Cultural Differences between China and the US
Living in a culture that is different from your own can be both exciting and challenging experience. You have to learn different cultural practices and try to get used to them. Let’s share the top four cultural differences between China and the US to help understand each other better.
Privacy
Chinese people do not have the same understanding of privacy as Americans do. They think it common to talk about topics such as ages, pay or marriage, which Americans think is unpleasant.
Family & Friends
In China, people traditionally treat elders and the young kindly. In America, the goal of the family is to encourage independence of the children, Unlike the Chinese, older Americans seldom live with their children.
As for friendship, Chinese people have different meanings about it. Just hanging out together from time to time is not friendship. Friendship means friends who can offer help to each other whenever it is needed in their whole life. Americans always call people fiends in different social situations, so the exact meaning of friends is general and different. There are working friends, playing friends, school friends and drinking friends.
Money & Education
As is well known, the Chinese like to save. They are always conservative（保守的）when they are planning to spend money. It is different in the USA, where far fewer families are saving money for unexpected stations and education than the Chinese families.
Chinese people pay more attention to education and jobs than Americans, who think more about good character and strong belief.
Collectivism（集体主义）VS. Individualism（个人主义）
China values the collectivism and the US values the individualism. If you achieve something in the us, it’s because you are great. While in China, if you achieve something, it’s because the team, or family or company is great. Everything you do connects with the greater whole, while in America the person himself or herself is celebrated.
Title: Cultural Differences between China and the US | ||
Differences | China | The US |
Privacy | It’s not strange for people to talk about topics such as ages, pay or marriage. | Americans usually try to1.these topics which make them uncomfortable. |
Family and friends | ◆Elders and children2.kindly. ◆Friendship means lifelong friends who can offer help to others in need. | ◆Children should learn to independent and old people often live alone. ◆They have general and different ideas about friends. |
Money and Education | ◆Families save more money for unexpected things and education. ◆People pay more attention to education and jobs. | ◆Families spend less on possible things and education. ◆People think it is3.to develop good character and strong belief. |
4. | Every achievement connects with the greater whole. | Every achievement belongs to the person himself or herself. |
Conclusion:The more we learn different cultures, the5.of foreign countries we can have. |
书面表达
青城山是成都市著名的旅游胜地，每年有大量的游客来此游玩。请你根据下表中游客以前和现在行为的变化，以“Behave well during the travel”为题，用英语写一篇短文，并谈谈你的感受。
以前 | 现在 |
乱扔杂物，随地吐痰 | 废物入箱，爱惜环境 |
摘花毁树，伤害动物 | 爱护植物，关爱动物 |
随处抽烟，乱涂乱画 | 自觉禁烟，保护名胜 |
你的感受：作为中学生，我们……（至少3点） |
注意：
1.短文应包括所给内容要点，可适当发挥，使文章连贯；
2.词数100左右，短文开头已给出，不计入总词数；
3.文中不得提及考生所在的学校及自己的姓名。
Behave well during the travel
Mount Qingcheng is a famous traction in Chengdu. Every year many tourists come here to enjoy its beautiful scenery. But a few years ago_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________