新编跨文化交际英语教程_参考答案unit1.pdf

Unit1CommunicationAcrossCulturesReadingIInterculturalCommunication：AnIntroductionComprehensionquestions1.Isitstilloftenthecasethat“everyone’squicktoblamethealien”inthecontemporaryworldThisisstillpowerfulintoday’ssocialandpoliticalrhetoric.Forinstance,itisnotuncommonintoday‘ssocietytohearpeoplesaythatmost,ifnotall,ofthesocialandeconomicproblemsarecausedbyminoritiesandimmigrants.2.What’sthedifferencebetweentoday’sinterculturalcontactandthatofanytimeinthepastToday‘sinterculturalencountersarefarmorenumerousandofgreaterimportancethaninanytimeinhistory.3.WhathavemadeinterculturalcontactaverycommonphenomenoninourlifetodayNewtechnology,intheformoftransportationandcommunicationsystems,hasacceleratedinterculturalcontact;innovativecommunicationsystemshaveencouragedandfacilitatedculturalinteraction;globalizationoftheeconomyhasbroughtpeopletogether;changesinimmigrationpatternshavealsocontributedtointerculturalencounter.4.Howdoyouunderstandthesentence“cultureiseverythingandeverywhere”Culturesuppliesuswiththeanswerstoquestionsaboutwhattheworldlookslikeandhowweliveandcommunicatewithinthatworld.Cultureteachesushowtobehaveinourlifefromtheinstantofbirth.Itisomnipresent.5.WhatarethemajorelementsthatdirectlyinfluenceourperceptionandcommunicationThethreemajorsocio-culturalelementsthatdirectlyinfluenceperceptionandcommunicationareculturalvalues,worldview(religion),andsocialorganizations(familyandstate).6.Whatdoesone’sfamilyteachhimorherwhileheorshegrowsupinitThefamilyteachesthechildwhattheworldlookslikeandhisorherplaceinthatworld.7.WhyisitimpossibletoseparateouruseoflanguagefromourcultureBecauselanguageisnotonlyaformofpreservingculturebutalsoameansofsharingculture.Languageisanorganized,generallyagreed-upon,learnedsymbolsystemthatisusedtorepresenttheexperienceswithinaculturalcommunity.8.WhatarethenonverbalbehaviorsthatpeoplecanattachmeaningtoPeoplecanattachmeaningtononverbalbehaviorssuchasgestures,postures,facialexpressions,eyecontactandgaze,touch,etc.9.Howcanafree,culturallydiversesociety