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1、Seventy-Nine International Greeting MethodsDialogue 1M: How was your trip to France lase week?F: Do you think it was a successful trip? M: In regard to our business I had planed to get done, I think it went pretty well, I visited both branch offices in Paris and Nice, but there were a lot of thing t
2、o get used to that I didnt expect.M: Like what?F: For one thing, I got kissed more in the three days I was in France than the last ten years living in Beijin.M: What? kissed, what are you talking about?F: The french people usually kiss as a formal greeting when you first meet person, or when you see
3、 a freind. Its not a real kissing, its just like a little pack on both sides of your face, on the cheek, or whats more common is air kisses, which is just making the sound of kissing instead of really kissing your cheek. Because Im used to just an nice form of handshake, it took a little kidding use
4、d to the kissing type of greetings in France.M: Anything else, that was different.F: Yeah, they also tend to stand a lot closer to you when they talk, the space barber arround you is a bit smaller, I had to be careful not to subconsciously back up when people got closer than Im used to.M: Why would
5、backing up be bad?F: Because people might interpret it to mean you dont like them when in reality, it is because of social customs and conditioning.Dialogue 2M: Did you hear? after all the work and effort we put in securing deal with our Japnese counterparts, the contract was off.F: What? What happe
6、ned? It seems so solid, I cant imagine that they would back out on us.M: Its quite simple, really, it was a bonehead from our executive commitee that screwed everything up, you know they went to Tokyo last week to see off the deal and sign the emerge contract.M: Yeah, dont tell me things went sawer
7、after the meeting.F: Not after the meeting but before they got even started, the lead guy there to do the talking, he obviously didnt do his homework about the greeting customs and Japanese culture, he walked right up to Japanese CEO and gave him a big slam on the back, then he put one arm on him and continue talking, just like they were good old buddies.F: Oh, gees, that probabaly would ever to find in USA, most people would think hes trying to be casual and freindly, but I bet the Japanese boss would feel pretty uncomfortable.M: Yeah, uncomfortables call off the whole deal
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