英语国家文化结课论文.doc

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1、CharacteristicsofAmericanCultureanditsInfluenceonChineseYouthAfterfinishingnearlyatermofcoursesconcerningAmericanculture,I’dliketosummerupwhatIhavelearned.Mycompositionwillcenteronthemajorvalues,parentingstyle,movies,courtshipandleisuretimeactivitiesoftheUnitedStates.Whenitcomestothemajorvalues

2、oftheUnitedStates,thefirstwordpassesthroughmymindisindividuality.Americansareencouragedtodeveloptheirowngoalsinlifeatanearlyage.Theyareencouragedtonotdependtoomuchonothersincludingtheirfriends,teachersandparents.Becauseofthis,theyarerewardedwhentheytryhardertoreachtheirgoalsontheirown.Besides,A

3、mericansupholdtheidealthateveryone"iscreatedequal"andhasthesamerights.ThisincludeswomenaswellasmenofallethnicandculturalgroupslivingintheU.S.Thereareevenlawsthatprotectthis"righttoequality"initsvariousforms.WhatIappreciatemostinthemajorvaluesofAmericansistheideaoftime.U.S.Americanstakeprideinma

4、kingthebestuseoftheirtime.Inthebusinessworld,"timeismoney".Being"ontime"forclass,anappointment,orfordinnerwithyourhostfamilyisimportantintheU.S.Americansapologizeiftheyarelate.Someinstructorsgivedemeritstostudentswhoarelatetoclass,andstudentsatmostuniversitieshaveinstitutionalpermissiontoleavet

5、heclassroomiftheirinstructoris10or15minuteslate.Withtheenforcementofthereformandopening-uppolicy,themajorvaluesoftheUnitedStateshavespreadtoChina.Teenagershavelearnedtobeindependentandtocallforequality.Andmostofallwelearnedtocherishthetime.IntheUnitedStates,whatmostpeopleconsidergoodparentingis

6、basedonmiddle-classEuropeanAmericanbehaviors.Thesebehaviorsincludedisplaysofwarmthandclosenessbalancedwithmonitoringandcontrol.AsianAmericanparentsappeartoshowlesswarmthandtobemorecontrollingoftheirchildren,yettheirchildrenoftendojustaswellastheirEuropeancounterparts.ForWhiteAmericans,theparent

7、ingstylemostrelatedtopsychologicalwell-beingforadolescentsiscalledauthoritativeparenting.Studiesonthesefamiliesstresstwokeybehaviors:support(huggingandpraisingchildren)andcontrol.InmanyWesterncultures,suchbehaviorsareevidencethatp