中美电影文化差异英文

Ⅰ 从电影《喜福会》看中美文化差异，英语论文，有写过的人吗，希望能帮助我一下，谢谢。

这个可以给你参考一下 “joy” or “join” ---- culture shock between the east and the west
The joy luck of club is the title of this novel. It is also held by Suyuan, Jingmei’s mother, to gather 4 families immigrated to America in 1949. What is the purpose of holding such a party each week? The answer is to be joyful as the name of party------ the joy luck club. 4 old ladies always play maijiang and tell funny stories in the party. Everyone here tries his or her best to pretend to be happy. However, deeply inside their hearts, all of them have their own sorrows.
What makes them unhappy? Those pains are caused not only by their lives in old China but also by the misunderstanding of their own America-born daughters. So I think the name of the book is ironic.
How come daughters do not understand their mothers? It is caused by culture shock between the east and the west.
“3 obedience and 4 virtues” vs. Indivial freedom
In Chinese tradition, wives must follow her own parents, husbands and parents-in-low. They are not allowed to have their own idea and have no right to choose their own life. If they do not obey the rules, they will be considered to be a bad woman. This point is shown in the first part of the book------- 4 mothers’ sad lives in old China. Although they have escaped from China, they also have Chinese traditional characters.
However, in America, children have equal rights with their parents. They can choose their own life in the way of they like. It is not difficult to understand why American-born daughters cannot like the way of their mothers ecate them.
Take Waverly for example. Lindo asks her daughter to play chess and take part in a contest. After winning the game, Lindo boasts her daughter’s prize to others. Waverly can not understand this way and even hate this. She wrangles with her mother. In her view, it is her own honor. And it is none business of her mother. She asks her mother that if she wants to show off, wins the game by herself.
Mothers would like a daughter to obey their wills while daughters would like to be free and independent.
Criticism Vs. Encouragement
Chinese parents express their love to children through criticism. On the contrary, the American people show affection through encouragement.
For example, Suyuan always compares her daughter Jingmei with Waverly. She always puts out Jingmei’s bad points. These things make jingmei unhappy. She believes that her mother wants to control her and likes Waverly more than her. In order to show resistance to her mother, she decides not to play the piano that her mother tries her best to let her learn.
Suyuan wants her daughter to became a swan, which represents her hope. She left from
China for seeking a better way to live and finding a new lifestyle for women. She intent to let her daughter have been respected by others instead of being a Chinese traditional woman. However she fails. The failure is indicated at the beginning of the book. When su yuan arrived in America the immigration officials pulls her swan away from her, leaving the women fluttering her arms and with only one swan feather for a memory.
It is a tragedy to Jingmei as she really has a talent for playing the piano. She does not realize it until her mother died. The treason for this tragedy is misunderstanding between 2 generations in different cultures.
Chinese vs. English
The linguistic barrier exists between each mother and their children. The children alsys complains their mothers’ bad English mixed with Chinese words. They think their mothers are stupid while mothers think children know nothing. It shows that there is lack of communication between 2 generations.
All of these show culture shock between the east and the west.
At the end of the book, this situation is changed. Jingmei can understand her mother’s love; Lindo accepts Waverly’s husband who is a foreigner that she dislikes; Lena approves her value to her American husband after her mother’s advice… daughters starts to understand their mothers and the west can understand the east.
Now I realize another meaning of the joy luck club. “Joy” stands for “join” It is a link between the 2 generations. In the party daughters and mothers have meals and communicate together. It is also the link between the east and the west. Mothers show Chinese dishes here and play Chinese traditional game---- maijiang. And all different colors friends gather here. It signs conciliatory of these 2 cultures.

Ⅱ 中美文化差异英文版

本质屙I生 完全对廊 什么意思 喜庆13 是什么 iealous 帮你改 jealous

相左 是什么意思

The discrepancy of Color Culture is closely linked the affect color of translation and human beings life. Without multicolcoured color, life will become platitude. Since physical and psychological various reasons, Different kinds of color-words in different national culture background have different social culture meanings, that is, different nations have different language expression on colors. Therefore, color not just has its essence of material, but plentiful cultural meanings. Let's just use Chinese "红" and English "red" as an example. To demenstrate that color-words is not as identical as it illustrated. Chinese English English Chinese 红糖 brown sugar red ruin, 火灾红茶 black tea a red battle, 血战红豆 love pea red sky 彩霞红运, good luck in redink 赤字红包, bonus red letterdays, 喜庆13 etc. and Chinese used to say "红眼病" or "眼红" to express one's envious and jealous mentality. but it can't be used on English to say : red-eyed illiness or red eye, it should say jealous. Another example, in Chinese "红" used to appreciate someone's success on business or gain fame and fortune, like "走红"."红歌星"."红极一时"etc.. "红" even can be used with the metaphor of someone receving favour or trustworthyness from a superior, like "红人","红的发紫"etc. English usually use popular instead of red. By this point of view, a color doesn't just symbolize a single meaning, it has multiple meanings, some similar to, some incline to left, and some even total revese.
Therefore, The difference of Color Culture has great influence on language translating.it needs associating with contextualized settings, and carefully processing.

Ⅲ 反映中外文化差异的电影

一、《刮痧》2001

豆瓣评分：8.2

IMDb评分：7.6

点评：

讲述美国亚裔群体的纪录片。本来是充满欢喜和期望的越战后的寻亲重逢，却在母女相处过程中出乎意料地转变成分离造成的巨大的文化冲突，并以不可调和的悲剧收场。摄制组跟拍过程中也没料到会有这种转变；前后反差充满力量；爆发的那一整段高潮很绝。

中外在思维，文化，经济，政治等许多方面都存在差异，而以上几部电影成功帮我们了解了差异，是了解国外生活的巨作。

Ⅳ 电影《刮痧》所呈现的中美文化差异 “标题英文翻译” 高分

Brief Analysis of the Difference between Chinese and American Culture Based on the Movie "Gua Sha Treatment"

电影名是我网络的，具体不了解，基本题目就是这样，具体可能不是很符合你的想法，可以稍作改动~

Ⅳ 中美文化差异英文作文一篇快啊

Social customs differ from place to place in the world. Misunderstanding will surely arise if we are not aware of these differences.

There are many differences in social customs between Americans and Chinese. The most obvious is that people are very informal in social situations in the United States. For example, they call each other by their given names
when they meet for the first
time, including the young to the old. In China, however, this will be regarded as quite impolite. Another difference is in topics in conversation. It is quite all right to ask a Chinese the cost of his possessions while it is quite rude to do so in the United States. The Chinese do not care much if they are asked about their age, their political and religious beliefs whereas these kinds of topics are usually avoided in conversations in the United States.

There are certainly many other different social customs between Americans and Chinese to which we should pay much attention in the study of the English language. Only those who have an awareness of the culture of another nation can have a better command of its language.

Ⅵ 有没有反映中美文化差异的电影

《刮痧》

执行制片人：郑晓龙
制片人：王中军 李维嘉 马克-白尔斯
导 演：郑晓龙
编 剧：王小平 霍秉全 薜家华 马克-白尔斯
摄 影：黄岳泰
出品人：周浦雄
主 演： 梁家辉 蒋雯丽 朱旭
出 品：北京紫禁城影业有限公司

“别人种了九千年的桃子，他不跟主人打一声招呼摘来便吃，当人家制止时，他不但不听劝阻，而且还大打出手毁了人家的桃园。别人辛辛苦苦炼好的丹丸，他拿来就吃，还把主人打得头破血流，临走还毁了人家的制作车间——象这样一个野蛮顽劣的猴子，竟然被许大同在电子游戏中描绘成英雄......”——在电影《刮痧》中，控方雇佣的美国律师在法庭上这样描述《西游记》中的孙悟空，用以证明移民美国的许大同有暴力倾向。

故事发生在美国中部密西西比河畔的城市圣路易斯。许大同[梁家辉饰]来美八年，事业有成、家庭幸福。在年度行业颁奖大会上，他激动地告诉大家：我爱美国，我的美国梦终于实现！但是随后降临的一件意外却使许大同梦中惊醒。

五岁的丹尼斯闹肚发烧，在家的爷爷[朱旭饰]因为看不懂药品上的英文说明，便用中国民间流传的刮痧疗法给丹尼斯治病，而这就成了丹尼斯一次意外事故后许大同虐待孩子的证据。

法庭上，一个又一个意想不到的证人和证词，使许大同百口莫辩。而以解剖学为基础的西医理论又无法解释通过口耳相传的经验中医学。面对控方律师对中国传统文化与道德规范的“全新解释”，许大同最后终于失去冷静和理智......法官当庭宣布剥夺许大同的监护权，不准他与儿子见面。

恼怒的许大同与朋友昆兰之间产生误解和冲突；为让儿子能留在家里得到母亲[蒋雯丽饰]的照顾，许大同搬出了家；父亲也决定回国，为了让老人临行再见一面孙子，许大同从儿童监护所偷出儿子丹尼斯到机场送别。受到通缉的许大同带着儿子逃逸，和大动干戈围追堵截的警察兜圈子，玩了一场追车游戏，“从容地”在逃亡中享受父子团聚的片刻快乐。

父子分离，夫妻分居，朋友决裂，工作丢弃......接连不断的灾难恶梦般降临，一个原来美好幸福的家庭转眼间变得支离破碎，努力多年、以为已经实现了的美国梦，被这场从天而降的官司彻底粉碎。贫民区的破旧公寓里，偷偷相聚的大同夫妇借酒浇愁，抱头痛哭。

圣诞之夜，许大同思家团圆盼子心切，只有铤而走险，装扮成“圣诞老人”，从公寓大厦楼外的水管向高高的十楼——自己家的窗户悄悄爬去，结果引来警车呼啸而至......
参考资料：http://ent.sina.com.cn/film/chinese/file/guasha.html

Ⅶ 一份介绍中美文化差异的英文文章急需！

文化差异(Culture Difference):种族 National race

The whole question of the changing role of Blacks in American society as been the subject of newspaper articles around the world so frequently that visitors to the United States do not know what to expect when they arrive. They may be surprised when they see that Blacks and Whites work side by side in offices , factories , and schools across the country . The majority of Blacks in the United States, however, live in and around only a small number of American cities.

Many dark-skinned visitors arrive in the United States fearing personal attack or expecting various degrees of racial prejudice. Some forms of discrimination [1] still exist ,unfortunately, especially in the areas of the housing , schools , and jobs . The school equality is still more a dream than a reality. There are still too many areas of the country where Black Americans do not enjoy the same full opportunities as White Americans . However, the vast majority of American s are working , studying , and sharing public places together. This was not true even a few years ago in some parts of the country , but progress is steadily being made . You will be able to observe the improvement in race relations as soon as your plane lands . You will see it in the airport, in public buses and trains , in theaters , restaurants , rest room, in sops and libraries , in offices and factories . Close personal friendships between Blacks and Whites , full trust and social relationships are still not common , except in certain areas, However, even in this - the slowest area of progress-there has been change , especially among young people.

[1] discrimination n. 辨别, 区别, 识别力, 辨别力, 歧视

Excerpted from " A Guide to U.S.A. ", edited by Li Yang, Li Yi, published by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press.

Culture Difference
发表日期：2005-04-22 10:58:52 作者：洪恩在线

It is not a novel knowledge that culture difference exists between eastern and w
estern countries. But not until I heard the lecture given by a Chinese scholar,
who has been lived in Australia for several years, did I came to understand that
how different it is.

The scholar summarized that we, as Chinese, prefer to think in a spiral, casual
way, while western people, more often than not, are fond of a linear, business-i
s-business way. Supporting the idea, he named out examples he himself experience
d while staying in Australia. Here are some excerpts.

Firstly, line up matter. If you are in China, it is not rare to see that a crowd
of people throng in the supermarket, trying to get service first. People in Ch
ina do line up, the scholar said in a humorous tone, but they prefer to line up
at a horizontal way.

In contrast, in western countries, say, in Australia, people always line up, no
matter in a big bank or a small grocery store. And they take it for granted. Lin
ing up has long since become part of their life that they scarcely doubt it or g
row impatient while doing it.

Secondly, first come, first served. Though in words it is a normal principle her
e in China, it’s mostly not the case in reality. Take an example of what usuall
y happens in a bank. Here when we are in a middle-sized bank, and suppose we are
talking with the cashier, it always tends to have someone butt in, claiming tha
t his or her request takes only one second.

And it seems that we have already been accustomed to it. So has the cashier. But
in western countries, it never applies. It is always rude that you butt in whil
e the cashier is serving his customer. No matter how little time your request co
sts, the cashier, more often than not, is likely to turn you down. Only one cust
omer at a time is his principle.

Thirdly, change stuff. Suppose I am in a shopping mall and the stuff I purchase
cost me 142 RMB. While lining up at the casher’s and happening to check my wall
et, I find I have 200 RMB and two one-yuan coins. What will I do? To give the ca
shier 200 RMB, or give him 200 RMB and the two one-yuan coins so that he could r
eturn me 60 RMB, which is more convenient for both of us.

I think when the Chinese were in this situation, they would mostly choose the la
tter one. But the scholar said, in Australia, they won’t do so. He then told th
at he himself did try it once, and he thought it was self-evident to do so. But
the cashier did not understand.

So the scholar latter on summarized that western people are prone to lack of fle
xibility while doing their work. Then how about us in their eyes? They think we
Chinese have a tendency to make things complicate. What an interesting contrast!

Here I don’t intend to tell which is better and which is worse. What I try to s
ay is just that we might well be in conformity with the customs and be aware of
the culture differences while being abroad. Like the saying goes—while you are
in Rome, do as Romans do. If you don’t want to put yourself in the public, bear
ing all this in mind is perhaps the best policy.

Caroline

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Re：Culture Difference tdeanxx(Tim) 1K 05.04.20 01:19

Dear Caroline,

I think your scholar friend spent several years in Australia and completely miss
ed the most important value represented in his examples. That value is egalitar
ianism. The principle that people should be treated equally.

When the bank teller insists on attending one customer at a time the principle i
s not "only one customer at a time" it is "this customer waited in line and so w
ill you, no matter how tall, how well dressed or how loud your voice." And you
can be sure if the customer is a poor working man and the impatient man is a wel
l dressed business man, the customer will very bruskly insist on his rights not
to be interrupted. A well run bank will have a customer service person who can
answer questions, but people doing transactions must wait their turn. My impres
sion of a business or a nation where people are not treated equally in the marke
tplace and a bully can obtain service without waiting is a place where there is
a class oriented culture and/or where one can bribe one …………[文章太长，没有全部显示，点击本文标题阅读全文]

Re：Culture Difference caroline.(caroline) 2K 05.04.20 12:25

Dear Tim,

The lecture given by the scholar is mainly on English learning. That's for he na
med such examples. He just aimed to tell the audience how important to understan
d a culture is, which is different from our motherland.

What you said is indeed right. And I am with you on this. The corruption in Chi
na is rampant these years, you relate it with class. Well, I haven't thought abo
ut it. But I do agree that the idea of class roots in many people's mind.

Like the example you took in the article, I almost could be sure that here the c
ashier would definitely turn to the well dressed business man. You say that the
poor working man will insist on his rigts not to be interrupted. But here I gues
s he would just pretend not to mind it and let it be.

I myself experienced this once, in fact. Once I was in a post office to have a p
ackage posted. You know, it was crowded inside and the people lined up in a wayw
ard way. So when it was my turn, and when I was just about to tell the man my re
quest, one guy …………[文章太长，没有全部显示，点击本文标题阅读全文]

Re：Culture Difference panpanpan 210 05.04.20 08:32

You've got a sharp eye for the human conditions, Tim.

--
Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back.

Learning is like sailing a boat against the current; it either advances or retre
ats.

Re：Culture Difference tdeanxx(Tim) 351 05.04.20 12:47

Dear Panpanpan,

I wouldn't have written in such a non-diplomatic fashion except that I wanted to
see what people thought, and that sort of behavior is particularly irritating t
o me. I will try not to lose my temper when I am in China. I don't want to get
"kung fu'd". Great to hear from you, friend. I want to hear more of your thou
ghts.

Tim

Re：Culture Difference smdyfc(Dont happy) 263 05.04.20 18:05

English is so good!Do you announce some articles more again?Did you graate?Wor
ker, should have of, all of you have.And have brains!Can come to our company to
work?

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Power is everything!!Falling behind would be beaten!!
I'm never,never,never,never give up!!!

Re：Culture Difference spoilme(maple) 804 05.04.22 06:02

"Thirdly, change stuff. Suppose I am in a shopping mall and the stuff I purchase
cost me 142 RMB. While lining up at the casher’s and happening to check my wal
let, I find I have 200 RMB and two one-yuan coins. What will I do? To give the c
ashier 200 RMB, or give him 200 RMB and the two one-yuan coins so that he could
return me 60 RMB, which is more convenient for both of us.

I think when the Chinese were in this situation, they would mostly choose the la
tter one. But the scholar said, in Australia, they won’t do so. He then told th
at he himself did try it once, and he thought it was self-evident to do so. But
the cashier did not understand. "

It won't happen in New York. Maybe the cashers in NY are smarter. :)

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Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.

Ⅷ 用英语表述中西方电影文化的差异

建议 从结局方面想，中国的多是大团圆结局，外国相反。是看过一部电影的感慨，楼主如果有空看看吧，万能钥匙，结局出人意料。

Ⅸ 中美文化差异（英文）

Cultural Difference between Chinese and American Indivial
Lifestyles

American A Culture of self-expression Chinese A Culture of Self restrain
Clear expression of Joy and sorrow Ambiguous of joy and sorrow
Unequivocal expression of “Yes/No”. Equivocal expression of “Yes/No”.
Strong Personality Weak Personality
Priority of self-interest Priority of harmony with others

Source: Norihiko Shimizu's paper “Today’s Taboos may be gone tomorrow", Peking Business, February 1995, p.51.

Cultural Differences between Chinese and American Business

American Business Chinese Business
Game concept: Business is a game in pursuit of profits under the rules of laws and contracts Mutual trust-oriented business: business is based on trusting relationship among people rather than the rules of game
Efficiency-oriented and approximate accuracy simplicity, clarity, and quickness Highly precision-oriented and perfectionism-high dependency on human awareness
Easy layoffs, dismissals of employees, and selling of businesses Job security
Low mutual dependence between employers and employees High mutual dependence between employers and employees
Heavy dependence on machinery and technology, vs. Light dependence on human resources Heavy dependence on human resources

This comparision answered many of my questions on effeciency v.s. diversity, why the way of doing business is so different cross the two continents.