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1、Case1Girl-nessAsavisitingprofessorinanAmericanuniversity,ZhangHuawasinvitedtogivealecturetoagroupofAmericanstudents.HetalkedaboutuniversitystudentsinChina.Duringthequestion-and-answerperiodafterthelecture,onefemalestudentaskedaquestionthatsurprisedZhangHua.“Whenyoutalkedab
2、outfemalestudents,youreferredtothemasgirls.Why?”“Becausetheyaregirls.That’swhattheyarecalled,”ZhangHuatriedtoanswer,butheknewhedidnotreallyunderstandtheintentofthequestion.“Idon’tquiteunderstandyourquestion,I’mafraid.”“IntheStates,wecallourselves‘women’ifwe’reoldenoughtogo
3、totheuniversity.Callingus‘girls’isinsulting.”DoChinesefemalecollegestudentsprefertobecalledwomen?Case2Manyyearsago,aChinesemanshowedaphotoofhiswifetosomeAmericanvisitors.Outofcourtesy,theyallsaid,”Sheisverybeautiful.”Alsooutofcourtesy,themanrepliedwithwhathewouldhavedonein
4、Chineseunderthecircumstance,”Where!Where!”Quitetakenaback,nobodysaidanythingforamoment,untilthemostingeniousoneamongthevisitors,takinganotherlookatthephoto,said,“Oh,everywhere!”WhatdidtheChineseintendtomeanbyreplyingwith“Where!Where!”? Case1Girl-nessAsavisitingprofessorina
5、nAmericanuniversity,ZhangHuawasinvitedtogivealecturetoagroupofAmericanstudents.HetalkedaboutuniversitystudentsinChina.Duringthequestion-and-answerperiodafterthelecture,onefemalestudentaskedaquestionthatsurprisedZhangHua.“Whenyoutalkedaboutfemalestudents,youreferredtothemas
6、girls.Why?”“Becausetheyaregirls.That’swhattheyarecalled,”ZhangHuatriedtoanswer,butheknewhedidnotreallyunderstandtheintentofthequestion.“Idon’tquiteunderstandyourquestion,I’mafraid.”“IntheStates,wecallourselves‘women’ifwe’reoldenoughtogototheuniversity.Callingus‘girls’isins
7、ulting.”DoChinesefemalecollegestudentsprefertobecalledwomen?Case2Manyyearsago,aChinesemanshowedaphotoofhiswifetosomeAmericanvisitors.Outofcourtesy,theyallsaid,”Sheisverybeautiful.”Alsooutofcourtesy,themanrepliedwithwhathewouldhavedoneinChineseunderthecircumstance,”Where!Wh
8、ere!”Quitetakenaback,nobodysaidanythingforamoment,untilthemostingeniousoneamongthevisitor
