这是一本能激发奥运志愿者、英语爱好者和中西方文化探索者兴趣并给他们以深刻启迪的书籍。与大多数文化对比类书籍不同的是。后者多告诉我们如何学着融入西方人的世界，而这本书却告诉我们如何更好地展示自己。适合奥运会的志愿者和其他有机会接触外国访客的工作人员阅读，同样可供广大英语爱好者学习西方文化使用。

本书从一个在中国生活了近10年的美国人的视角出发，针对2008年北京奥运会期间将有大量的国际友人涌进中国的现实问题，介绍了中西方文化和习俗中存在的共性和差异，从社会秩序、行为处世、人际关系等方面提出了一些与他们交往中的注意事项和具体做法，告诉我们应该怎样更好地做好奥林匹克运动会的主人和接待工作，以让来访者有盼而来，满意而归，并给他们一个关于中国和谐、文明的美好印象。

全书语言简洁、明快，叙述生动、诙谐，多处以讲故事的形式展开话题，让读者在轻松、有趣的阅读中自然地了解西方文化和习俗。

该书不仅适合奥运会的志愿者和其他有机会接触外国访客的工作人员阅读，同样可供广大英语爱好者学习西方文化使用。

PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 THE CHINESE CULTURE IS AMAZING

 1.Yummy！

 2.Chinese Restaurants

 3.Characters Are Cool！

 4.History

 5.What Else Do You Have to Offer？

 6.Shopping

 7.What They Will Like Most：You

 8.Summary

CHAPTER 2 KEEPING FACE：REALLY！

　1.Are Some Vehicles Backward？

　2.Traffic Problems

 3.Beijing Is Gearing Up

 4.Real Backwardness

 5.How Can Everybody Change So Quickly？

 6.Summary

CHAPTER 3 CULTURE CLASH

 1.Roots：Vertical and Horizontal

 2.Big Brother

 3.Personal Space

 4.Entertaining Guests

 5.Lucky Numbers

 6.Being Polite Can Be Troublesome

　7.Relationship and Time

 8.Eating and Table Manners

 9.Summary

CHAPTER 4 WHAT DO WESTERN PEOPLE REALLY LIKE AND EXPECT？

 1.Classic Is Cool

 2.Independence

 3.I Can Do It Myself

 4.Help Me！

 5.Real Friendship

 6.Paper

　7.Special Treatment

　8.Beverages

　9.Eating

　10.Fake Western Food

　11.I'm Hungry！

 12.Summary

CHAPTER 5 HOW TO DESCRIBE IT IN ENGLISH？

 1.The Downfall of Pride

 2.Language and Culture

 3.Describing People

 4.When Did It Happen？

 5.Let Me Do It

 6.More Examples of Common Problems

 7.International English

 8.Where Are You from？

 9.I Gotta Go to the Can！

 10.Summary

CHAPTER 6 STRANGE ENGLISH

 1.Don’t Think in Chinese

 2.Yes or No？

 3.English in Print

 4.Strange English on Signs

 5.Play

 6.Summary

CHAPTER 7 WHAT IS DEVELOPED？

 1.Development and Human Behavior

 2.Development and Smoking

 3.Taking the Train

 4.Our Trip Back to Beijing

 5.Development and Restaurants

 6.Does“Developed”Mean Everyone Is Rich？

 7.Summary

CHAPTER 8 WHAT’S NICE？ WHAT’S NOT？

 1.Nice&Not Nice in Western Culture

 2.Cell Phone Etiquette

 3.Summary

CHAPTER 9 WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON

 1.Kids

 2.Merry Christmas！

 3.Everybody Likes to Have Fun！

 4.Traveling

 5.Everybody Loves to Take Pictures

 6.National Pride

 7.Summary

CHAPTER 10 HOLLYWOOD LIES：YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT

 1.Good Language Tool--Bad Culture Lesson

 2.Movies and Morality

 3.Don’t Expect Your Guests to Be like the Ones in the Movies

 4.Don’t Imitate Hollywood

 5.Fairy Tale Endings

 6.Summary

CHAPTER 11 BEIJINGERS，GET READY

 1.Beijing People Are the Nation’s Models

 2.Beijing Traffic

 3.Me First

 4.You Have the Power！

 5.Summary

CHAPTER 12 ALL OF CHINA，GET READY

 1.They Are Coming to See You Too！

 2.Service

 3.Reporters

 4.Some Things That Often Irritate Foreign Visitors

 5.We Are a Novelty

 6.It’s Your Hometown

 7.Summary

APPENDIXES

 Appendix I Sports English for Olympics

 Appendix II English for Greetings and Making Friends,

 Appendix III Giving Directions