1．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
It is not polite to ask an old person\’s age.
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2．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
\”Privacy is important\” is a characteristic of individualist culture.
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3．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
Individualists value seperateness and independence.
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4．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
It\’s better not to ask how much someone has paid for cllothes, furniture, etc.
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5．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
In Chinese 发福 is a complment, associated with health and prosperity but Westerners tend to admire slimness.
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6．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
\”The group is the basic social unit\” is a characteristic of individualist cultures.
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7．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
According to nurturing independence background, the Chinese child has been nurtured to be independent. The American mother, on the other hand, first wants to make sure that the child did not get hurt.
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8．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
\” Privacy is important \” belongs to individualist cultures.
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9．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
\”Individual freedom is highly regarded\” reflects the idea of individualist cultures.
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10．Decide if the following statements are true or false.
Most English people have two names.
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The introduction and greeting can be either formal and informal. It depends on the 1 (亲密程度）of the relationship.
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Respect one\’s 1 (决定）， \”yes\” means one wants it, \”no\” means one doesn\’t, politeness is usally shown by the expression\”thank you\” or \”please\”.
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Some questions such as age, 1 (婚姻） and salary are considered too private or too personal to tallk about.
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When I travelled in China, I talked with many people. I knew they were friendly to me, but sometimes their questions made me feel a bit 1 (不舒服的）.
15． In Britain, 1 (天气） and sports are common topics.
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Chinese people thinks knowing a person\’s age helps them use 1 (合适的） terms of address.
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Chinese people pay a lot of 1 (注意）to family life, so naturally talk of family members features as a common topic.
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1 (分享） food and drink when going out together is common among colleagues and friends.
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There, then, are some of many cultural differences which may lead to 1 （误解）in social interactions between Chines and native English-speakers.
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I received an 1 (邀请） to an official banquet given by the university.
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In Britain, when people 1 (问候）each other, instead of \’How are you?\’ they may also say \’Hi, How\’s things?\’
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As English dinners usually revolve around one 1 (主菜）rather that many different dishes, hosts often ask beforehand whether guests do not like anything to avoid everyone deing disappointed.
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If someone is a 1 (素食者）， he/she certainly would not enjoy the planned \’roast\’.
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I wonder if you\’d like to come and have dinner with us this 1 （周末）.
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If a person who is invited doesn\’t wat to 1 (接受）the invitation, things tend to be somewhat different.
