刘大使顺手举起桌上的水杯，然后说，现在杯子里有半杯水，不少西方人往往看到“空的一半”，认为一半已经空了，而中国人则看到“满的一半”，认为已有一半水，因而中国人遇事总是抱乐观和积极的态度，西方人遇事喜欢看消极的一面，中国人主张劝和促谈，西方人更急于动手制裁。
Ambassador Liu took the glass of water on the table and said, now there was half a glass of water in it. While Westerners tend to see the "empty half ", the Chinese people will see the "full half".
希腊人认为地远远小于天，中国人则主张地的大小可以与天相比拟。
On the contrary, ancient Chinese believed that the earth might be as big as the sky.
中国人一向主张“人造酒说”，而西方则普遍认为酒是由神创造的。
Chinese have always advocated, "said man-made liquor," while the West is generally considered the wine is created by God.
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