●Foreword
●Part Ⅰ East and West
●Unit 1 Why Contrasting Chinese and Western Cultures?
●Ⅰ Ancient Civilizations and Cultures
●Ⅱ Cross-cultural Comparative Studies in China
●Ⅲ Ⅰmperatives for Contrasting Chinese and Western Cultures
●Ⅳ Key Concepts
●Unit 2 Traditional Characteristics of Chinese and Western Cultures
●Ⅰ "There Are All Kinds of Birds When a Forest Gets Large
●Ⅱ Traditional Chinese Cultural Characteristics
●Ⅲ Traditional Western Cultural Characteristics
●Unit 3 Affinities Across Cultures
●Ⅰ An Unexpected Affinity
●Ⅱ Reading for More Cultural Affinities
●Ⅲ Key Concepts
●Part Ⅱ Cultural Differences in Silent Languages
●Unit 4 Time
●Ⅰ Time in China and the West
●Ⅱ Two Time Modes
●Ⅲ Past-oriented Societies vs. Future-oriented Societies......
內容簡介
在客觀再現中西方學者有關中西方文化差異研究成果的基礎上,本教材具體內容以近年來的大量跨文化交流案例為橫線,以下述五個部分的內容為縱線,全面而審慎地展開:中西文化對比的意義;
無聲語言與文化差異;思維與文化差異;價值觀與文化差異;文化本位差異。
視野較寬:21世紀的英語教學不應僅局限於語言層面,應該把視野擴大到文化層面,因此本教材還強調文化差異意識及敏感性的培養。
涉及面廣:本教材綜合了英漢語言學、翻譯學、文化學、文化交流學、人類學、史學等學科知識,比同類教材更重視學生對所學知識的綜合運用。
時代感強:今日學生的文化交流能力,特別是文化視野更為寬闊,因此本教材案例力求時代感強。