记者：孔舒颖

4月14日星期四，来自美国的外教Dr.Troy.M.Smith在丽泽B104为我们带来了一场精彩的讲座——探讨中西文化的差异。

Troy非常感谢自己的父母从小重视学习教育，同时他也表达了自己对中国满腔的喜爱。

Troy利用简洁的漫画生动形象地再现了中西文化的差异：在表达观点方面，西方人直抒胸臆，直截了当地说出自己的想法，而东方人则比较含蓄，思前想后再转化为语言；在关于生气这个情绪点上，Troy说他的一个中国朋友在日常生活中，尽管对一些事情是生气的，但是他的脸上依然带着笑容。然而美国人的生气是非常显而易见的，他们有不满就会直接表达出来。对于这个问题，Troy表达了自己的观点，中国人害怕生气会产生冲突，其实必要的冲突会帮助我们更好地解决问题，在一定程度上，冲突是一件健康而美好的事情。

此外，Troy还对中西方的聚会、老年人的生活、女性美丽的标准等等话题进行了生动有趣的比较。同学们表示在Troy一个又一个幽默有趣的故事中加深了对中西文化差异的理解。

A Lecture:Differences between eastern and western culture

By Nicole Kong

On Thursday，April 14th , Dr.Troy Maurice Smith, a foreign teacher from America gave us a brilliant lecture about the differences between eastern and western culture.

Troy expressed his gratitude to his parents who really attached great importance to his education when he was young. At the same time, he also conveyed his feelings that he loved China so much.

Through a variety of funny pictures, Troy vividly made a comparison between eastern and western culture. People from western countries always expressed their opinions directly while people from eastern countries pondered over their opinions for a long time rather than give their opinions instantly. As for “anger”, Troy took one of his friends from Beijing as an example. His friend was always putting a smile on his face even though he was really annoyed by others .However, it was obvious to notice an angry American, for Americans would show their anger straightforward when something awful happened to them. Troy spoke out his own voice that Chinese people seldom showed their anger because they were afraid of conflicts. He said that to some degree conflicts did help people to solve problems efficiently and directly. At this point, conflicts might turn to be helpful.

Besides, Troy also talked about more riveting topics such as parties, everyday life of elderly people, the standard of beauty, etc. More encouragingly, one of the students expressed that she got a better understanding of the cultural differences through Troy’s humorous and thought-provoking stories.