本教材内容共分四部分，10个单元。第一部介绍东西文化差异的根源和不同国家不一样的性格特征和价值体系。第二、三部分全面介绍东西文化差异的具体表现，第二部分介绍包括家庭、朋友、娱乐、饮食文化等；第二部分介绍在工作、学习和社会、政治等方面不同国家的文化差异。第四部分在全书中起总结作用，介绍文化冲突及对待文化冲突的正确态度。
Part Ⅰ Different People in Different Countries
Unit 1 Englishmen, Americans, and Chinese
Passage A The English Character
Passage B The American Character
Passage C The Chinese Character
Cultural Information Influence of Geographic Environment
Unit 2 Values and Religions
Passage A East and West, Different Values
Passage B Religion and Its Infiuence in the East and West
Passage C American Religious Heritages
Cultural Information Being Religious in America
Part Ⅱ Differences in Daily Life
Unit 3 Family and Friend
Passage A American Family
Passage B Social Relationship and Friendship in the East and West
Cultural Information American Friendship
Unit 4 Sports and Entertainment
Passage A Leisure Activities in Britain and China
Passage B Sports and Recreation in America
Cultural Information Volunteerism in America
Unit 5 Dieting and Culture
Passage A Chopsticks or Forks, Taste or Nutrition
Passage B Eating Etiquette in the West
Cultural Information Cultural Formulas for Hunger
Part III Differences in Study,Work and Society
Unit 6 Education
Passage A Education in China and the U.S
Passage B Home School Education
Cultural Information American Education
Unit 7 Different Attitudes to Time and Work
Passage A Different Attitudes to Time
Passage B American Attitude to Work and Manual Labor
Cultural Information Theories of Ethics in the West
Unit 8 Social Differences
Passage A American Presidential Election
Passage B The Welfare State
Cultural Information American Politics
Part IV Intercultural Adaptation
Unit 9 Meeting Different Cultures
Passage A Silence in Different Cultures
Passage B Culture Shock and Adjustments
Cultural Information Verbal or Silent Communication
Unit 10 Globalization
Passage A Ethnocentrism
Passage B Understanding Intercultural Conflicts
Cultural Information Ethnocentrism, a Bamer in Intercultural Communication
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