Blog assighment #4

Part 1:

I think there is a big culture difference between China and America. People from the two countries have different languages, different backgrounds, so people use different ways to think and do things. Also, it is hard for Chinese people to get into American people's life. So I think Liu wants to be with other Chinese. I have the same similar experience. As the barrier of language, even I want to make friends with American people, I sometimes can't understand their talkings and can't say clearly what I am thinking about. Morever, I really don't know what American people 's attutides are about some things. When I am in trouble, I ask for help from both Chinese and Americans. I think Americans are very friendly and they are willing to help others without worrying themselves, so I do love Americans. I think Chinese have the same culture backgrounds and the same habits, so we know what others think about, and we use the same ways to think and do things. Also, we use the same language, so there is no language barrier between, and we can conmunicate freely with each other even with a stranger. What' more,we are both Chinese, so we should help each other in the other country.

Part 2:

1.humble: adj. believing that you are not anybetter or more important than other people.

2.delegation: n. the giving to someone of part or all of your power, rights, or duties.

3. saturate: v. to make something extremely wet.

Blog Assignment #3

In China, more and more people tend to use body languages to communicate with others. For example, when we want to say " well down! You are the best!",we will use " thumb up"; when we want to express our positive sence, we may use a victory gesture. I think there are few differences between U.S.A and China in the using of gesture.Unlike the gestures, I can see some definate differences in the eye contact and the body space between the two countries. In China, people avoid to make the eye contacts when they are walking in the street, because people are shy about that, but the U.S.A, people even will say hi to each other when their eyes meet. Also, men and women always keep a proper distance when they talk, but in the U.S.A, the distance seems a little shorter than that in China.

I think people in the U.S.A are more open and outgoing ,and the culture are more advanced which allow people to freely contact with each other by using some close and exaggerated action, but in China, people and culture are more conservative, so people are usually implicit to do everything .

Anyway, all the people in the two countries like to express their thoughts through using the body languages, because using the nonverbal communication in a right way can make people more charismatic and make the atmosphere more easy and happy between people in both countries.

Blog assignment2

Option 2.

In China, most people were taught that they should restrain their emotion since they were children, because it is impolite to show their own sorrows or joys in the public. They also consider that their true feelings are private, so they don't want others to know that. Even if people change their emotions quilckly and easily, most people will not show the changes in the public, especially the negative emotions. People who have a quiet and calm image are always considered that they treat everything light so they have a dim and mild attitude toward life, and such kind of people can receive a lot of repect among the public in China, so you can see that alomost every top leader in China only has one unchanged face everyday.Most people will choose kiss at a private place because they think it's a private thing and it is rude and impolite to do in the pulic, but hold hands or hug in the public are the ways that people show their ceremonies, so when people greet others, they always hold hands and hug with each other.

In conclusion, most people tend to hide thier emotions in the public in China , because they consider that it 's polite and cultivated, on the other hand, it's rude and impolite to show their emtions especially the negative emotions among people.

Answers to the Q of the "Mother Tongue"

There is no doubt that different generation has different ways of speaking, because different generation receives different education. For example, we usually use English language such as "hello " or "hi" when we greet others as English has became more and more universal in Chinese school now,but to our parents, the most familiar way to greet friends is using Chinese words.

In less formal situation,such as when we talk to our friends,we usually use "cause" in stead of "because". Sometimes, I may use the initial letter of the first name of my friend to call him/her, for example, I may call my friend Emily "E". When we response the sentences " thank you very much", we should say "you are welcome" in formal situation ,while saying "no problem" in less formal condition.

Introduce myself

My name is Gao Zijing,and you can also call me Ivy Gao which is my American name.I'm 19 years old.I'm from Beijing,China.I want to be a private financial advisor,so I choose finance majoy.My hobbies are piano,ErHu and singing.I have a happy family,and my mother is a accountant working in the government, and my father is responsible for the rolled steel in a state-owned enterprise. I really love this country and enjoy to be here everyday.