本教材是大学英语后续教材，主要针对非英语专业大学英语二年级学生，在学完基础英语后学习，学习中西文化知识，拓展文化视野，培养跨文化交际能力。
教材内容共四部分，十单元。第一部分为总启，以不同国家不同性格特征引入，介绍东西文化差异的价值观差异。中国文化受儒家思想和道家文化影响，崇尚伦理、和合。西方文化则受文艺复兴影响，崇尚自由和人性。表现在价值体系上西方文化突出个体主义，强调个性化，而东方文化则重视群体间和谐，崇尚中庸之道。
第二、三部分在第一部分的基础上，阐述具体文化现象，全面介绍东西文化差异的具体体现。第二部分介绍日常生活中的文化差异，包括家庭、朋友、娱乐、饮食文化等；第三部分介绍工作、学习和社会、政治等方面的文化差异。
第四部分在全书中起总结作用，介绍文化冲突及对待文化冲突的正确态度。教材的编写目的是提高跨文化交际意识，培养跨文化交际能力，从而培养具备全球化视野的大学生。

PartI Diff erent Values
Unit 1 Chinese People
Passage A Chinese Character
Passage B The Legacy of Confucianism
Cultural Information Chinese Ancient Mythical Stories
Unit 2 Western People
Passage A English Character
Passage B American Character
Cultural Information Infl uence of Geographic Environment
Unit 3 Values and Worldviews
Passage A East and West, Diff erent Values
Passage B Holistic or Dualistic View of the World
Cultural Information Tightness and Looseness in Individualistic
and Collectivistic Cultures
PartII Diff erent Daily Life
Unit 4 Family and Friends
Passage A American Family
Passage B Social Relationship and Friendship in East and West
Cultural Information Impersonal Relationship of Americans
Unit 5 Sports and Diet
Passage A Sports and Recreation in America
Passage B Chopsticks or Forks, Taste or Nutrition
Cultural Information Unhealthy and Overindulgent Eating in America
Part III Diff erent Attitudes to Education and Work
Unit 6 Education
Passage A Education in China and the US
Passage B American Education
Cultural Information Home School Education in the UK
Unit 7 Diff erent Attitudes to Work
Passage A Diff erent Attitudes to Time
Passage B American Attitude to Work
Cultural Information Time Orientation and Activity
Orientation
Part IV Intercultural Adaptation
Unit 8 Meeting Diff erent Cultures
Passage A Silence in Diff erent Cultures
Passage B Face and Facework
Cultural Information Verbal or Silent Communication
Unit 9 Globalization
Passage A Understanding Intercultural Confl icts
Passage B Building a Human Community with a Shared Future
Cultural Information Ethnocentrism, a Barrier in Intercultural
Communication
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杨晓萍, 女，台州学院外语学院副教授，从事大学英语教学，对中西文化有一定的研究。主编《大学英语跨文化交际教程》，该书于2012年由高等教育出版社出版发行，2020年，主持浙江省高等学校在线开放课程共享平台（https://www.zjooc.cn）在线课程《大学英语跨文化交际教程》。