CROSS-CULTURE
INTRODUCTION

1. True/False
2. Multiple Choice
3. Situation

True or False
In Egypt, you should give flowers as a gift in every occasions :
A : True
B : False
B : False

(As flowers are retained for occasions such as weddings and funerals)
In Philippines wedding, a white silk
cord is placed around the couple’s
shoulders to indicate their union.
In Philippines wedding, a white silk
cord is placed around the couple’s
shoulders to indicate their union
A : True
B : False
A : True
In Chinese wedding, a horseshoe
is given to the bride and groom to wish them luckiness.
A : True
B : False
B : False
Multiple Choice
In which country, people say “No”–indicated by a nod of the head upwards :
A : Turkey
B : Bulgaria
C : Argentina
A : Turkey
If you are invited to join a “Pot Luck Dinner”.
What should you do ?
A. You should bring a bunch of flowers.
B. You should bring something to eat.
After the party you bring the spare food back home.
C. You should bring nothing.
B. You should bring something to eat.
After the party you bring the spare food back home.

When Australians say “Shouting a round”,
what does that mean ?
A : Making a circle and shouting
B : Buying a round of drinks for your group
C : Eating a kind of food together
B : Buying a round of drinks for your group
( If not to do so, you’ll be rendered as stingy and cheap
in the eyes of your Australian company)



Situation
I have a friend. She comes from Quy Nhon - Vietnam. Once I had dinner with her. After the dinner I gave her one toothpick. She told me to put it back to toothpick box. Then she took one from it by herself. I was very surprised. Why did she do that?
Because people who lives in Quy Nhon think that receiving one toothpick will get bad things.
A: Do you know who that guy is?
B: Sure, he has been my dog since junior high.

Why did she say that men had been
“her dog” since junior high ?



“dog” here means : friend




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