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1、新编研究生综合英语教程AdvancedEnglishforGraduateStudents: GeneralSkills&AcademicLiteracyUnitThreeCultureTextATheValuesAmericansLiveByAculturecanbeviewedasacollectionofvaluesthatgotogethertoshapethewayagroupofpeopleperceiveandrelatetotheworldaroundthem.Aspeoplegrowup,theylearncertainvalues,whi
2、chwillinfluenceandshapetheirwayoflife.HowdoesAmericanculturedifferfromothers?ThewaytoaddressthisquestionistoconsiderthevaluesAmericansliveby.Overview“Values”areideasaboutwhatisrightandwrong,desirableandundesirable,normalandabnormal,properandimproper.Mostpeoplewhogrowupinaparticular
3、culturesharecertainvalues.Thesevaluesoverlapandsupporteachother;theyfittogether.Dr.L.RobertKohlshasdevelopedalistof13commonlyheldvalueswhichhelpexplainwhyAmericansactastheydo.BackgroundInformationPre-readingQuestionsTextATheValuesAmericansLiveVocabularyExercisesTextATheValuesAmeric
4、ansLiveByContents1.Informationabouttheauthor2.InformationaboutCulturalIdentity3.InformationabouttheDeclarationofIndependenceBackgroundInformationTextExplanation&TranslationOrganizationoftheTextTextATheValuesAmericansLiveBylComprehensionIIWordStudyIIIClozeVWritingExercisesIVTranslat
5、ionDr.LRobertKohls,DirectorofInternationalProgramsatSanFranciscoStateUniversity,isarenownedliterarycontributortotheresearchonculturalpatterns.Hehasdevelopedalistof13(8arelistedinTextA)commonlyheldvalueswhichhelpexplaintofirst-timevisitorstotheUnitedStateswhyAmericansactastheydo.Hei
6、scareful,andcautionstoavoidlabelingthesevaluespositiveornegative.WhetheroneagreeswithKohlsornot—oriswillingtoacceptasvalidanygeneralizationsaboutAmericans—hisobservationsarethoughtprovoking.Background1.Informationabouttheauthor:Inrecentdecades,anewformofidentificationhasemergedwhic
7、hbreaksdowntheunderstandingoftheindividualasacoherentwholesubjectintoacollectionofvariousculturalidentifiers.Theseculturalidentifiersmaybetheresultofvariousconditionsincluding:locality,gender,race,history,nationality,language,sexuality,religion,ethnicity,aesthetics,andevenfood.Ther
8、efore,culturalidentityrefe
