opportunities for people from various cultural backgrounds to communicate with each other, which is naturally based on a general grasp of cultural knowledge and communicative...The recent years have witnessed increasing opportunities for people from various cultural backgrounds to communicate with each other, which is naturally based on a general grasp of cultural knowledge and communicative techniques in cross-cultural settings. However, there often exist cultural clashes in such cases, especially between Chinese and English speaking people, which are deeply rooted in the wide differences in their languages and thinking modes. Indeed, this also serves to be an important part in the acquisition of the English culture for Chinese students in the current educational climate. The paper is intended to provide a contrastive analysis of the major cultural differences between Chinese and English speaking people in their thinking modes in three aspects of the descriptive versus the formal, the concrete versus the abstract, and the practical versus the logical form the linguistic perspective. And the paper comes to the conclusion that a general understanding of these significant differences may enable Chinese-speaking people and English-speaking people to establish a more efficient communication with each other.展开更多
The time-honored traditional Chinese minben(people-based) thinking has rich implications for human rights. The concepts of min and minben are much in line with their contemporary counterparts of "human" and ...The time-honored traditional Chinese minben(people-based) thinking has rich implications for human rights. The concepts of min and minben are much in line with their contemporary counterparts of "human" and "people orientation". Upholding the belief of "people as the foundation of states", minben advocates the fundamental political status of the people, and requires leaders to implement "people-oriented" policies. Its encapsulation of the theoretical foundation and basic requirements for the protection of human rights enabled it to promote the protection of people’s livelihoods and civil rights in ancient China. Its sublimation in contemporary China has had, and will continue to have, a far-reaching impact on the development of human rights in China.展开更多
'I know all about people,' the professor says. I teach psychology①, and I have studied people for many years. This one is fat. He eats too much. This one is sick. I can tell② by his face. I see boys and girl...'I know all about people,' the professor says. I teach psychology①, and I have studied people for many years. This one is fat. He eats too much. This one is sick. I can tell② by his face. I see boys and girls, men and women all day. I know about people.' I have lived on a farm all my life, ' the farmer answers. 'I展开更多
How You Can Be a ‘Good’Wife “As I am to be married soon and want to be agood wife,I’d like to know specially how I can be‘all things’to my man,”wrote a listener to DonMcNeil in 1951. The reply from Samuel and E...How You Can Be a ‘Good’Wife “As I am to be married soon and want to be agood wife,I’d like to know specially how I can be‘all things’to my man,”wrote a listener to DonMcNeil in 1951. The reply from Samuel and Esther Kling,whowere marriage counselors at the time,was as follows: Show him in a thousand little ways that you展开更多
文摘The recent years have witnessed increasing opportunities for people from various cultural backgrounds to communicate with each other, which is naturally based on a general grasp of cultural knowledge and communicative techniques in cross-cultural settings. However, there often exist cultural clashes in such cases, especially between Chinese and English speaking people, which are deeply rooted in the wide differences in their languages and thinking modes. Indeed, this also serves to be an important part in the acquisition of the English culture for Chinese students in the current educational climate. The paper is intended to provide a contrastive analysis of the major cultural differences between Chinese and English speaking people in their thinking modes in three aspects of the descriptive versus the formal, the concrete versus the abstract, and the practical versus the logical form the linguistic perspective. And the paper comes to the conclusion that a general understanding of these significant differences may enable Chinese-speaking people and English-speaking people to establish a more efficient communication with each other.
文摘The time-honored traditional Chinese minben(people-based) thinking has rich implications for human rights. The concepts of min and minben are much in line with their contemporary counterparts of "human" and "people orientation". Upholding the belief of "people as the foundation of states", minben advocates the fundamental political status of the people, and requires leaders to implement "people-oriented" policies. Its encapsulation of the theoretical foundation and basic requirements for the protection of human rights enabled it to promote the protection of people’s livelihoods and civil rights in ancient China. Its sublimation in contemporary China has had, and will continue to have, a far-reaching impact on the development of human rights in China.
文摘'I know all about people,' the professor says. I teach psychology①, and I have studied people for many years. This one is fat. He eats too much. This one is sick. I can tell② by his face. I see boys and girls, men and women all day. I know about people.' I have lived on a farm all my life, ' the farmer answers. 'I
文摘How You Can Be a ‘Good’Wife “As I am to be married soon and want to be agood wife,I’d like to know specially how I can be‘all things’to my man,”wrote a listener to DonMcNeil in 1951. The reply from Samuel and Esther Kling,whowere marriage counselors at the time,was as follows: Show him in a thousand little ways that you
