【正文】 ). Chomsky (1959) holds a opinion that language is a system of sentences, with each finite length as well as constructed from a finite elements’ set that focuses on language’s characteristics in pure structure. And practical effects of language are also attached great importance into municative surroundings. Bloomfield (1935) considers language as the interaction between stimulus and reaction. The formula, S→r…s→R, summaries his opinion that means one people can have reaction (R) while another people do the stimulus (S). It is put forward by sociologists that language is considered as social behavior with its particular social function, being one way to municate and identify social organizations or groups. Although there are many definitions of language, we can find their mon traits in accordance with these definitions, namely language is a full set of arbitrary signs or symbols with the view of verbal and nonverbal munication with many others. CultureCulture is a various, allinclusive and ubiquitous social phenomenon and we can find it almost anytime as well as anywhere (Xue Jiao，Chinese characters and punctuation are not acceptable.2011). Our ways of adapting and learning mores, customs and language and habits can be greatly influenced by various cultures. In addition, our thinking way, acting way and municating way all can be shaped by culture too. Since culture is so allpervasive that we should show great attention to its powerful influence. The number of definitions for culture is up to hundreds, and to be more accurate there are more than one hundred and sixtyfour definitions of culture found in the anthropology literature in the year of 1952. After that various definitions have arisen. Defining culture is difficult for culture is so multidimensional and allpervasive. These definitions of culture that contain or refer to the relations between culture and munication are only stated in the thesis. Almost all human activities contain various forms of culture and culture is defined as a prehensive system in terms of acquired behavior models that are typical characteristics of members of society as well as that aren’t the oute of human genetic inheritance. When it es to the definition, it means that culture isn’t opposed instinctively and predetermined by gene. We share our faiths and beliefs, habits and customs, in addition to our respective life values in the system of culture that can always be learnt through successive generations。 (2) the special system for the signs, symbols, regulations and so on for transmitting and sending related information。on both sides. LanguageWith the progress of the society, it is beyond doubt that language is born at the very moment。 their main topics are about parents and children, nevertheless there were few political issues involved in the sits. Till the middle of the 1990s ongoing plot lines were applied in some situation edies. Friends, a wellknown sit, apply an element of soap opera, for example, the cast’s relations are built little by little over the process of the all stories. Crosscultural CommunicationCrosscultural munication studies the way that people from around the world and varying in their cultural environment or backgrounds exchange and municate each other properly, in addition to how they strive to plete it intercultural munication well(胡文仲，1999). Diverse cultures will inevitably confront and then conflict, finally bine with each other with the world globalization, peculiarly the growing of world merce. It is not only language obstacles but also cultural features will affect the process of munication among people in different areas.As is wellknown, Edward Hall in his Silent Language (1959) first mentions crosscultural munication. In the 1960s, the intellectuals in munication conceptualized crosscultural munication. A great deal of published works reflects a quick progress in the field during the 1970s. Being integrated was the right direction of its development during the 1980s. The nineties witnessed great importance to variation of ways. And great efforts to right colonial and historical misbalances are witnessed by the 1990s. Many crosscultural munication basic theoretical models are e up with in the late of twentieth century. So what and when can be defined as crosscultural munication after all? Generally speaking, it is intercultural munication that is such munication among different persons ing from various nations as well as having diverse cultural backgrounds (Kim, 2001). What’s more, a lot of professors confine it to face to face interaction and munication. There is another definition of crosscultural munication that the munication between human beings with distinct cultural conceptions and different cultural symbols is crosscultural munication (Samovar et al, 2000). And crossracial munication, crosscultural munication and crossethnic munication are 3 various modes of crosscultural munication. Crosscultural munication involves extensive fields such as munication, culture and humanities, in addition to linguisticss and semilogy and many others, which is based on many related subjects’ results. Crosscultural municating can be made in lots of situations。Revise the ChineseEnglish translation.【關(guān)鍵詞】 情景喜劇；跨文化交際能力；影視劇欣賞ContentsContentsAbstract………...........I摘要 …………….......IIContents ……….......IIIChapter One Introduction................ Background............................. Significance.............................. Structure...................................Chapter Two Literature review........... Situation Comedy Crosscultural Communication Chapter Three Language and Culture ...Chapter Four Crosscultural Communicative Competence ...Chapter Five Improving Crosscultural Communicative Competence in Situation Comedies...Chapter Six ConclusionReferences...............................