Surely enough,different cultures will have different charactors.For instance,English names are quite different from those of Chinese.In English,they usually put their given names in front of the family names.That is because western people put more stress on the individuals and the individual personalities.Always,the individual comes before the whole family,no matter he is excellent or bad in his growth.It seems that a person's failure or success has nothing to do with his family background.But for Chinese,we usually put our family name first,then a person's given name.It means that,no matter he is good or bad,he has a close relationship with his family.Nobody can avoid the influence given by his family.And the other people will first judge a person by his family background.From this point of view,we can see that there is a great difference between the western culture and the eastern culture. That is why we Chinese people always make a mistake in greeting a western people.Sometimes,we will be confused on "Tom""Mr.Tom"or"Mr.Smith".Some people calls it a cultural shock.
For instance,English names are quite different from those of Chinese.In English,they usually put their given names in front of the family names.That is because western people put more stress on the individuals and the individual personalities.Always,the individual comes before the whole family,no matter he is excellent or bad in his growth.It seems that a person's failure or success has nothing to do with his family background.But for Chinese,we usually put our family name first,then a person's given name.It means that,no matter he is good or bad,he has a close relationship with his family.Nobody can avoid the influence given by his family.And the other people will first judge a person by his family background.From this point of view,we can see that there is a great difference between the western culture and the eastern culture. That is why we Chinese people always make a mistake in greeting a western people.Sometimes,we will be confused on "Tom""Mr.Tom"or"Mr.Smith".Some people calls it a cultural shock.