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Attitudes about expressing anger vary from culture to culture. In some cultures, almost any sign of anger is inappropriate. In others, people use anger as a way of extending relationships. Finnish people believe that expressions of anger show a lack of self-control. This attitude can make them seem very peaceful. For example, road rage is a problem in many countries, but not in Finland. There, experts say, a car accident doesn’t make people angry. The drivers politely exchange information and then go on. And no one complains when a bus breaks down. The passengers simply get off and wait for the next one.

Such behavior would not happen in the United States, where expressing anger is accepted --- even expected. The problem occurs, when people fond cultures where anger is acceptable visit countries where it is not. For example, if an American visiting England complained in a tone of voice that would be effective at home, no one would pay attention. They would see him as just another impolite American. This is because the English usually avoid showing anger unless the situation is extremely serious.

Avoidance of public anger is also common in Japan. The expression of anger is unacceptable and destructive. This attitude is very different from the one in the United States, where many people believe that not expressing anger can lead to depression, alcoholism, drug addiction or even violence. In countries that don’t express anger, most people would think this idea was ridiculous or even dangerous.

However, in some other cultures, anger is more likely to be received and easily forgotten than in the United States. Americans traveling in the Middle East or some Mediterranean countries are often surprised by the amount of anger they see and hear. They do not realize that people in these countries express their anger and then forget it. Even people who are on the receiving end of the anger usually do not remember it for long.   

本文以“不同文化，对表达愤怒的看法不同”开头（Attitudes about expressing anger vary from culture to culture.），以多国案例，说明文化差异。首段提出中心议题后，探讨芬兰人（Finnish people）对愤怒的态度。讲者以路怒（road rage），交通事故（a car accident），公车抛锚（break down）为事例，说明芬兰人不喜发怒的特点（expressions of anger show a lack of self control）。

第二段，讲者以美国人表达愤怒习以为常开头（accepted --- even expected），引出美国人访英，发怒遭无视（no one would pay attention），说明英美文化差异。第三段，借日本人对愤怒的态度（unacceptable and destructive），反衬美国人的观点，即压抑发怒，易酗酒，抑郁，吸毒，甚至施暴（depression, alcoholism, drug addiction or even violence）。末端，以美国人走访地中海与中东地区为例（the Middle East or some Mediterranean countries），说明这些地区的人不执念于愤怒（express their anger and then forget it）。

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