thequestion-and-answerperiodafterthelecture,onefemalestudentaskedaquestionthatsurprisedZhangHua.“Whenyoutalkedaboutfemalestudents,youreferredtothemasgirls.Why?”“Becausetheyaregirls.That’swhattheyarecalled,”ZhangHuatriedtoanswer,butheknewhedidnotreallyunderstandthintentofthequestion.“Idon’tquiteunderstandyourquestion,I’mafraid.”“IntheStates,wecallourselves“women”ifweareoldenoughtogototheuniversity.Callingus“girls”isinsulting.”Analyses:Case6:Manyyearsago,aChinesemanshowedaphotoofhiswifetosomeAmericanvisitors.Outofcourtesy,theyallsaid,“Sheisverybeautiful.”Alsooutofcourtesy,themanrepliedwithwhathewouldhavedoneinChineseunderthecircumstance,“Where!Where!”Quitetakenaback,nobodysaidanythingforamoment,untilthemostingeniousonamongthevisitors,takinganotherlookatthephoto,said,“Oh,everywhere.”Analyses:
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