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**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

UNIT1CommunicationAcrossCultures
WARMUP
PARTONE
SharingKowledge:complimentresponse
Survey
ReadingⅠCommunicatingAcrossCulturalLines
CaseStudy1
DiscoveringProblems:Whatwaswrong?
Discussion
PARTTWO
ReadingⅡThtEraofInterculturalCommunication
Debate
Writing
CaseStudy2-3
Fill-inTask
IdentifyingDifference:Addressing
GroupWork
Translation
PARTTHREE
FurtherReadingⅠStumblingBlocksinInterculturalCommunication
FurtherReadingⅡCommunicationinaGlobalVillage
UNIT2CultureandCommunication
WARMUP
PARTONE
ReadingⅠWhatIsCulture
CaseStudy4-6
Translation
GroupWork
Writing
PARTTWO
ReadingⅡElementsofCommunication
Fill-inTask
Discussion
DiscoveringProblems:CommercialSigns
IdentifyingDifference:Littlethings
PARTTHREE
FurtherReadingⅠCulture
FurtherReadingⅡCommunicationandItsCharacteristics
UNIT3CulturalDifferences
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UNIT4LanguageandCulture
UNIT5VerbalCommunication
UNIT6NonverbalCommunication
UNIT7TimeandSpace
UNIT8InterculturalPerception
UNIT9InterculturalUnderstanding
UNIT10InterculturalAdaptation
KeytoSomeoftheExercises
Acknowledgements
ASuggestedReadingList