要更好的在澳大利亞生活，必須要避免以下這些沖突：

　　　　吃飯

　　"人是鐵，飯是鋼。一頓不吃餓得慌。"我們和老外的交往許多時候都發生在飯桌上。中國人請老外去家里吃飯，可能會準備8-10道菜。你最好讓老外有個心理準備，要幺他們很可能根本沒有肚子去吃后面的菜了。他們可能會覺得中國人hospitable, if anything too hospitable.

　　如果你去老外家吃飯，也許桌上僅僅就準備了一道菜!而且他們也喜歡說"The dishes arequite good; these dishes are quite famous",絕對不像中國人喜歡說："準備不周，湊合吃點吧。"

　　還有，中國人為了顯示熱情，喜歡給別人夾菜。但是老外卻不喜歡要別人給自己夾菜。"I dont think Ill ever get used to the eating habits out here. You know, the way people put things on your plate…"

　　老外樂于讓人自主選擇喜歡的食物。They think to help yourself is the best way. Foreigners give guests the chance to choose what is their favourite.

　　和老外吃飯，中國人千萬不要謙虛含蓄。"Chinese never seem hungry when they come round to my place.Whenever I ask callers if theyd like a bite to eat they always say no."

　　大多數老外都是實在人。當他們問你要不要吃點什幺的時候，如果你謝絕了，他們會尊重你的決定，真的不給你東西吃哦。所以說，餓了就喊出來吧。

　　一句話，外國人的表達及處世方式更為直接，而中國人則更顯圓滑。Foreigners never pretend to be modest. They just tell others what they think. If a Chinese person is faced with the same situation, maybe he or she would say, "Im sorry. The restaurant is a little bit small and the dishes are just so so, but I hope youll enjoy yourself."

　　　　做客

　　中國人去別人家串門的時候都喜歡隨處逛，到處看。可老外是怎幺看待這些行為的呢"Im often taken aback by the way visitors come round to my flat and seem to feel free to take the place over, putting on the telly, pulling down books from my shelves, even peering at letters Ive left lying around on the desk."

　　雖說讓客人感到賓至如歸是好的待客之道，但老外還是忌諱你在做客的時候在他家里東逛西逛，甚至偷窺他的隱私。同樣的，涉及到薪資、年齡等隱私問題我們也不要張口就問。