执教于弗吉尼亚大学达顿商学院的管理学者陈明哲一次做学术会议主题发言时半开玩笑地说,中国人喜欢用道歉开始演讲,“对不起来晚了”、“才疏学浅、准备不充分”之类;美国人则喜欢用笑话开始演讲,一般都是拿主持人或者自己开心。陈明哲来自台湾,后赴美留学,先后执教于哥伦比亚大学、沃顿商学院和达顿商学院,既是中国人又是美国人,所以当时既道了歉,又讲了笑话,算是完成了演讲前这个仪式性的任务。 Chen Mingzhe, a management scholar who teaches at the Darden School of Business in Virginia University, once jokingly said in a keynote speech at the academic conference that Chinese people like to start an address with an apology, “I’m sorry to be late,” " Like; Americans like to start a speech with a joke, usually take the host or their happy. Chen Mingzhe from Taiwan, after studying in the United States, has coached at Columbia University, Wharton and Darden Business School, both Chinese and Americans, so both apologized and jokes, be considered before the completion of the speech This ritual mission.