The Importance of Living
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THE IMPORTANCE OF LIVING
The Importance of Living written by Lin Yutang is not only a book telling what life is and how to live a life, but also display a contrast between cultures of U.S. and China. From several chapters about aspects of life, I get some understanding as below:
A QUICK COMPARISON BETWEEN CULTURAL SYSTEMS OF U.S. AND CHINA
Looking at Chinese and American cultural traits from a common sense perspective,
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be accompanied by some personal and subtle fabrics while American logic seems to have been prepared with more impersonal and explicit substances. In the Chinese language, the word "because" appears less frequently because the meaning of "because" is usually implied by the speaker or inferred by the audience with reference to the context. "The reason is because . . ." said by many Americans may suggest a strong motivation to reconfirm the cause-effect relationship ingrained in their mindset.
be accompanied by some personal and subtle fabrics while American logic seems to have been prepared with more impersonal and explicit substances. In the Chinese language, the word "because" appears less frequently because the meaning of "because" is usually implied by the speaker or inferred by the audience with reference to the context. "The reason is because . . ." said by many Americans may suggest a strong motivation to reconfirm the cause-effect relationship ingrained in their mindset.