[00:01.81]And what about speaking?
[00:03.53]Right, well people from "open" cultures
[00:05.74]are more likely to interrupt
[00:07.50]or speak at the same time as the other person.
[00:10.49]In "closed" cultures,
[00:12.15]one person starts speaking
[00:13.56]only when the other has stopped.
[00:15.75]In a place like Japan,
[00:17.44]people never interrupt each other.
[00:19.34]They also wait for a while before speaking,
[00:22.21]so there is more silence.
[00:24.57]Finally, what about manners.
[00:26.10]What differences are there?
[00:28.56]Well, Japanese and British people
[00:30.77]might seem more polite than Americans
[00:32.73]and people from Latin cultures.
[00:35.26]British people usually use "please",
[00:37.81]"thank you" and "I'm sorry" more often.
[00:40.67]In Britain, it is very important to say"please"
[00:43.56]and "thank you", even for the smallest things.
[00:46.33]If you don't,it sounds very rude.
[00:49.18]In other cultures,like Latin cultures,
[00:51.78]to say "please" and "thank you"
[00:53.46]all the time sounds a bit false.
[00:55.57]I see. Well, thank you very much Dr Groot.
[00:58.72]That was fascinating.
[01:00.36]I'm afraid we'll have to stop there.
[01:02.13]Tomorrow we'll be...
[01:08.71]Exercise 4 Listen and match the pictures
[01:11.79]with the dialogues.
[01:13.79]dialogue 1(formal)
[01:16.14]Excuse me?
[01:17.36]Could you pas the lemon and salt,please?
[01:19.85]Yes,certainly. Thank you.You're welcome.
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