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1、AContrastiveStudyofBritishandAmericanCharactersandImplicationsAbstract:ThispaperistohaveacontrastivestudyoftheBritishcharactersandtheAmericancharacters.TheauthorfirstlyintroducesandsummarizesthebestknownBritishcharacters.SecondlysomeaspectsoftheAmericanch
2、aractersareevaluatedanddiscussed.Then,thispaperanalysesthedifferencesbetweentheBritishcharactersandtheAmericancharactersfromfivedifferentaspects,includingreserveV.S.informality,modestyV.S.directness,conservationV.S.thepioneeringspirit,thedifferencesofsens
3、eofhumor,andthedifferencesofmobility.Finally,itpointsouttheimplicationsofthisstudythatthedifferencesintheBritishcharactersandtheAmericancharactersshouldbetakenintoreasonableconsiderationinEnglishlearning.Keywords:contrastivestudy;Britishcharacter;American
4、character;implications1.IntroductionAsgeography,history,cultureandotherreasons,themanynationalcharactersintheworlddifferentfromtheotherethniccharacters.Inthehistory,AmericawasacolonyofBritain,andmostoftheWhiteAmericanscamefromBritain.Americansinheritedthe
5、nationalcharactersofBritaintosomeextent.SothereissomethingincommonbetweentheAmericancharactersandtheBritishcharacters.However,therearesomedifferencesbetweentheAmericancharactersandtheBritishcharacters.2.TheContrastiveStudyofBritishandAmericanCharactersMos
6、tofpeopleoftendescribeAmericanswiththewordslikeinformal,friendly,assertive,directiveandsoon,whileadjectivesassociatedwiththeBritishcharactersinclude:reserved,gentlemanly,conservative,classconscious,lawabiding,principled,andopentocompromise.Isthattrue?2.1B
7、ritishCharactersDuringhundredsofyearsofsocialchanges,theBritishformedtheiruniquewaysofthinkingandbehavior.ThebestknowncharacteristicsoftheBritish,inparticularoftheEnglish,arereserve,modesty,humorandsportsmanship.2.1.1ReserveAsweallknow,thebest-knownqualit
8、yoftheBritishisreserve.“Areservedpersonisonewhodoesnottalkverymuchtostrangers,doesnotshowmuchemotion,andseldomgetsexcited.”[4]Ingeneral,ConversationsinBritainareveryrestrained.It’scommontofindthatmostBritishpeoplesi
