cultures

O'Sullivan believes that when people from different cultures fall in love, they expect different things from their partner.

Among the kinds of social gestures most significant for second-language teachers are those which are identical in form but different in meaning in the two cultures.

In both of the examples above, speakers from two different cultures have the same gesture, physically, but its meaning differs sharply

Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings.

If you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier

A study of proverbs from around the world shows that some values are shared by many cultures.

I like going to new places, eating new foods, and experiencing new cultures.

So it's no surprise that cultures around the world celebrate spring by honoring the egg.

Yet plenty has been lost too, even in cultures that still live to eat.

They can mix with people of different cultures.

Learning how different cultures signal respect can help you avoid misunderstandings.

If you can accept that people from other cultures act according to their values, not yours, getting along with them will be much easier

A study of proverbs from around the world shows that some values are shared by many cultures.

As wood was so plentiful, it was cheaper to use than the stone used in the buildings of other European cultures.

The Mediterranean diet is based upon the eating patterns of traditional cultures in the Mediterranean region.

The strength of that effect is stronger in western cultures than in East Asian cultures.

These cultures have eating habits that developed over thousands of years.

What you must understand is that those supplements, especially in some eastern cultures, are part of a medical practice tradition.

A nurse who understands the healing (治愈) value of silence can use this understanding to assist in the care of patients from their own and from other cultures.

Depending on which role you choose, you could help to increase a community's access to safe drinking water, or help to protect valuable local cultures.

Different cultures have different ways of managing people.

Great artists are skilled at combining various cultures.

In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations—UNESCO and national geographic among them—have for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.

In many cultures, round foods such as grapes, bread, and moon cakes are eaten at welcome celebrations to represent family unity.

In much of asia, especially the so-called "rice bowl" cultures of China, japan, korea, and vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.

In these cultures, silence is a call for reflection.

Many cultures also celebrate birthdays and marriages with cakes that are cut and shared among the guests.

Many cultures have ceremonies to celebrate the birth of a child, and food can play a significant role.

Mountains are regarded as spiritual places by many cultures.

Nutrition is necessary for life, so it is not surprising that food is such an important part of different cultures around the world.

Other cultures may use silence in other ways, particularly when dealing with conflicts among people or in relationships of people with different amounts of power.

Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.

The governments argue that this will help foreigners better join the society and promote understanding across cultures.

The study suggests that the cultures we grow up in influence the basic processes by which we see world around us.

Therefore, when a person from one of these cultures is speaking and suddenly stops, what Maybe implied is that the person wants the listener to consider what has been said before continuing.

Unesco united nations educational, scientific and cultural organization recently set April 30 as a day to raise awareness of Jazz music, its significance, and its potential as a unifying voice across cultures.

Unlike authoritarian management, some cultures, particularly in asia, are well known for the consultative nature of decision-making—all members of the department or work group are asked to contribute to this process.

Boas felt that the culture of any society must be understood as the result of a unique history and not as one of many cultures belonging to a broader evolutionary stage or type of culture.

historical particularism, which emphasized the uniqueness of all cultures, gave new direction to anthropology.

In order to study particular cultures as completely as possible, he became skilled in linguistics, the study of languages, and in physical anthropology, the study of human biology and anatomy.

Some attributed virtually every important cultural achievement to the inventions of a few, especially gifted peoples that, according to diffusionists, then spread to other cultures.