With the unprecedented development of the high technology, the world becomes smaller and smaller, leading to that the different cultures are gradually spread all over the world. Everywhere we can always find the cultural shock in different ways. So I think it is the time that we should face the reality and adjust ourselves to accept the difference in cultures, and so people are , actually .
From the daily life, we can notice that many people have been used to the difference in culture , and show their respect towards it. For example, when people who are free thinkers meet women who are the followers of Islam, they do not show their surprised expressions on the scarf at all , and they may pay attention to avoid doing something that will offend the Moslem .
This is focus on the religion. There is still another example about the gestures.
Most people know that the gesture of V-Sign is popular for the meaning of victory or two (here ,we ignore the directions that the palm point ),actually ,sometimes we do not notice the directions at all when we use the meaning of two. However, for people from Greece or somewhere else, they regard the gesture when the palm is towards the speaker as a rude aggression, so people have known that and been cautious about what they have shown to others or the person’s nationality they are talking to . And I consider that there are also lots of aspects which can show our cognizing about the difference in culture .
In the society, we could meet those things that may exist the cultural shock at all times, and just show our respect and get rid of being engaged in trouble. With our acceptance and respect , I think our life will more wonderful surrounded by different cultures .
In a multicultural society we should be mindful of our gestures, manner of speaking and general behaviour. Even so, as long as we are honest and sincere in our interactions with others, we need not be overly concerned with making embarrassing mistakes. We can always apologise if pointed out. We must not let this concern limit our social interactions with people from other cultres.
ReplyDeleteI'm impressed by your writing! It reads vivid, and the language is charming too. I have to repeat the old idea: just keep an open mind and smile!
ReplyDeleteWow....such unbelievable are the cultural differences that i have to be careful with my body gestures if i am in Greece one day....
ReplyDeleteYour blog is related to your oral report to some extent. Culture differences do exist, but we can avoid them as long as wepay attention to them.
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree that we should accept the culture difference and show respect to other cultures. However sometimes we do not offence them deliberately, the only thing we could do is apologize.
ReplyDeleteEvrery one should respect each other .If we offened other by accident ,we should apologize at once. But I think people are always kind so we just need to be careful and do not be that curious about others' behaviours .
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