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1、TheCoursePaperforInterculturalCommunication姓名：蓝小胖学号：专业班级：ThecomparisonofworkvaluesinAmericathenandnowIn1815,thepopulationoftheUnitedStateswas8.4million.Overthenext100years,thecountrytookinabout35millionimmigrants,withthegreatestnumberscominginthelate1800sandtheearly1900s.Inthetwen
2、ty-firstcentury,theUnitedStatesprobablyhasagreaterdiversityofracial,ethnic,cultural,andreligiousgroupsthananyothernationonearth.PeopleworkinAmerica.Meanwhile,workvaluesgraduallyforminthislongprocess.Andthevaluesdevelopandchangeunceasinglywiththedevelopmentofthesociety.Theleadingwo
3、rkvaluesinfluencethechoicebehaviorofpeopledeeply.Thispaperwilltrytoexplaintheconnotationofthemainworkvalues—equalityofopportunity,competition,materialwealthandhardwork.Thenitwillanalyzethevaluesatthecrossroads.Iwillbebasedonlimitedinformationtogivemypersonalimmatureopinions.Equali
4、tyofOpportunityandCompetitionGenerationsofimmigrants,fromtheearliestsettlerstothepresentday,havecometotheUnitedStateswiththisexpectationofequalityofopportunity.Theyhavefeltthatbecauseindividualsarefreefromexcessivepolitical,religious,andsocialcontrols,theyhaveabetterchanceforperso
5、nalsuccess.Ofparticularimportanceisthelackofahereditaryaristocracy.BecausetitlesofnobilitywereforbiddenintheConstitution,noformalclasssystemdevelopedintheUnitedStates.IntheearlyyearsofAmericanhistory,manyimmigrantschosetoleaveolderEuropeansocietiesbecausetheybelievedthattheyhadabe
6、tterchancetosucceedinAmerica.TheyknewthatinAmericatheywouldnothavetoliveamongnoblefamilieswhopossessedgreatpowerandwealthinheritedandaccumulatedoverhundredsofyears.Thehopesanddreamsofmanyoftheseearlyimmigrantswerefulfilledintheirnewcountry.Thelowersocialclassintowhichmanywerebornd
7、idnotpreventthemfromtryingtorisetoahighersocialposition.“ManyfoundthattheydidindeedhaveabetterchancetosucceedintheUnitedStatesthanintheoldcountry.”(朱永涛,2002)WhenTocquevillevisitedtheUnitedStatesinthe1830s,hewasimpressedbythegreatuniformityofconditionsoflifeinthenewnation.Hewrote,“
8、ThemoreIadvancedinthestudyofAmeri
