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Where are the different features of Mtime and Ptime ?Mtime :means paying attention to and doing only one thing at a time. Emphasis on schedules, segmentation and promptness(efficiency)and punctuality. It features one event at a time.Ptime: practiced by most other peoples is less rigid and clockbound. People from Ptime cultures schedule several activities at the same time ,and time for them is more flexible and more humancenteredit refers to any little movement of any part of the body Proxemics 空間學the perception and use of spaceMono chronic time = Mtime 單時性文化Emphasis on schedules, segmentation and promptness(efficiency)and punctuality. It features one event at a time.t require people to express thanks for the small favors. The Americans would thank you all the way for very small and most ordinary things.(重要)How is the Chinese different from Americans in expressing gratitude? people don39。A cultural assumption 文化定式A cultural assumption Is when we assume that a person has particular values and attitudes based on their cultural backgrounds. How is Chinese hospitality different from American hospitality?A: In China, a guest usually observes the principle of avoiding bringing trouble to the host.In American, in contrast, it is the host who tries to avoid interfering in guests’ freedom of action by leaving room for the guests to make choices.B: The Chinese host usually goes to trouble to make sure there is something left after the meal。How is Chinese addressing different from American addressing?In Chinese, the surname is put before the given name.In American, vice versa, the name order.In recent years, many Englishspeaking people tend to address others by their given names, even when meeting for the first time. But in Chinese, we tend to address each other with the full name.Another mon Chinese form of address is the use of a person’s title office, or professionTherefore, one can conclude that the Chinese customs of addressing members with the kinship terms(親戚關系) even not related by blood or marriageAmericans are future oriented. Chinese are past oriented. toward work and human activityAs to Americans, doing leads to external/achievementsChinese, beingandbeing is a kind of spiritual good of inner harmony and peace. relationshipAmerican: Self is more important than group (individualism)Chinese: In cultures with group values, people make decisions by consemsus mediator is used Chinese: concession only es at the endAmerican: taskrelated stage is the most important。American: universal problem solvers。 women are included。American: more interested in logical arguments than in the people they are dealing with dislike silence Japanese: encourage covert, fragmented Chinese: