【Talk about English】 我们究竟是什么 (Episode4-1/5)
人们往往以为交流是简单而又单一的方式。可是本期主播Marc Beeby认为交流并不只是一个简单的过程，它其间还有很多其妙的事情发生。一起来听听吧。Hints:
Marc Beeby
Eilidh Hamilton
Syria
Arab
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http://t1.g.hjfile.cn/listen/201302/20130210051911429484.mp3Hello. Culture and communication is the topic of this programme from the Talk about English series, Who on Earth are we? Communication's done so naturally by all of us that we take it for granted and we don't think very much about what happens when we communicate, we just think, well we're all human and we all communicate, therefore communication must be easy and it must be universal. But in fact communication isn't a simple process at all as Marc Beeby finds out.
Communication seems such a normal thing to do that we tend to think that everyone - no matter where they're from - will communicate in the same way that we do. But, as we've heard in previous programmes, "normal" is a difficult word to pin down. Take a business meeting, for example. How should a "normal" business meeting be run? What sort of language should you use? Here's Eilidh Hamilton, who has recently been living in Syria in the Middle East, on two very different ideas of "normal" business behaviour.
In terms of business, a westerner would definitely go in with things they want to talk about, things they want to achieve, and preferably within the minimum amount of time. In the Middle East, an Arab would look at it from a very different perspective. They would see that as a social interaction and as such it must be introduced in the same way as any meeting with friends. You would always be invited to sit down you'd be served a glass of water, if it's hot, followed by a cup of coffee. You'd make talk about your family, what you have been doing and it might be 20 minutes before the actual topic for the meeting comes up. So I think if someone went in and said 'Well, this is what we're suggesting, what do you think?'they might well be dismissed out of hand, purely because of their manners rather than because of what they are actually proposing.大家好，这期谈论节目的主题是文化和交流。我们究竟是谁？我们不知道在我们交流的时候发生了什么？我们交流的非常正常。我们交流着，我们思考着，因为我们是人所以我们交流。
交流看起来很简单也很实用。但是事实上，交流并不是想Marc Beeby 发现的那样简单的过程。交流看起来是一件很正常的事情，我无论他们从哪里来，都能够用我们相同的方式交流。但是就像我们所听到的先前的节目中所说的，正常是一个非常难的词。
举一个商业会议的例子，怎么样能够让一个正常的商业会议进行？
你应该使用什么样的语言，最近生活在中东的Eilidh Hamilton，他有两个非常难得正常商业的思维。由于商业，一个西方人做他们想要谈论的事情，那些东西是他们想要用最短时间得到的。在中东他们也有社会的交流，也用同样的方式介绍了会议给他们的朋友。在正式的会议讨论开始之前的二十分钟，你可以坐下来，喝杯水，如果很热就喝一杯咖啡，你可以谈论你的家庭，你是做什么的。所以我认为有人说，现在我们讨论，说说你们的想法。他们就想要谈论真正的主题了，因为他们的方式而不是因为他们事实上的提议。
——译文来自: pengdongmei
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