Five Habitual Conflicts in the Life of Immigrating to Australia

Australia is a good place. Whether it is the natural environment, social welfare or a good national education system, it is in the forefront in many immigrant countries. Therefore, Australia has become one of the important options for successful people in China to choose immigration. After emigrating to Australia, China people's living and cultural habits are different from those of the locals, so we should try our best to avoid unpleasant conflicts caused by different living and cultural habits. Studying abroad or immigrating to Australia, if you want to truly integrate into the local life in Australia, you need to avoid some habitual conflicts between China and the West in your daily life. Here are five main questions for your reference: 1, be a guest.

People in China like to look around when they go to other people's homes. Although making guests feel at home is a good way to entertain guests, foreigners are still afraid that you will wander around his house and even peek at his privacy when you are a guest. Similarly, we should not ask personal questions such as salary and age.

Step 2 eat

Living in Australia, communication with westerners often happens at the dinner table. People in China usually prepare eight or nine dishes when they treat people to dinner. In this case, you'd better let foreigners have a psychological preparation, otherwise they may have no appetite for the following dishes. When invited to a foreigner's home for dinner, they like to talk even if there is only one dish on the table? This dish is very good and famous. ? Compliments like this. Not like modest China people would say? If you are not prepared enough, you will have to eat something. ? People in China like to help others to show their enthusiasm. But foreigners don't like being helped. They prefer to let people choose their favorite food. In a word, foreigners' expressions and lifestyles are more direct, while China people are more obvious? Did it go well? .

give gifts

People in China like to give gifts in pairs, such as two bottles of wine and two cigarettes. One is to show that you are not stingy, and the other is to get a lucky number. It is common to visit friends or relatives and bring some fruit. But in the west, when people send wine, they only send one bottle. ? One is enough, and two are welcome, but unusual and unexpected. ? Because foreigners should drink the wine brought by their guests when eating, if the guests bring two bottles, it will appear that the guests are alcoholics, and the host is afraid that one bottle of wine is not enough.

Generally speaking, when you visit a foreigner's home, you don't send fruit. When you visit patients, fruit is usually a gift.

Moreover, China people receive gifts from others. In order to show that they are not greedy, they are used to putting the gifts away first and then unpacking them after the guests leave. Foreigners, on the other hand, want you to open the gift in front of him and praise it.

Step 4 travel

People in China travel together. If they buy something, people who spend money will generally count the number of people first, and then buy things according to the number of people. Even if someone euphemistically said no before, people in China would still buy him a copy. However, if you travel with foreigners, if you politely say that you don't need anything, then the other party really won't buy it for you. They think that not buying is to respect your decision. So, if you want something, just say it directly, and it is polite for them to say thank you sincerely afterwards.

5. thank you

People in China usually ignore saying thank you when helping their family or good friends, but it seems to be interrelated. Foreigners are used to saying thank you to their family or friends for their help. So don't be stingy with foreigners? Thank you? Two words? Thanks? Without it, foreigners will only think you are shy and rude.