“新港报告”旨在展示西安交通大学“双一流”建设的丰硕成果,推动学校师生与社会各界乃至全球各界的交流沟通,以讲座交流促进科技创新、激发学术创造,并致力于发展成为世界一流的科研展示平台和学术交流空间。本书收入2019年以来西安交通大学“新港报告”10余篇讲稿,内容为外语语言及文化领域的最新探索和研究成果,主题包括语言和语用学方面的实践、文学作品及文化展示、翻译技巧探讨与实践等等。
This volume is a collection of Foreign Languages and Culture Series of the IHarbour Lectures,which were initiated to commemorate the establishment of the China West Innovation Harbour (the IHarbour for short). The IHarbour is the new campus of Xi'an Jiaotong University,but it is more than a campus in the traditional sense. Actually,it aims to serve as a premier platform for cutting-edge interdisciplinary research,innovation of science and technology,intemational academic cooperation and intercultural communication. Foreign Languages and Culture Series of the IHarbour Lectures 2019 is an exemplary realization of this goal as it exhibits the latest achievements across the interdisciplinary field of language sciences,explores the incredible power of language in human cognition and behavior,sparks the dialogues between Chinese and Westem literary classics,and accelerates the communication between distinguished scholars from different areas,both academically and geographically.The IHarbour Lecture Series on Language,Culture,and Literature,hosted by the Center for International Studies of Xi'an Jiaotong University,consists of two subseries: (1) Language & Cognition,and (2) Literature & Culture.The lectures in the Language & Cognition subseries,with"How Language Shapes Us " as the theme,focus on the intersection between language,cognition and human behaviors. The lectures cover a wide range of critical issues in language science,from the origin of human language to the lexical changes brought about by social media; from the impact of bilingualism on human behaviors to the power of language in constructing country image; from the mechanisms underlying daily communication to the use of language in maintaining justice in the news. The lectures in the Literature & Culture subseries are centered on the theme "Everlasting Classics".
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A Mathematician's Fairy Tale: Alice in Wonderland Where Does Language Come from? Subjectivity Is Not Evil for Journalists The Success of If You Are the One in Australia "Foxy Ladies" : Female Anthropomorphism in the Short-stories of Pu Songling and in European Folk Tales and Literature Network Language: Innovation and Cognition From Turing to McEwan: AI, Lies and Ethical Dilemma in Literature How Being a Bilingual Can Affect Your Decision Making? Mulan in the U.S.- From Kingston's Narrative Work The Woman Warrior to Disney's Mulan Films
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"They would never say it.So they quite enjoy that the Chinese are so direct like this girl.She said,"you're a bit old and a bit short.Sorry.",which is fine,because this is a dating show,if you don't like someone,just tell the truth.Don't beat around the bush.Here was some feedback from viewers.One viewer said,"Kind of wish I lived in China where it's okay to say stuff like this.Saying congratulations on your pregnancy to the wrong dude once and you're in trouble."Another viewer said,"In China I was with my boss and her husband was drinking,and she said to me, 'My husband is pretty ugly,isn't he?' What am I meant to say to that? "A viewer commented,"Given she's your boss,you should probably agree with her."So it's quite interesting.You don't realize that we are very direct.We Chinese do comment on people's appearances but Australians don't.So this is a cultural difference.Being Chinese,you may say to your colleague,"You've cut your hair too short.It doesn't suit you."But an Australian would never say that.They'd say,"Oh,you have a very nice haircut."Not really. That's a cultural difference.And this show,people love watching it is because of cultural differences.This viewer said,"I like this show.It does help people to understand different cultures."Culturesare coming from people.Culture doesn't only come from books,it also comes from real people and real lives,because they are the reflection of the culture they live in.Here is a simple example.These are ten requirements (omit here) for a partner.Australians were amazed by them.They wonder why you need to know so much,and why you need to know someone's past love experiences.They never ask the past unless you want to talk about it yourself. The other one is"Family Backgrounds ". What's it got to do with your family? And"Ability for Housework". Do you have to do housework? And "Financial Situation",they found this requirement rather strange.And "Three Requirements for Partner"is another strange one. "Photos without Make-up "isn't applicable in Australia.Many people in Australia wear make-up and rarely use Photoshop for personal photos.Also,they didn't see any connection of "Friends' Comments "with their dating.They only found two items useful,one is "Common Interests".That's good to know.If I like this person,I like to know whether we share the same interest. The other one is"Girl's Room ",which would be interesting to have a look.The other eight items were irrelevant to dating.These are cultural differences,reflected from different views on love and dating.
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