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1、TheDifferencebetweenEnglandandAmericaAbstract:thepaperistoshowthedifferencebetweenAmericanandEnglishinseveralaspects,suchasgeographicallocation,culturalenvironmentandthemostimportantpart,thelanguage.Keywords:CultureEnvironment,Education,food,TableMannerIntroductionT
2、hepaperdealswiththeTheDifferencebetweenEnglandandAmerica.Cultureisacomplex,includingknowledgeandbelief,art,morals,law,custom,andmembersofthesocietywhoacquiredasanyothercapabilitiesandhabits.1.CultureEnvironmentBritainisatraditionalEuropeancountrywithlonghistoricaltr
3、aditioncontinuity,andtherehadbeenahierarchyinBritishsocietyforalongtime.AndinUKtherealwayshasbeenamonarchy.So,theBritishlikestorememberpasttimesandoldacquaintances,tendstobeconservative,andbehaveslikeagentleman.Alltheseneedcultureaccumulation,andthesecharacterandqua
4、litiescan’tbemadeifthecountryiswithoutalonghistory.However,theU.S.ispreciselywithoutaveryprofoundhistoricalaccumulationandisayoungcountry.So,theAmericansdaretoinnovateandstressemphasisonpersonalvalue.Ontheotherhand,intheUnitedStates,therearenotalotofconstrains.Theyf
5、eelfreetomakeboldinnovations.Inaddition,thereisagreatdifferenceinthepopulationcompositionofthetwocountries.TheUnitedStatesisanationofimmigrants,peoplecomesfromallcountriesandregionsintheworld.So,thecultureoftheUnitedStatesshowsdifferentcharacteristics.PeopleinAmeric
6、ancanacceptandabsorballtheculturefactorsallovertheworld.U.S.attitudetowardforeignculturesisanopen.However,comparingtotheUnitedStates,thestructureoftheUKpopulationappearstobesimplex.2.GeographicalLocationThegeographiclocationoftheUnitedKingdomandtheUnitedStatesaredif
7、ferent,oneinEuropeancontinent,onecontinentoftheAmerica.TheUnitedKingdom,afteralongperiodofdevelopment,hasbeenverywealthy,sotheyaredecentandconservative.ButatthebeginningoftheUnitedStates,theUnitedStatesisinacompletelyunfamiliarandbarrencontinent,thefirstsettlerswere
8、calledpioneers,sotheyhavetohavethecouragetotakerisks.Iftheydonothavethespiritofadventure,theywillnotbeabletosurvive,nottomentiondevelopmen