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Ihavemanyexperiencesaboutculturedifferences.IamanEnglishmajorstudentsothatIwouldhavemorechancetolearnandknowaboutculturedifferences.
Generally,Ithinkthatculturedifferencesarenotasmuchdifferentasitwouldbeimaginedindailylife’sappearance,butverydifferentifitaffectedpeople’sminddeeply.
Forexample,inChinapeoplewouldbecloserinconversationtoshowfriendshipandclosenesswithaperson,however,manyforeignerswouldkeepdistancesincommunicationtopayrespectandgiveprivatespacetostaycloseasafriend.Thesearetwoverydifferentphenomenonsthatproveculturedifferencesarehuge.However,Ithinkitisnotabigdealtokeeppeoplefromdifferentculturestobecomebetterfriendsinactuallifeexperiences.Infact,withthedevelopmentofculturecommunicationallaroundtheworld,suchdifferencesarebecomingmoreandmoresmall.
Sometimes,deepthoughtscanbelargelychangedbyculturalcrush.Andatthislevel,Ithinkculturedifferencescanbeabigdealtonotice.Ihadafriendwhousedtobeinrainydays,butshehadbelievedinChristianandchangedalotinherattitude.Ontheonehand,Ithinkitisagoodthingforhertomoveonwithherlife;butsometimesIfoundheralittlecrazyaboutherfaithandactweirdinawaythatmakesmeuncomfortable.
SoIthinkculturedifferencescanbeadouble-edgedsword.
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Inmyview,cultureinvasionisunfriendlyculturalcrushorculturalimpactionthatcausesbadinfluences.
Nowadays,cultureinvasionhasbecomemoreandmoredeepandinfluential.Forexample,fastfoodlikeKFCandMcDonaldhaslargelyoccupiedChinesemarket,whichalsobringoutlotsoflowerstandardfastfoodrestaurantstofollowtheirmodes,andtheyarenotverygoodfood.Asforfestivals,manypeoplehavebecomemoreactiveinChristmasDayratherthaninsometraditionalNewYear’sDay.Andthoseforeignfestivalsalsobecomemarketingmeanstosalepeopleunneededstuffjustforpromotion.
Inadeeperlevel,Ithinkcultureinvasiondoesnotonlyreflectinmaterialstuff,butalsoinlifeattitude.Manypeople,especiallytheyoungeroneshavebecomelostininternationalfashionandlivingstyle,suchasprematureconsumptionandexcessiveconsumptionareverycommonfornotonlymiddleagedpeople,butalsostudents.ThiscouldbeabadresulttodevelopChinesetraditionalvirtue,whichisveryimportantforustoinheritaspartofChinesepeople’sownculturefeature.
SoIthinkweshouldpaymoreattentiontocultureinvasionandthinkcarefullybeforeacceptinganyofthenewculture,thustomakesurewewouldnotloseourselvesandforgetwhoweareinthefuture.