在改革开放大潮中,我们的党政干部、科学技术人员接触外国朋友的机会日趋增多,诸如出国访问考察、业务学习、商贸洽谈之类的事务日渐频繁。在诸多对外交往活动中,要做到既有礼貌又不失尊严地同外国朋友进行交际,运用好交际英语,使之很好地为改革开放服务,必须了解并注意中西文化差异。 众所周知,语言和文化不可分割,语言的使用离不开社会环境,语言是社会文化的一个方面,也是学习文化的重要工具。当然,文化 During the tide of reform and opening up, the opportunities for our Party, government, cadres and scientific and technical personnel to contact foreign friends are on the increase. Services such as overseas visits, business studies and business talks have become increasingly frequent. In many foreign exchange activities, it is necessary to be both polite and dignified to communicate with foreign friends, and to use communicative English well to serve the reform and opening up, we must understand and pay attention to the cultural differences between China and the West. As we all know, language and culture are inseparable, the use of language can not be separated from the social environment, language is one aspect of social culture, but also an important tool for learning culture. Of course, culture