A Spanish friend represents around a lot of friends in learning Chinese, a senior Italian pilot friends can not sit back and relax, is trying to find a job in China Aviation Corporation, learning Chinese is a matter of course, there are many Europeans came to Germany to learn German look for opportunities. It is well understood phenomenon, in addition to Germany, the European economy out of recession, language learning with the economic trends never go.
In China, for a long time to learn English is compulsory. Cooler how many are planted in the English four, each test 59.5 points and get a university degree certificate, good injustice: eat food of their own country, pick up other people's wisdom teeth?
In China, English language higher education, the Chinese people in foreign countries has always been a hot topic restaurant, learning language is basic survival.
Difficulty Chinese people complain that English is learning French because not complain because French people are not difficult to learn German. People living in Germany, most of whom had been integrated into the language courses and classes, where you can see the people of all countries "destiny": German sister from Kosovo to talk like driving a car bad enough, stopping when most corner of the name of the Spanish brothers unstable Spanish vibrato, but most people can not stand or uncle who Chinese, German to talk like a samurai-like Burongfenshuo, allows the listener want sealed sword throat.
German is the most difficult one sound "r", in Chinese there is not, let the Chinese people confused, irritable, depressed - in the end is which part of the throat tube issued to? Former German spread such a legend, a lifetime to stay in Germany, Chinese people dying, called his wife and children to bed, everyone was waiting for him a Secret astronomy certificates of deposit, he wanted to talk about the old man said, I finally made the sound of, "r ... ... "and then I regret passed away.
German sentences are more complex and quite different word order, verb or modal verbs often ranked at the end of the sentence, she spoke on the Chinese people wandered off, like experienced a long-distance running, long enough to forget his selfless nature He gave predicate get lost.
Whether it is the Chinese people to learn English or German, they are without the slightest advantage, because they are another set of Chinese language and eight-pole could not beat the system. In Chinese, English inexplicably high enthusiasm, the children saw foreigners come to take the initiative to practice English, though he is from the United Kingdom or France, or Africa.
But learning a foreign language in the end is what? In addition to Chinese students, "education", "looking for work" and other pragmatic reasons, there are two ideas. The first is that language tools, however, that the second language is culture itself. But the consensus is that language is another culture insurmountable barrier.
Chinese people all over the world every corner, showing a strong ability to adapt to the Chinese people, but a lot of Chinese people living abroad even to learn the local language to some extent, still maintains strict Chinese communication style and way of life: a relatively closed circle, integration is not the main objective, but to enjoy good air quality and local welfare system, particularly in the education system, language, even stammered, can be mixed on the line, all expect the next generation.
Chinese people like to drink and a laugh, and this "joy" is more Gongchoujiaocuo between Tuibeihuanzhan with other spirits to sink down, Chinese people pay attention to is nothing at all. Chinese people's philosophy of life is wind blows, loose lips.
Western-style party, few chairs, we holding one red wine, or in twos and threes exchanges, many of the first meeting or second meet, so you can meet friends of friends, friends of friends of friends, no fixed chairs, Natural accelerate liquidity party workers also increase the exchange of coverage, it is the real deal by language and conversation.
In the early exchanges, as a foreigner, speak the local language, for locals is a new thing, as funny as other people's children, felt a sense of freshness and joy, but after this stage, to feel the exchange of weakness, or Guawei.
Not only the Chinese have "implication", German also has "zwischen den Zeilen", that is to say between the lines, between the lines. Not necessarily the language skills and cultural understanding, and the corresponding sense of humor, it is difficult to appreciate the impact of culture, communication soundly.
And each language has its own characteristic expression. English-speaking Chinese people sometimes find a strange phenomenon, in some cases more natural and smoother expression in English, this difference is not the language from the defect, but rather a cultural difference. Chinese people describe some things always turned the corner a lot, do not easily reveal their likes and dislikes and directly evaluate the freehand to the extreme. Ancient Chinese people write beautiful, she did not say how the United States, do not say how they attracted to whom, but "noise scared the bird beauties"; so far, "say it boring," and "do not play gooseberry", "naive" and so on, to emphasize that you can not write. In this subtle cultural environment, expressing likes and dislikes is a difficult and even embarrassing things, but replaced the English expression, it seems easier to say, because the English cultural environment is not the same, some people express barriers eliminated. And for another culture because the sense of distance, and less of a taboo.
Foreign language use have AC, AC have appreciated more differences, even confrontation.
Essen in Germany last festival, several foreigners fought each bar for a drink, including one in Germany, spent a year in Montenegro were stopped at the guard bar the door, the other did not give any reason and there is no accountability, and provocation "you a bad German." This experience is a nightmare for foreigners.
But more subtle cultural confrontation.
A German man and a Chinese man chat male-female relationships. The former said, "I can not stand next to sleep and woke up this morning not my wife." The latter aside and said "me too", while stealing think, sick ah! Finished out on the wash home, why still sleep a night?
The most powerful cultural confrontation is not the language whatever. Movie "Gran Torino" (Gran Torino), the Walt next to Clint Eastwood plays a live Asian family, they spoke their own language, and not in contact with the Americans. One day Walter tough camel spit a clot of phlegm, a neighbor lady sitting on the terrace with lightning speed to hit back at one point, a large amount of agile, strong potential, the action of, such as wake-up call to make instant hero That is shortness of breath.
Neighbors can not communicate, but to do business with each other in trouble. German never know what Chinese people "laugh without words" means. A German friend to me for help, owns a video production company, he and a large Chinese telecommunications equipment companies have business dealings, in time to talk about further cooperation, but they could not advance, the other never say "no", of course, It does not say, "well, that do." They are not the lack of translation, but cultural understanding. Chinese people have two sets of language system, it is a mouth, the other a heart.
Therefore, learning the language is a language skill acquisition, but also to understand a culture and rules and access.
Available for Chinese people, the most surprised to find than Westerners can learn fluent Chinese, Mandarin tone can learn in a short time people are people who have a flair for languages, but also the smart people, but some people also learn some bad habits of Chinese people, learn the unspoken rules, learn gifts, urban and rural discrimination, class discrimination.
And long-term stay in the western Chinese people, learn the rules, relaxed, and then fought in the domestic if, inevitably thwarted at every turn, confused.
Therefore, access is not necessarily all good. Learn the language, learn to bad, do not look at advertising to see the effect.
(From: the British "Financial Times" Chinese network author: Dong Zhang Fang)
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