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1、TheDifferencebetweenEnglandandAmericaAbstract:thepaperistoshowthedifferencebetweenAmericanandEnglishinseveralaspects,suchasgeographicallocation,culturalenvironmentandthemostimportantpart,thelanguage.1.GeographicalLocationThegeographiclocationoftheUnitedKingdomandtheUnitedSt
2、atesaredifferent,oneinEuropeancontinent,onecontinentoftheAmerica.TheUnitedKingdom,afteralongperiodofdevelopment,hasbeenverywealthy,sotheyaredecentandconservative.ButatthebeginningoftheUnitedStates,theUnitedStatesisinacompletelyunfamiliarandbarrencontinent,thefirstsettlerswe
3、recalledpioneers,sotheyhavetohavethecouragetotakerisks.Iftheydonothavethespiritofadventure,theywillnotbeabletosurvive,nottomentiondevelopment,thehardenvironmenteventuallymadetheAmericanspirit.Inaddition,thedifferenceofEuropeancultureandAmericanculturalcontributestothediffer
4、enceofthetwocountries.EnglishsuffersfromtheinfluencefromotherEuropeancountries,likeFrance,Germany,butAmericanwasinfluencedbythecultureoftheothercountriesinAmericancontinentaswellasthenativeIndian.2.CultureEnvironmentBritainisatraditionalEuropeancountrywithlonghistoricaltrad
5、itioncontinuity,andtherehadbeenahierarchyinBritishsocietyforalongtime.AndinUKtherealwayshasbeenamonarchy.So,theBritishlikestorememberpasttimesandoldacquaintances,tendstobeconservative,andbehaveslikeagentleman.Alltheseneedcultureaccumulation,andthesecharacterandqualitiescan’
6、tbemadeifthecountryiswithoutalonghistory.However,theU.S.ispreciselywithoutaveryprofoundhistoricalaccumulationandisayoungcountry.So,theAmericansdaretoinnovateandstressemphasisonpersonalvalue.Ontheotherhand,intheUnitedStates,therearenotalotofconstrains.Theyfeelfreetomakeboldi
7、nnovations.Inaddition,thereisagreatdifferenceinthepopulationcompositionofthetwocountries.TheUnitedStatesisanationofimmigrants,peoplecomesfromallcountriesandregionsintheworld.So,thecultureoftheUnitedStatesshowsdifferentcharacteristics.PeopleinAmericancanacceptandabsorballthe
8、culturefactorsallovertheworld.U.S.attitudetowardforeignculturesisanopen.However,co
