内容简介

随着人类文明的发展，人际交往日益频繁。要使人类共处共存，共同努力解决关系人类生存的一系列问题，很大程度上取决于我们能否有效地进行交往，达到相互理解。但是，不同群体间的文化差异往往造成交际的隔阂。跨文化交际这门学科正是为了解决这个至关重要的人类交际问题。　　本书是国内第一本用英语编写的跨文化交际教材。本教材选材广泛，包括了几十个实例，既有趣味性，又有实用性。全书编排合理，有必要的注释，又有形式多样的练习

目录

UNIT 1 Communication Across Cultures
WARM UP
PART ONE
Sharing Kowledge:compliment response
Survey
Reading Ⅰ Communicating Across Cultural Lines
Case Study 1
Discovering Problems:What was wrong?
Discussion
PART TWO
Reading Ⅱ Tht Era of Intercultural Communication
Debate
Writing
Case Study 2-3
Fill-in Task
Identifying Difference:Addressing
Group　Work
Translation
PART THREE
Further Reading ⅠStumbling Blocks in Intercultural Communication
Further Reading ⅡCommunication in a Global Village
UNIT 2 Culture and Communication
WARM UP
PART ONE
Reading Ⅰ What Is Culture
Case Study4-6
Translation
Group Work
Writing
PART TWO
Reading Ⅱ Elements of Communication
Fill-in Task
Discussion
Discovering Problems:Commercial Signs
Identifying Difference:Little things
PART THREE
Further Reading Ⅰ Culture
Further Reading Ⅱ Communication and Its Characteristics
UNIT 3 Cultural Differences
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UNIT 4 Language and Culture
UNIT 5 Verbal Communication
UNIT 6 Nonverbal Communication
UNIT 7 Time and Space
UNIT 8 Intercultural Perception
UNIT 9 Intercultural Understanding
UNIT 10 Intercultural Adaptation
Key to Some of the Exercises
Acknowledgements
A Suggested Reading List