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1、EagleandDragon,DifferentSpiritsAsweallknow,therearelotsofdifferencesbetweenChinaandAmerica.Fromhistoryandregimetolanguageandlifestyle,wealmostcannotfindmorethanfivecommonpointsinsucharespect.Whydoesithappen?Answerstothisquestionmayinvolvemanyaspects.Butinmyopinion,th
2、ekeywordis“spirit”,whichisalsoknownas“culture”.Cultureisa“big”wordwhichincludessomanythings.Sothatitseemsthatitisdifficulttoexplainthespiritsoftwocountries.However,wecanfindouttwomostimportantwordsfromthe“word’socean”.Thefirstwordishistory.Chinacantracetheirtradition
3、sandcustomsforthousandsofyears.AndAmericaisstillasmallbabyofanationthathashadveryfewtraditionsofitsown.Becauseofthose,peoplealwaysdescribeChinaasaconventionalcountry,andrefertoAmericaasaninnovativecountry.ThesecondwordwhichIwouldconsiderasthemoreimportantwordis“peopl
4、e”,it’sus.Chinaisaspecialnationwhichconsistsof56nationalities,55minor-nationalitiesandamajornationalitycalled“Han”.Nevertheless,mostofthe55minor-nationalitieshavebeeninfluencedbytheHannationalityinabout4,000years.Onthecontrary,Americaisanationofimmigrants.English,Ger
5、man,Spanish,andevenChinesewenttothebigcountryinthepast200years.Theyhavedifferenthistoryandbackground.SothatthereisalmostnospecificAmericanculturethatcanbesaidisappliedacrosstheboard.Butthecountryhasbecomesuchameltingpotofcultures.Inmyopinion,thesetworeasonscausecultu
6、redifferentbetweenthetwocountries.Forexample,becauseofthelonghistoryandlotsofsocietytraditionsinChina,wecanseesomelimitsinourdailylifewhicharedifferentfromwesterncountries.Thereforeitssocialstructureisformalandhierarchical.Youknowwhereyoufitinthestructureandyouabideb
7、ytherulesthere.ButwhenwelookattheAmerica,itisnotuncommontoseethoseofvarioussociallevelssocializingandknowingeachother.Thereareveryfewlinesthatsociallyarenotallowedtobecrosses.AsfarasIcansee,theappearanceofthisphenomenonisonaccounttothepopulationstructureoftheAmerica.
8、Duetothediverseimmigrantsfromvariousplaces,thecountrycanabsorbanythingandeverything.Ithasbecomemorecomprehensive.Thesedifferencesdo
