Question

帮我写篇英语作文啊！就100字！在线等啊！

要求是Step 1: Normative-level analysis
At this step, these questions need to be addressed: what cultural differences made the involved parties behave in this way? What normative cultural attributes caused the cross-cultural clash?

Step 2: Behavioral-level analysis
At this step, this question needs to be addressed: what behaviors of each party caused the clash?

Step 3: Giving behavioral-level suggestions
At this step, these questions need to be addressed: what should have been done by each party to avoid the clash? What might be done by each party to save the situation?

Please refer to the “marking criteria” file for sample case analysis!

然后案例分析，题目是
Susan Wood, a young American mother of a four-year-old boy, came to China for the first time. She wrote a letter to her parents for help.

Dear Dad and Mom,

I don’t feel happy in China. I am scared by how the Chinese treat Tommy. Tommy is already four years old. Whenever I take him outside, a lot of Chinese whom I don’t know would fondle him, touching, patting, hugging or even kissing him. It seems that the Chinese are treating Tommy as a pet. I think they are very rude. What should I do?

Answer 1

我不知道这个作文是应该重点描述这个case,还是文化差异的问题。因为字数限制，我理解为只是分析这个case。

The problem that Susan faced with is caused by the different way to get along with people between American and Chinese. Americans respect the private room which is shown as keeping distance with each other, never asking others’ personal life and so on, whereas, Chinese people display intimacy even to the strangers. That’s why a lot of Chinese taped, hugged or kissed Susan’s kid.

Fundamentally, what they can do to avoid this clash is to respect, communicate and compromise to each other. This is primary for both of the two parties. Following this rule, Susan could explain how and why she doesn’t want them to touch her boy. And for the Chinese, they need to understand and respect Susan’s tradition.