新视野大学英语第二版第二册总结

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1、SummaryUnit1Time-consciousAmericansAmericanssavetimecarefully.Thisattituderesultsinanationofpeoplecommittedtoresearching,experimentingandexploring.Andtheytreattimeasapreciousresource.Theybudgettime,saveit,wasteit,killit,cutit,accountforit,andchargeforit.Aforeigner’sfirstimpressionoftheU.S

2、.islikelytobethateveryoneisinarush_–oftenunderpressure.Thisisbecausepeoplevaluetimehighly,andtheyresentsomeoneelse‘wasting’itbeyondacertainappropriatepoint.Besides,manynewarrivalsintheStateswillmissthe_openningexchangeofabusinesscall,forexample.ThisisbecauseAmericansgenerallyassessandp

3、robeprofessionallyratherthansocially.ForAmericans,timeisalwaystickingintheirinnerear.What’smore,Americansworkhardatthetaskofsavingtimethroughlabor-savingdecives.Forthem,theimpersonalityofelectroniccommunicationhaslittleornorelationtothesignificanceofthematterathand.Inaword,Americansaretim

4、e-conscious.IntheUS,itistakenasasignofskillfulnessorbeingcompetenttosolveaproblem,orfulfillajobsuccessfully,withspeed.Unit3MarriageAcrossNationsDuringourtwoyearstogether,GailandIhadexperiencedtheusualupsanddownsofacouplelearningtoknow,understandandrespecteachother.Andourracialandculturald

5、ifferencesenhancedourrelationshipandtaughtusagreatdealabouttolerance,compromise,andbeingopenwitheachother.Therefore,wedecidedtomarryeachother,althoughwehadnoillusionsaboutwhatthefutureheldforusasamarried,mixedcoupleinAmerica.WhenGailspreadthenewsofourweddingplanstoherfamilyshemetwithsomer

6、esistanceBothhermotherandherfatherwereagainstourplans.Hearingthis,Gail’smother,Deborah,counseledGailtobereallysureshewasdoingtherightthings.Andwhenherfatherlearnedofmyproblemswiththecitizenshipdepartment,heimmediatelysuspectedthatIwasmarringhisdaughterinordertoremainintheUnitedStates.Inor

7、dertopersuadeherdaughter,thefatherproceededtoquotestatisticsshowingthatmixedcoupleshadhigherdivorcerates_than_couplesofthesamerace.Besides,hetoldGailthatshehadtoberealisticbecausepeoplecanbecrueltotowardchildrenfrommixedmarriage.Unit5WeepingforMySmokingDaughterInthe