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1、ThedifferencesbetweenChinesefamilyandAmericanfamilyAbstract：Familyisthebasicminiatureofthesocialeconomicactivity,anditisthebasicunitthatconstitutesthesociety.Thevaluesofthesocietyrelyonpeople’sfamilyvaluesinalargedegree.However,duetothedifferenceofgeographicalandhistoricalb
2、ackground,religionandbelief,differentnationshavetheirownfamilyvalues.AclearanddirectcontrastbetweenChineseandAmericanfamilyvaluescanbridgeovertheircommunicationgap.ThepaperfirstintroducedtheDefinitionsofFamilies．Itthen，focusesonthedifierenttypesoffamiliesinChinaandAmerica．I
3、nthefollowingsection，thepaperproceedstoelaboratetheextensionoffamilytosocialrelationships．ThePaperendsbydiscussingthedifierentattitudetowardsFamilymembersKeywords：family；values；socialrelationships；filialpiety；age；friendshipTheFamilyisthebasicunitofsociety.Itreflectstheethic
4、alvaluesofasociety,itsculturalcharacteristiesandtheuniquefeaturesofanation．Thefamilyisamongtheoldestandthemostfundamentalofallhumaninstitutions．ThisechoesofGalvinandBrommel’swordsthatwewerebornintoafamily,matureinafamily,formnewfamilies，andleavethematourdeath．Familylifeisau
5、niversalhumanexperience．Thefamilyisalsoanexperiencethathelpsshapethewayinwhichoneseesandinteractswiththeworld（Davis，2001）．Manyanthropologistsandsociologists(DENC，1988)havesaidthatdescribingthefamilyinasocietyissufficienttoshowthetruequalityandcharacteristiesofthenation．1．De
6、finitionsofFamilyTraditionallyspeaking,familyshouldbedefinedasagroupofpeoplerelatedbyblood,marriageoradoption,livingtogether,toformeconomicties,tofertilizeandtobringupchildren.Accordingtothisidea,familiesformthecontinuationthroughchild-rearing.“Familyisthebasicunitofasociet
7、y;itisverymuchlikeamirror,reflectingthesociety’sculturalcharacteristics,moralbeliefs,economicandpoliticalrelationsandothersocialproblems.”Differentculturescreatedifferentfamilies,whichatthesametimecausedifferentconceptsoffamilies.Consequently,thedifferentconceptsoffamilybet
8、weenChinaandAmericaareascribedtodifferentculturalcontextsinthetwocountries.Cultura
