【正文】 Contents Contents 摘 要 ...................................................................................................................... I Abstract ................................................................................................................ II Ⅰ .INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... … 1 Ⅱ . T H E F R E Q U E N T C O N F L I C T S A P P E A R I N G I N INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN CHINESE CULTURE AND WESTERN CULTURE ................................................ 2 A. The Conflicts on Privacy ................................................................................. 2 B. The Conflicts on the Sense of Time ................................................................. 2 C. The Conflicts on Traditional Cultures ........................................................... 3 D. The Conflicts on Table Custom ....................................................................... 3 Ⅲ .THE REASONS LEADING TO THE CULTURAL CONFLICT ....................................................................................................................................... 3 A. The Difference in the Mode of Thinking ........................................................ 4 B. The Difference in Behavior .............................................................................. 4 C. The Difference in the Concept of Value ......................................................... 5 D. The Difference in Language Transference ..................................................... 5 Ⅳ .HOW TO IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND AVOID THE CULTURE CONFLICTS IN ENGLISH TEACHING ............................................................................. 6 A. Transforming the Teaching Concept of the Teachers ................................... 6 B. Improving the Present Available Teaching Methods ..................................... 6 Emphasis on the Training of Nonlanguage Communicative ability7 D. Asking the Students to Read More Materials about Western Cultures ...... 7 Ⅴ .THE SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDYING INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION .......................................................................................... 8 Contents A. Studying Intercultural Communication Can Reduce the Communicative Obstacles ................................................................................................................ 8 B. Studying Intercultural Communication Can Reduce the Communicative Conflicts ................................................................................................................. 8 C. Studying Intercultural Communication Can Widen People’s Visual and Promote Culture Communication ....................................................................... 9 Ⅵ .CONCLUSION ............................................................................................ 11 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................................................... 12 BIBLIOGRAPHY .............................................................................................. 13 摘要 I 摘 要 在中西跨文化交際中，文化沖突的事件屢見(jiàn)不鮮，嚴(yán)重影響了交往的順利進(jìn)行，因此我們很有必要找出其深層次的原因，并采取一定的措施來(lái)培養(yǎng)跨文化交際能力，避免文化沖突。文化沖突的表現(xiàn)有 隱私方面的沖突 、 時(shí)間觀方面的沖突 、客套語(yǔ)方面的沖突 、 餐飲習(xí)俗方面的沖突 。出現(xiàn)這種現(xiàn)象的原因有 思維模式存在差異 、 行為規(guī)范各不相同 、 價(jià)值取向不同 、 語(yǔ)用遷移造成 影響 。 關(guān)鍵詞 跨文化交際，文化差異，文化沖突 Abstract II Abstract There are many matters of cultural conflicts in intercultural munication of Chinese culture and western culture, and it seriously affects the course of munication. So, it is necessary for us to find the indepth reason and make some plans on how to improve the ability of intercultural munication. This is the right way to avoid the cultural conflicts. There are several culture conflicts: the conflicts on privacy, the conflicts on the sense of time, the conflicts on traditional cultures, the conflicts on table custom. The reasons are: the difference in the mode of thinking, the difference in behavior, the difference in the concept of value, the difference in language transference. Key Words Intercultural munication, culture difference, culture conflict Introduction 1 INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND THE CONFLICTS BETWEEN CHINESE CULTURE AND WESTERN CULTURE Ⅰ .INTRODUCTION After the Second World War, people find that the earth bees smaller and smaller: politicians from each country are busy in munication on the intercultural stage。 international panies are found everywhere。 scientists and scholars exist in international academic forum。 more and more people visit foreign countries, Chinese teachers stand on the platform of foreign countries, ect. All in all, International munication bees so frequent. At the same time, we can see the conflicts and problems in intercultural munication again and again: one country’s president think that the gesture means friendly, but it enrages another country’s people。 some businessmen from foreign countries e to China to do business but failed and left with plaint。 the teachers ing from England and America say Chinese students don’t cooperate with them。 some Chinese people go to America to study, but, after a short time, they give up the plan, and e back to China. With the further development of the reform and opening to the outside world, the people and the matter in western societies have e in to our visual field more and more. Under the situation, the economic a