和陌生人说话(1/6)

Good morning, today's lecture on communicating with strangers is the first of the series of lectures under the general topic – intercultural communication. Every day, we communicate the way we do because we are raised in a particular culture and learn its language, rules, and norms. Different cultures and subcultures may have different rules and norms. Therefore, understanding the other's culture facilitates cross-cultural communication. All communication occurs between people who have varying degrees of familiarity with each other. The key factor in understanding intercultural communication is the concept of the stranger and the definition of strangeness. First, strangeness and familiarity make up a continuum. We use the term “stranger" to refer to those people at the most unfamiliar end of the continuum. Thus anyone could be considered a stranger, given a sufficiently foreign context. A stranger has limited knowledge of their new environment – of its norms and values. And in turn, the locals have little knowledge of the stranger – of his or her beliefs, interests and habits. Generally speaking, communication with another involves predicting or anticipating their responses.

早上好,今天关于与陌生人交流的演讲是普遍话题——跨文化交际的第一个系列讲座。我们每天按自己的方式沟通，因为我们都成长在一个特定的文化而且学习其语言、规则和规范。不同的文化和亚文化可能有不同的规则和规范。因此,了解对方的文化有助于跨文化交际。所有人之间能进行沟通都是因为对对方有多多少少的了解熟悉。理解跨文化交际的关键因素是陌生人概念和对陌生的定义。首先,陌生和熟悉相互统一。我们使用术语“陌生人”,是指人们在对这个统一体最陌生的一端。因此，考虑到在完全不熟悉的情况，任何人都可以被认为是一个陌生人。一个陌生人对新环境——它的规范和价值观有着有限的知识。反过来,当地人对陌生人的信仰,兴趣和习惯也几乎一无所知。一般来说, 与另一个人沟通涉及猜测、预见他们的反应。