●PART ONE
●A DIFFERENT PASSPORT FOR A NEW JOURNEY WITH A CHINESE-AMERICAN GUIDE
●Chapter 1 Emigrations, Immigrations and Intergrations
●PART TWO
●TOURING THE WORLD FOR POSSIBILITIES AND TECHNIQUES TO UNDERSTAND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
●Chapter 2 Seeing the Duck-Rabbits in Thailand
●Chapter 3 Thumbing Your Knows in Vietnam
●Chapter 4 Considering the Double Takes in Taipei
●Chapter 5 Calculating the Customs Rate of Exchange in Nepal
●Chapter 6 Choosing Time Zones in the United States
●Chapter 7 Speizing Minority Minutes in Beijing
●PART THREE
●SHAPING A LIFE WITH THE POSSIBILITIES AND TECHNIQUES
●Chapter 8 Defining a Life with Language
●Chapter 9 Weaving a Life in a Web
●Chapter 10 Constructing a Life in a Pyramid
●Chapter 11 Abiding with Multiple Realities
●Chapter 12 Playing with Multiple Fantasies
內容簡介
本書為全國英語專業博雅繫列教材之一。本書作者是中國出生、從小在美國長大的華人。她們以自己的親身經歷為例,討論來自不同文化的人群在交際中容易產生的種種文化衝突和文化失誤。本書語言純正地道,內容詳實,涉及的跨文化衝突問題具有典型意義,因此對當代地球村中的大學生來說,具有一定的意義。