Monday, December 20, 2010

Let the United States to study life more happy eight details

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Over the past few years, every year many students traveling to the United States, and now also ushered in the new year's peak season, students study abroad, how to adapt, integration of living abroad, so that the United States to study life happier? has eight noteworthy detail:

1. talk to keep a certain distance

And the United States who spoke to maintain the mutual distance between the body, half-meter distance is appropriate. When you and the United States who chat, if he has to move forward, you may leave his distance from some far; if he had to retreat, the distance between you and he might be too close, so you want to maintain an appropriate distance.

2, greeting not loud

Chinese people met acquaintances when loudly say hello to represent his enthusiasm, and the United States public occasions relatively quiet, people talking very light, unless an emergency are not normally open to yell. See acquaintance is also close to say hello.

3. dialogue to maintain eye contact

And the United States were in dialogue, to maintain eye contact. Free eye or Visual elsewhere will leave to the United States is not trusted and arrogance. Consequently, in dealing with the United States and people smile, eye contact is important. If you come across a stranger will greet you with a smile, you smile to him, he will give you say "Hello", this is just a courtesy, and does not mean that he would stop talking to you.

4, they cannot be readily and jest

Some Chinese students sometimes said that one or two sentence white lie or a joke, we think these are normal. However, in the United States, you and him lying or joking said he was dishonest, these words will make the United States people displeasure because the United States is a prestige of peoples, their economic and social status are individuals on the basis of credibility, you cannot bear no credibility.

5. acts of the same sex cannot be too intimate

In the United States, of the same sex cannot dance, this is one of the accepted social etiquette. Similarly, same-sex on the street walking goujiandabei between would also be considered to be gay, homosexual friends to maintain a moderate amount of physical contact.

6, don't touch the children

The Chinese see the favorite children like hand touch face or hands, said Lala on your child's favorite, but the United States people think this is very impolite. Even their family dog was someone casually touch or feel free to come to eat, they will arouse people's dissatisfaction with the United States.

7. visit "ceremony"

Visit the United States, went into the door must be off his hat and coat, wearing the sunglasses; the door should first greet the hostess, and greetings to the host. Guests are more, you can only shake hands with the master and acquaintances, on the other person can only nod; guests can not arbitrarily turning something, at least, Lord, nor enquired furniture prices.

8, women need to pay attention to details

United States on access to public places, or when a lot of makeup in public the female hairstyling buzhuang have certain ideas, they will think that women lack education, identity is questionable. And in the United States women's best not to wear black series of clothes, because the United States believe that black is the symbol of the stately, is the colour of the funeral with, so taboo in black.

Chinese students ' habits of Frank, think a lot of things at home quite normal, but the details are in a foreign country is very important. Chinese students studying in the United States, me, from the daily life of the clothing, food, housing and cultural dimensions of difference to all of the differences should not be ignored, should know in advance, otherwise they will be considered very ignorant, make themselves in a situation of 囧. 【】

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