6张精彩插图解释中西方文化差异

Six Brilliant Illustrations of Chinese and Western Cultural Differences
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A Westerner who first moves to China—a countrythat developed in isolation for much of its history—faces two major challenges.The first is understanding the Chinese language, often regarded as one ofthe world's most difficult to master. But the second is possibly even morevexing: cultural differences. Some are obvious, but others can be so insidiousthat it can require years to understand. And while the term is overused (Afriend in Beijingtried to explain away the city's crooked taxidrivers as a “cultural difference.” I didn't buy it.) there areany number of legitimate differences in the ways Chinese people and Westernersgo about their lives.
首次移居到中国（一个过去有着封闭历史的国家）的西方人往往会面临两大挑战。其一，听懂中国的语言，人们认为那是世界上最难掌握的语言之一。但接下来才是更令人烦恼的：文化差异。有些差异显而易见，但还有些深层的差异需要花去数年时间才能理解。虽然文化差异这个词被过分滥用（一位北京的朋友试图以“文化差异”为出租车司机的恶劣行为开脱，但我并不以为然）但中西方人的生活中的确存在很多差异。