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1、Text1Inspiteof“endlesstalkofdifferenee,”Americansocietyisanamazingmachineforhomogenizingpeople.Thereis“thedemocratizinguniformityofdressanddiscourse>andthecasualnessandabseneeofconsumption“launchedbythe19thcenturydepartmentstoresthatoffered“vastarraysofgoodsinanelegantatmosphere.Inst
2、eadofintimateshopscateringtoaknowledgeableelite,“thesewerestores“anyonecouldenter,regardlessofclassorbackground.Thisturnedshoppingintoapublicanddemocraticact.“Themassmedia,advertisingandsportsareotherforcesforhomogenization.Immigrantsarequicklyfittingintothiscommonculture,whichmaynot
3、bealtogetherelevatingbutishardlypoisonous.WritingfortheNationalImmigrationForum,GregoryRodriguezreportsthattoday?simmigrationisneitheratunprecedentedlevelnorresistanttoassimilation.In1998immigrantswere9.8percentofpopulation；in1900,13.6percent.Inthe10yearspriorto1990,3.1immigrantsarri
4、vedforevery1,000residents；inthelOyearspriorto1890,9.2forevery1,000.Now,considerthreeindicesofassimilation-Ianguage,homeownershipandintermarriage.The1990CensusrevealedthatuamajorityofimmigrantsfromeachofthefifteenmostcommoncourttriesoforiginspokeEnglish'welKor'verywelKaftertenyearsofr
5、esidence.'ThechildrenofimmigrantstendtobebilingualandproficientinEnglish.uBythethirdgeneration,theoriginalIanguageislostinthemajorityofimmigrantfamilies.“HeneethedescriptionofAmericaasa“graveyard”forIanguages.By1996foreign-bornimmigrantswhohadarrivedbefore1970hadahomeownershiprateof7
6、5.6percent,higherthanthe69.8percentrateamongnative-bornAmericans.ForeigbornAsiansandHispanics“havehigherratesofintermarriagethandoU.S一bomwhitesandblacks.“Bythethirdgeneration,onethirdofHispanicwomenaremarriedtonon-Hispanics,and41percentofAsian-Americanwomenaremarriedtonon-Asians.Rodr
7、igueznotesthatchildreninremotevillagesaroundtheworldarefansofsuperstarslikeArnoldSchwarzeneggerandGarthBrooks,yet“someAmericansfearthatimmigrantlivingwithintheUnitedStatesremainsomehowimmunetothenation'sassimilativepower.z,AretheredivisiveissuesandpocketsofseethingangerinAmerica?Inde
8、ed.Itisbigen
