Unit 7 CultureBridgingCulturalGapsGracefully[1]Whyisitthatwhenyoustudyaforeignlanguage,youneverlearnthelittlephrasesthatletyouslipintoaculturewithoutallyourforeignnessexposed?EveryChinese-reetingpeople;butasanAmerican,Iconstantlyfoundmyselftongue-,,bowinglikeaJapaneseandtryingtofindwordsthatwouldsmoothoverthevisitors',IoftenhidbehindmyChinesehusband'sgraciousness.[2]Thenfinally,listeningtoothers,plishedbutsurpassed.[3]PartingsfortheChineseinvolveacertainamountofritualandagreatdealofone-'mnotexpectedtoobserveorevenknowalltherules,asaforeigner,I'panyaleave-taking.[4]TheChinesefeeltheymustseeaguestofftothefarthestfeasiblepoint—'vesometimeswaitedhalfanhourormoreformyhusbandtoreturnfromseeingaguestoff,sincehe'othebusstopandwaitedforthenextbustoarrive.[5]Foralessimportantorperhapsayoungerguest,hemaysimplysay,“Iwon'tseeyouoff,allright?”Andofcoursetheguestassureshimthathewouldneverthinkofputtinghimtothetroubleofseeinghimoff.“Don'tseemeoff!Don'tseemeoff!”[6]That'sallverywell,butwhenI'mtheguestbeingseenoff,myprotestsarealwaysuseless,andmyhostessorhost,orboth,insistsonseeingmedownthestairsandwellonmyway,withourgoingthroughthe“Don'tbothertoseemeoff”ritual
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