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1、文化美国家庭是怎样的？AmericanfamilyIntheUnitedStates,mostfamilieshavetwoorthreechildren,andtherearealsoevenlargerfamilies.Certainly,childrenlivetogetherwiththeirparents.Butwhenthechildrenhavefamilies,theywillmoveoutandhavetheirownhouses.Parentsusuallykeepintouchwiththeirgrownchildrenandtakegre
2、atinterestintheirgrandchildren.Onholidays,membersofthelargerfamily-grandparents,aunts,uncles,andcousins-oftenhavemealstogether.BothMotherandFathercanhaveavoiceinthefamily,butnotallfamiliesarerunthisway.ManyfamiliesstilllivebytheoldrulethatFather'swordislaw.Now,somemothersdonotstayath
3、omeanylonger.Theyalsogoouttowork.Today,about10millionAmericanmotherswithchildrenundereighteenhavejobs.Insomefamilies,mothershavetoworkbecausethefathercanneitherfindjobsnormakeenoughmoney.Inotherfamilies,themothermayworktomakemoremoneysootherfamilycanenjoyabetterliving.Manyworkingmoth
4、ershavetolookforacleaningwomanonedayormoredaysaweektohelpwithhouseworkandlookafterthechildren.美国的房车文化ThevancultureintheUSAmericanswithsmallfamiliesownasmallcaroralargerone.Ifbothparentsareworking,theyusuallyhavetwocars.Ifthefamilyislarge,theywillbuyavan(住房汽车).Asmallcarcanholdfourpeop
5、le.Alargecarcanholdsixpeoplebutitisverycrowded(拥挤).Avancanholdsevenpeopleeasily.Americanscallvansmotorhomes.Amotorhomeisalwaysusedforholidays.Soifafamilyhasavan,thegrandparentsareoftenaskedtogoonatraveltogether.Mr.Bushandhiswifehadathirdchildlastyear.Sotheyhavetoselltheoldcarandbuyav
6、an.Thesixthandseventhseatareusedtoputotherthings,sinceafamilyoffivehavetocarrymanysuitcases(衣箱)whentheytravel.Andwhentheyarriveattheirgrandparents’home,theycanalsocarrytheirgrandparents.Duringthetravel,theycanliveintheirvanforafewdaysorweeks.Allthefamilymemberscanenjoyahappiertimewhe
7、ntravellingtogether.Somepeopleareevencrazyaboutit.Thatiswhyvanshavebecomeverypopularandtherearemanyparksformotorhomes.冬季奥运会邮票。StampsofWhiteOlympicsTheWinterOlympicsisalsocalledtheWhiteOlympics.Atthistime,manycolorfulstampsarepublishedtomarkthegreatGames.Thefirststampsmarking(标志)theop
8、eningcameout
