[填空题]My topic for today’s lecture is communication, culture and work. When most people use the word culture, they think of people from different (1) . National cultures certainly do exist and they play an important role in shaping the way (2) . But there are other dimensions of culture too. Within a nation, (3) can exert a powerful influence on communication. New Yorkers and Alaskans may find one another’s styles of behaving (4) that they might as well be from different countries. Race and ethnicity can also (5) . So can age, the customs, values and attitudes of a twenty-year-old girl may (6) from those of her parents who were raised in the (7) or her grandparents who lived through (8) and World War Ⅱ. Still, other differences can create distinctive cultures. Gender, sexual orientation, (9) religion and socio-economic background are just a few.
All of these factors lead to a (10)