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1、Whatleadstotheculturaldifcrec?TheculturesoftheEastandtheWestreallydistinguisheachotheralot.Thisisbecausetheculturesystemsaretwoseparatesystemsonthewhole.ThuoriginofIhceasterncul(ursismainlyfromIwocountries:ChinaandIndia.Bolhofthetwoculturesarcgcstatedbyrivers.InChina,themotherriveristheYellowRiverwh
2、iletheIndianoneistheHinduRiver.ThesetwoculturesweredevelopedforseveralthousandyearsaiIbmicd(heirownstyles.TheninDangDynastyofChina,heChineseculturegraduallywentoverseas(oJapan,mixedinto(heJapanesesocietyandshapedtheJapaneseculturenowadays.ThoughabitdificrcntfromtheChineseone.itbelongstothesamesystem
3、.Wbenthewomotherriversgavehi11h(otheeasternculture,anotherfamousculturewasbugl11UPon(heMesopotamianPlain-(heMesopotamianCivilization.TliiscivilizationlaterondevelopedinlotheculturesoflheAncientGreeceandAncien(Rome.AndIhcsctwoarewell-knownasthebaseoftheEuropeanculture.1.iketheChineseculture,theEurope
4、anonealsocrossedwaters.WhenthecolonistsofEnglandsettleddowninAnwrica,theirculturewentwith(hemovertheAtlanticOcean.SotheAmericanculturedoesntdistinguishfromtheEUroPeanoalot.Atthesametine.thedifferenceofthelanguagesystemsaddstotheculturaldilYcrcnccs.IntheEase,mostlanguagesbelong(othepictographiclangua
5、ge(see(hepicturehclow)whiletheWesternlanguagesaremostlybasedonthe1.macullurxr.becausepeoplebegintoCornmunkalewilhlhers.Theindividualsbecomeacommunity.HowdoweChinesegreeteachother?Infbrnully.ifwemeetanfriendin(hesireec.Weareused(osay:fcbHi.haveyouhadyourmeal?*orWherearcyougoing?*.WhenitistheCdSeoftwo
6、gentlemen,theytendtoshakehands.Howevei;in(hewesterncountries,(heabovequestionsarejusquestions,notgreetinga(all.Teymaythinkyoureinvitingthemtodinnerifyouaskabouttheirmeals.Usually,theylljustgiveeachotherasmileorgreetwitha*Hi.*.Theyllshakehandsonlyinsomeforma!situations.Bytheway.Westernerscanleaveapar
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