电大形成性测验08秋英语Read the passage and give a brief analysis to the discussion questions.Linda Walker is a new American teacher in her fifties and has asked her new colleagues to call her Linda.She's been invited for dinner to the home

电大形成性测验08秋英语Read the passage and give a brief analysis to the discussion questions.Linda Walker is a new American teacher in her fifties and has asked her new colleagues to call her Linda.She's been invited for dinner to the home
电大形成性测验08秋英语
Read the passage and give a brief analysis to the discussion questions.
Linda Walker is a new American teacher in her fifties and has asked her new colleagues to call her Linda.She's been invited for dinner to the home of her young Chinese colleague Xu,who is also an English teacher.When Linda arrives,she is introduced to Xu's 5-year old daughter.
“Hello,granny,” said the little girl in English.
“No,not granny,” the mother hurriedly corrected.“This is Linda.”
“But why?She's so much older than you!How can you be so impolite!” The little girl was puzzled and protested in Chinese.Then Linda's face flushed and didn’t know what to say…
Fortunately,Linda didn’t understand Chinese,though she could sense something was wrong from the little girl’s reaction.
Questions for Discussion:
1.What was the reason for the awkwardness in this situation?
2.Why did the little girl think it was impolite to call Linda by her first name?
3.Suppose you are the mother,what would you explain to both the little daughter and Linda?
4.Read the passage and give a brief analys

电大形成性测验08秋英语Read the passage and give a brief analysis to the discussion questions.Linda Walker is a new American teacher in her fifties and has asked her new colleagues to call her Linda.She's been invited for dinner to the home
Linda Wlaker在她五十岁的时候新当上了一名美国教师,她让她的新同事们叫她Linda.一天同为英语老师的Linda的一位年轻的中国同事,徐,邀请她到家里做客.当linda到了的时候,徐向她五岁的女儿介绍了Linda.
“你好,奶奶.”小女孩用英文说.
“不,别叫奶奶.”母亲急忙更正.“这是Linda.”
“但是为什么呢?她比你老这么多,你为什么能这么礼貌呢!”小女孩很困惑并且用中文表示抗议.Linda的脸刷的一下红了,不知道该说什么好...
幸好的是,Linda不懂中文,尽管她从小女孩的反应中感觉到了什么地方出错了.
1. Because the little girl called her granny.
2. Because Linda is so much older than her mother.
3. This is Linda,This is my daughter,you can be friends.
4. Calling someone granny is impoite in America,because they will think you don't respect them,and think they are too old to do anything.We have different culture,Chinese always think calling someone's name is an polite thing,and 'you are old, but you are still in good health' is a compliment.
第四题意思：叫别人奶奶在美国是不礼貌的,因为别人你不尊敬她,你觉得她太老了不中用了,在中国我们的文化礼仪不同,中国人总是觉得叫一个人奶奶是礼貌的表现,虽然你很老,但是仍然健康.
总之这文章主要是也中美的文化差异带来的尴尬.第三题我自己觉得答得不太好,你有自己的想法就写上吧.

1. Xu's little girl called Linda granny.
2. Because Linda is much older than her mother, she thought it polite to call her granny.
3. To the daughter: In America, it is OK to call anyone his o...

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1. Xu's little girl called Linda granny.
2. Because Linda is much older than her mother, she thought it polite to call her granny.
3. To the daughter: In America, it is OK to call anyone his or her first name;
To Linda: In China, people are always call someone older granny or granpa.
4. Different cultures breed different perspectives. If you address a man older than you by his name, it would be considered impolite in China; but in Anerica, such things don't happen.

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