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1、AmericanlifestyleTheSecondGroupMembers﹕lishaojing、tongbimei、xiekaili、sunziwen、shirong、tangping、FivePartsToIntroduceAmericanlifestyle﹕FamilyrelationshipGoingforawalkSocialmattersFoodWeekendsFamilyrelationship:Theconceptoffamilyisdifferentcomparedtoothercountriesli
2、keChina.MostAmericanfamiliesconsistofamotherandafatherwithanaverageof1-3children.Itisverycommoninmostfamiliesthatbothmotherandfatherareemployedfulltime.Therearealargenumbersoffamiliesintheu.s.thatareconsistofoneˊparentandchildrenasaresultofdivorceorbeingunwed.Int
3、hemostfamilies,oncethechildhasbecomeateenagerandgraduatedfromhighschool,heorsheleaveshomeandleadsanindependentlifestyle.Intheu.s,theparentsofanadultpersonarenotconsideredtheirdependentsorpartofhisorherimmidiatefamily.Somepeoplegetmarriedanddivorcedseveraltimesore
4、venthavechildrenoutofwedlock.Itisnotuncommontohearphraseslikesheismymother´sboyfriend〝or〞heismyson´sfather.与美国家人在一起MostAmericansareverypunctual—TimepunctualityMostpeoplearrivedexactlyontimeorafewminutesearlierthanappointment.Ifthereisanunexpecteddelay,Itiscustoma
5、rytoinformtheotherpartybycallingthemaboutthedelayandapologizeimmediatelyuponmeeting.TwoAmericafamiliesofmembersGoingforawalk:GoingforawalkisquitepopularamongAmericans.Usuallypeoplegoforawalkduringtheearlymorninghoursandafterdinner.Somepeoplealsojoggingorrunning,J
6、oggingrunningareusuallydoneinpublicparts,atsidewalksinresidentialareas.美国的一家人在散步美国家庭在海边散步Manypeopleprefertogotolocalgymtostayphysicallyfit.Keepinmindthatyoucannotwalkinanywhereyoulike,Ifyouwalkataninproporiateplace(suchashighways),thepolicewillissureyouatiketandt
7、ime.Socialmatters:Itisinapproporiatetojustshowupinsomeone´shouse,Youmustfirs•callandaskthem.Iftheyareavailableatacertaintime,Ifonesays〝comeanytime〞,pleasedont´stakeitliterally;Ifthatperson,reallywantsyoutovisit,theywillspecifyadateandtime,asacourtesy,youshouldcal
8、lthehostandinformthemjustbeforeyouleave,sotheycanestimateyourtimeofarrival.Ifyouareamaleandholdanothermanshandorputyourarmsaroundhisshoulder,youmightbeconsider
