前辅文
 Part I Different People in Different Countries
  Unit 1 Englishmen, Americans, and Chinese
   Passage A The English Character
   Passage B The American Character
   Passage C The Chinese Character
   Cultural Information Infl uence of Geographic Environment
  Unit 2 Values and Religions
   Passage A East and West, Different Values
   Passage B Religion and Its Infl uence in the East and West
   Passage C American Religious Heritages
   Cultural Information Being Religious in America
 Part II Differences in Daily Life
  Unit 3 Family and Friend
   Passage A American Family
   Passage B Social Relationship and Friendship in the East and West
   Cultural Information American Friendship
  Unit 4 Sports and Entertainment
   Passage A Leisure Activities in Britain and China
   Passage B Sports and Recreation in America
   Cultural Information Volunteerism in America
  Unit 5 Dieting and Culture
   Passage A Chopsticks or Forks, Taste or Nutrition
   Passage B Eating Etiquette in the West
   Cultural Information Cultural Formulas for Hunger
 Part III Differences in Study , Work and Society
  Unit 6 Education
   Passage A Education in China and the U.S.
   Passage B Home School Education
   Cultural Information American Education
  Unit 7 Different Attitudes to Time and Work
   Passage A Different Attitudes to Time
   Passage B American Attitude to Work and Manual Labor
   Cultural Information Theories of Ethics in the West
  Unit 8 Social Differences
   Passage A American Presidential Election
   Passage B The Welfare State
   Cultural Information American Politics
   Part IV Intercultural Adaptation
  Unit 9 Meeting Different Cultures
   Passage A Silence in Different Cultures
   Passage B Culture Shock and Adjustments
   Cultural Information Verbal or Silent Communication
  Unit 10 Globalization
   Passage A Ethnocentrism
   Passage B Understanding Intercultural Confl icts
   Cultural Information Ethnocentrism, a Barrier in Intercultural Communication
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