1、会计学1中西差异中西差异Hero Cognition0103Diet Culture Collision 02Thinking Model04CONTENTSLanguage Collision第1页/共20页1Diet Culture Collision第2页/共20页4Plot:When Brooks asked his grandfather for a hamburger,his grandfather had no idea what it was.While Brooks was eating the hamburger,Mr.Yang just said the differen
2、ce between the rougamo and the hamburger was mianbing and bread.第3页/共20页5Superficial Cause:The daily diet of Chinese people is very different from that of the West.Underlying Cause:Due to the cultural differences between China and the West,there are great collisions between Chinese and western food
3、culture.These collisions are obvious in terms of dietary style,dietary sense and dietary dishes.The rougamo is just our local specialty.Though the hamburger is similar to that,it is a staple food 第4页/共20页6in America.In the film,when Mr.Yang was eating youpo noodles,he held a garlic in his hand.Garli
4、c was a delicious food for him.However,Brooks liked milk,eggs,instant noodles and hamburgers.第5页/共20页2Thinking Model第6页/共20页8Plot:Mr.Yang did not want others to know that he had an American grandson,so he brought Brooks to the barbershop and had his blond hair dyed black.However,Brooks screamed to s
5、how his discontent,without concerning others feelings.第7页/共20页9Superficial Cause:Mr.Yang disliked the blond hair VS.Brooks did not want to change his hair color.Underlying Cause:Chinese care much about others opinion and tend to be as normal as anyone else.So,Mr.Yang disliked Brooks hair color becau
6、se it was so distinguishing.In contrast,American put their personal emotion and individual independence at first place.So when Brooks found his hair color changed,he directly screamed to express his discontent.第8页/共20页10From this conflict,we can find the difference between Chinese and American think
7、ing model.Chinese people always put collectivity at first while American people think highly of individuality.第9页/共20页3Hero Cognition第10页/共20页12Plot:Brooks adored Spiderman,but Mr.Yang regarded Spiderman as a goblin.In contrast,Brooks disinterested in Sun Wukong,the powerful hero in Mr.Yangs eyes.第1
8、1页/共20页13Superficial Cause:Brooks did not know Sun Wukong,while Mr.Yang did not know Spiderman.Underlying Cause:The Chinese elder adore heroes in Chinese legends that have long history.American children know heroes through popular comics and movies.第12页/共20页14From Spiderman and Sun Wukong,we can als
9、o deduce Chinese and American concepts of hero.Chinese legendary heroes are endowed with super powers and always be regarded as immortal,such as Tuotatianwang,Yuhuangdadi.American comic heroes are still men in essence,but they are more intelligent and brave than the common people,such as Superman an
10、d Batman.第13页/共20页4Language Collision第14页/共20页16Plot:When Brooks crushed his grandfathers antique walnuts by using the door and made the door broken.Mr.Yang rebuked Brooks by using a Chinese-style English dog tai yang.However,Brooks did not know what that meant.第15页/共20页17Superficial Cause:Mr.Yang t
11、hought gou ri de was the expression of dog and sun in English.However,in Brookss eyes,dog sun were just two common English words.Underlying Cause:This reflects Mr.Yangs lack of understanding of American culture,which leads to misunderstanding.Every country has its own cultural background.Dog culture
12、 is a typical cultural conflict between China and western 第16页/共20页18countries.If a westerner calls a Chinese a lucky dog which means the Chinese is really fortunate,but the Chinese may think the westerner is belittling him.In China,the meanings of words and idioms related to dogs are always bad.For
13、 example,gou zhang ren shi,gou yan kan ren di and so on.Chinese people think dogs bear low status without anyone caring about them.But in the West,the dogs represent loyalty and hard 第17页/共20页19work,and they regard dogs as their faithful companions.As a result,dogs are also important members of the families in the West.第18页/共20页THANKYOU第19页/共20页
