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1、31.NuclearfamilyIntheUSA,afamilyisusuallymadeupofafather,amotherandtwochildren.Immigrant2.Animmigrantisapersonwhoentersintoacountryofwhichoneisnotanative,inordertoliveinitpermanently.3.EmigrantAnemigrantisapersonwholeavesone’sowncountryandsettlesinanother.4.Ur
2、banhermit“Urbanhermits”refertothoseladiesinurbancitiesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericanwhowanderinthecitiesduringdaytime,oftenwithabag,butatnighttheyhidethemselvessleepincornersinthestreetorinthesubways.5.Ulsterman:referstoapersonfromNorthernIreland.Irelandwasannexe
3、dbyEnglandin1461.FromJacobeantimesIrelandbecameacentreofEnglishsettlement,andlaterScottishsettlement.ItwasdividedintoNorthernIrelandandtheRepublicofIrelandin1921.NorthernIrelandcomprisessixcountiesinwhichtherehasbeencivilunrestformanyyears.6.theUnitedKingdom:r
4、eferstotheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ItconsistsofEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.7.Sovereignstate:TheUKisonesovereignstate.ItismadeupofEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.Ineachofthefourlandsthedifferencesareobvioussuchasclothi
5、ngandcultureetc.8.Awelfarestate:TheUKisawelfarestatewhichwasestablishedaftertheLaborPartycametopowerin1945.Therearethreemainareasofwelfareprovision:health,housingandsocialsecurity.9.PublicSchoolisaprivatesecondaryschoolintheUK,awhollyorpartlyboardingschool,whi
6、chisadministeredbyagoverningbodyandfinancedbythepupils'feesandincomefromendowments.10.MiddleSchoolisatermoftenusedinChina,butitismisleadinginforsensethatforAmericansmiddleschoolreferstotheagerangefromtentothirteen.11.Prepschoolisaprivateschoolintheeducationals
7、ystemofBritain,Itistheshortened'termofpreparatoryschoolforentrancetoapublicschoolattheageofthirteen12.RugbySchoolisafamouspublicschoolintheUK,whichisaprivateschoolatthesecondaryeducationlevel.13.OxfordUniversityisworldfamousandistheoldestuniversityintheUK,bein
8、gestablishedin1167.UniversityCollegewasfoundedin1249.ItisinOxford,England,andexercisesthetutorialsystemandthelecturesysteminthemanagementoftheuniversity.14.HarvardUniversitywhichis
