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The American culture
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The knife is held in the right hand and the fork in the left. Chew with your mouth closed so that there is not disturbing sounds coming

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When they meet someone
They don't necessarily shake hands,just smile and say hello,even if they meet for the first time.
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The habits of three meals a day
Breakfast
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The feature of America food culture
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1 The feature of American food culture
2 The habits of three meals a day
别惹我
“The nose is in the family life”
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Etiquette
When they give/receive gifts
❖ What did people need to focus on when they giving gifts in US?

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Through the NBA, the world just know, basketball can play this way
Phelps surprised the world with the strength of American sports culture
Football makes the president go crazy.
There are amazing technology
At the same time, science and technology in the United States also formed a kind of magical culture
The United States is the Nobel prize winning number of the absolute leader, which is sufficient to prove that the leading science and technology culture
A statuette is a reflection of the status quo of film culture
Imagination is the feature of American film culture.
The miracle of the Silicon Valley in the birth of Microsoft
The Empire State Building is the pride of New York
The Statue of Liberty represents “American dream”
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, which is a representative of the American architectural culture.

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Main course (the featured or primary dish in a meal, usually meat or fish)
Dessert (cake、pie、or ice cream)
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1 The feature of American food culture
2 The habits of three meals a day
3 American table manners
American Table manners
Dinner usually begins with soup.The largest spoon at your place is the soup spoon.It will be beside your plate at the right-hand side.
The basic etiquettes from the following three aspects: When they meet others
The basic etiquettes When they give/receive gifts When they go to visit others
Cinderella Men
Cultures of US
Food Etiquette Festival Music
Conclusion
America Diet Culture
（美国饮食文化）
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1 The feature of American food culture
2 The habits of three meals a day
3 American table manners

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It is the symbol of American people fight for freedom , and also a symbol of the American people's yearning for a better life and pursuit.
Barbie doll
She is late capitalism the embodiment of women, a symbol of American popular culture, a symbol of the female independence.
Buffalo nickel and American gothic
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The creation of inspiration comes from the American barbie a toy company co-founder handler couple's daughter, Barbara, they in a German adult doll in a sexy based on in 1959 launched a decent genuinely American barbie doll. Barbie doll is almost all girl, even adult women the right dolls.

American culture(美国文化介绍)

American Movie
The famous American movie company logo .
In the movie forrest gump appears have unremitting spirit, is the representative of the American public, is also the symbol of American liberalism. 电影中的阿甘显得有坚持不懈精神，是美国大众的代表,同时也是美国自
最后，我认为：音乐、电影是美国文化的重要元素，在各种音乐和电影中都体现出美国人的一些特点，勇敢、自立、自由、坚强、爱、激情等，从而形成了特有的美国文化。如果想要对美国文化有更深的理解，还应解读其他的ichael Jackson ----迈克尔· 杰克逊
Michael Jackson
• Michael Jackson is the second Elvis Presley, the western pop music's most influential musicians, his achievements beyond the Elvis Presley, known as the King of Pop (King of Pop).
由主义的象征
Once Upon a Time in America in unique Angle of view shaped the United States without stopping to people of the underworld figures. 美国往事以独特的视角塑造了美国黑社会人出生入死的人物形象。
• 迈克尔· 杰克逊（Michael Jackson）是继猫王之后，西方流行乐坛最具影响力的音乐家，其成就超越猫王，被誉为流行音乐之王（King of Pop）。

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Through the NBA, the world just know, basketball can play this way
Phelps surprised the world with the strength of American sports culture
Football makes the president go crazy.
The Empire State Building is the pride of New York
The Statue of Liberty represents “American dream”
Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, which is a representative of the American architectural culture.
The United States does not lack a ht Rushmore) is the best embodiment of the American heroism culture
Gates is a commercial culture of the United States
American food culture swept the world
Behind the vigorous development of all kinds of culture is the support of a strong military force
MJ to undertake the past and future of American entertainment culture
MJ opens international music and American music.

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Let’s see what American culture is.
The Bald Eagle is the national bird of the United States of America, and it has become the national emblem of the country
Through the NBA, the world just know, basketball can play this way
Phelps surprised the world with the strength of American sports culture
Football makes the president go crazy.
Disney park for more young generation began to like the United States
There's never been a laeam factory" is the symbol of American entertainment culture
The status of the American Symphony has become more and more important. It is a kind of music culture.
Chinese culture has been a good integration of the United States
A statuette is a reflection of the status quo of film culture
Imagination is the feature of American film culture.

美国文化英文简介

The flag of the United States has 13 stripes(条形) and 50 stars.The 13 stripes stand for the original 13 colonies(殖民地) in North America.And the 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states(州).Broad way(百老汇) is the main street of Manhattan(曼哈顿)。

It is the birth place of the drama and music play in America.New York Nickname:(纽约) The Big Apple(大苹果)The City Never Sleeps(不夜城)The capital of world(世界之都)The statue of liberty 自由女神像is the symbol of the United States.Empire State Building（帝国大厦）Built：1930Floor ：102Height：443metersUnited Nations Headquarters (联合国总部)The Pentagon(五角大楼)is another name for the Department of Defense(国防部). Seen from the surface of the Pentagon, it is like a spider net(蜘蛛网).American Yellowstone national park(黄石国家公园)is very beautiful, everywhere is full of natural breath .美国总统府：白宫The White HouseHollywood（好莱坞）is famous for the classic movies.Universal Studios Hollywood环球影城总统山 :Mount RushmoreThis epic sculpture features the faces of four exalted American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, TheodoreRoosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. 4位总统的头像从左至右共分四排，左起第一位是华盛顿，在第一排；第二位是杰斐逊，在第二排，位于华盛顿之后；右起第一位是林肯，在第三排；右起第二位是罗斯福，在第四排. NBA National Basketball Association. 全美篮球协会Golden Gate Bridge (金门桥) is one of the world-famous bridge, known as a miracle (奇迹)of modern engineering.There are many basketball stars in the NBA, like Michael Jordan, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian.Chinese love, pride of the Chinese people, Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian represent the highest level of Chinese basketball. 中国人的最爱，中国人的骄傲，姚明和易建联代表中国篮球的最高水准。

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The White House
• White House History For more than 200 years, the White House has been more than just the home of the Presidents and their families. Throughout the world, it is recognized as the symbol of the President, of the President's administration, and of the United States.
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New York
The statue of liberty
The symbol of the United States
Broad way is the main street of Manhattan。Why it is famous in the world？ It is said that there are a lot of famous theatres , and it is the birth place of the drama and music play in America.
United Nations Headquarters: (联合国总部)
the United Nations is also located in Manhattan
Flags of the countries in the world.
Meeting room
The statue of a broken gun. It representatives the people in the world are against of the war. It stands for the peace.

美国文化介绍(英文)ppt

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The knife is held in the right hand and the fork in the left.
Chew with your mouth closed so that there is not disturbing sounds coming from your mouth and remember not to talk with your mouth full of food while dining.

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介绍美国文化英语作文篇1American citizens emphasize on achievements and respect heroes.They have great sense in their hearts to praise success and heroes.Personal achievements are one of those with the highest value in Americans mind.Americans have very strong senses of success.Success is the pursuit of most Americans,it is their attractive future and the incentives for moving forward.They believe that one's personal value is equivalent to his achievements in his career.Some high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs,scientists,artists and all kinds of super starts became modern heroes.The process and result of how they strived have become the frame of reference of social culture value and the real life text book for parents to educate their children.介绍美国文化英语作文篇2The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals' value,the pursue of democracy and freedom,the promotion of deploitation and competition and the need of realistic and practicality.Its core is individualism:self first,personal need first,pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment,emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self-design.This type of intentionally build up of personality and pursuecustomized individualism has its pros and cons,it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation; on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the entire society lack of unity.介绍美国文化英语作文篇3American eating is funny. They eat almost everything with a fork, and it appears that holding a knife in one's right hand longer than a few seconds is considered to be against good table manners.The system is that if it is absolutely necessary to use a knife, people take the fork in their left hand, and cut off a piece of meat or whatever it is in the normal manner. Then they put the knife down, transfer the fork to their right hand, and only then do they transport the food to their mouth. This is clearly ludicrous, but it is considered good manners.There are several results of this system. First, if it is not absolutely necessary to use a knife, Americans don't use one, because obviously this greatly complicates things, and you will therefore see them trying to cut things like potatoes, fish and even bacon with a fork. Second, towards the end of a course, since only one implemen is being used, food has to bo chased around the plate with the fork - and for the last mouthful the thumb has to be used to keep the food in place, although one is not supposed to do this.Third, tables are generally laid with one knife and two forks, the outside fork being for the salad. There is no need for foreign visitors to follow the American system and try to eat the salad with only a fork, but if you do use your knife, remerber to save itfor the meat course. Even desserts(甜食) (except ice cream) are eaten with a fork if at all possible, and the spoon you see by your dessert is meant to be for coffee (but if you use it for your dessert no one will say anything).介绍美国文化英语作文篇4American culture, in a sense, is an extension of European culture, because the language of the Americans, demographic composition and her spirit of the foundation are from Europe. On the other hand, American culture with Europe, because European immigrants in the North American continent to drive away after taking the Indians, in a barren wilderness land to create a stunning is the splendid civilization. Therefore, in the United States talk about cultural practices and social propriety, it is necessary to take account of the same culture of Europe and the United States, but also pay attention to both of the opposite sex. Cultural practices is a wide scope and complexity of the topic, people involved in social life and relations In all aspects.Of tolerance.The United States is a country of immigrants, the ancestors from around the world. People emigrated to the United States, not only in the location to move on, but also in their country and customs of the council to a new place of residence. As miscellaneous, people their differences very obvious because the differences are very common, people do not particularly pay attention to unity. In time, the cultural practices of the Americans formed a higher level of tolerance (tolerance), the different cultures and different appraisals on tolerance, an acceptable attitude. At this point, the U.S. society feasible than the custom of other countries in the world more broadly.From a political perspective, this tolerance of performance inthe pursuit of freedom and the right to freedom of maintenance. From the religious that it reflected in the harmonious coexistence of different faiths. From the viewpoint of life, and it appeared in different communities, different ethnic communities live in peace. In a nutshell, in the United States, each person can basically arbitrary choice of different ideas, beliefs, traditions and customs and way of life; people can also keep a considerable extent, their customs and instrument. For example, Jews can celebrate their religious festivals, and Christians are to their Christmas and Easter. For example, again, the United States by Chinese in Chinatown Chinese live and work; the same token, the Vietnamese immigrants in their "little Saigon" according to Vietnam's way of doing business and engaged in various activities.介绍美国文化英语作文篇5The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals' value,the pursue of democracy and freedom,the promotion of deploitation(开拓,经营) and competition and the need of realistic and practicality.Its core is individualism:self first,personal need first,pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment,emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self-design.This type of intentionally build up of personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons,it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation; on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the entire society lack of unity.介绍美国文化英语作文篇6The main content of American culture is the emphasize onindividuals' value,the pursue of democracy and freedom,the promotion of deploitation(开拓,经营) and competition and the need of realistic and practicality.Its core is individualism:self first,personal need first,pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment,emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self-design.This type of intentionally build up of personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons,it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation; on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the entire society lack of unity.American citizens emphasize on achievements and respect heroes.They have great sense in their hearts to praise success and heroes.Personal achievements are one of those with the highest value in Americans mind.Americans have very strong senses of success.Success is the pursuit of most Americans,it is their attractive future and the incentives for moving forward.They believe that one's personal value is equivalent to his achievements in his career.Some high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs,scientists,artists and all kinds of super starts became modern heroes.The process and result of how they strived have become the frame of reference of social culture value and the real life text book for parents to educate their children.American society has great movements within itself.These movements are shown in two aspects:movements amongst locations and movements inside the society.The United States are relatively more open and have more freedom.Developed transport and the tradition of adventure and sporty makes a lotof American migrate from countryside to cities,from downtown to uptown; and from north to the southern sunny land,from one city to another.Unlike European countries,the social classes in America is not so stable.Further more,with the advocation of public education,movements upwards along the social ladder have become possible.Many people living in the states,no matter whether they are Native American or immigrants from overseas,have the same dream of changing their social class and make their lifetime dream come true through their own efforts.This is what they often called "American dream".介绍美国文化英语作文篇7The understanding of American culture must not end with what we know on TV, because she has the most distinctive features of her own, which is diversity. As a country with a large immigrant population, the United States does not have a unique way of life, there is no only standard of conduct, and there is no unique culture. The diversity of the United States penetration in all aspects of the country, the following guidelines may not be able to help you overcome all from the cultural differences, but hope to everyone to prepare for the basic study in the United States and general plan to help.Americans have a very different lifestyle than Chinese people. American food is light and easy to make, and the main course is meat, fish and chicken. A meal usually consists of only one main course, and salads and coffee are by no means less. Hot dogs and hamburgers are two of the most popular fast foods.Americans are so active that more than a fifth of them move every year. The most detailed list of houses and apartments available on Sunday in newspapers across the country can be used to find homes or to find local estate agents. In addition topaying for rent, the rent house generally pays for utilities, namely gas, electricity, heating, hot water and simple electrical repairs and other repairs. The rent is usually a month, usually on the first day of the month. Electricity in most parts of the United States is 110-120 volts, 60Hz.Almost every home in the United States has a car, and the American highway is very developed and accessible, so many americans work very far from where they live. They often go on a family trip during the holidays. The most popular means of transportation in the city are buses and subways. The subway is usually run day and night. Taxis are usually paid by distance or by distance. The whole country executes the right driving, the big city executes traffic regulation especially strict.介绍美国文化英语作文篇8this thursday is thanksgiving day. the writer o’henry called it the one day that is purely american. thanksgiving is not a religious holiday. but it has ritual meaning. some americans attend religious services on the day before thanksgiving or on thanksgiving morning. others travel long distances to be with their families. they have a large dinner which is the main part of the celebration. for many americans, thanksgiving is the only time when all members of the family gather. the holiday is a time of family reunion. thanksgiving week is generally one of the busiest travel times of the year. however, experts say this year probably will be different.on september 11th, thousands of people died when terrorists hijacked airplanes that struck buildings in washington d.c. and new york city. many people now say they are worried about flying on a plane. travel experts say almost 6 percent fewer people will make long trips this thanksgiving compared with lastyear. many americans who usually visit family and friends by plane are driving shorter distances instead this week. some mental health experts say the attacks have frightened people. they say people feel safer and happier close to home. more than any other holiday, thanksgiving is a celebration of family and home.many people say that this year they are especially thankful for their families and friends and the good things in their lives. on thanksgiving, people enjoy a long day of cooking, eating and talking. the traditional meal almost always includes the turkey with a bread mixture cooked inside. other traditional thanksgiving food served with turkey are sweet potatoes, cranberries and pumpkin pie. stores are said to sell more food at thanksgiving than at any other time of the year, and many people eat more food at thanksgiving than at any other time of the year. over the years, americans have added new traditions to their thanksgiving celebration. for example, a number off professional and university football games are played on thanksgiving day. some of the games are broadcast on national television.介绍美国文化英语作文篇9Smerican culture, in a sense, is an extension of european culture, because the language of the americans, demographic composition and her spirit of the foundation are from europe. on the other hand, american culture with europe, because european immigrants in the north american continent to drive away after taking the indians, in a barren wilderness land to create a stunning is the splendid civilization. therefore, in the united states talk about cultural practices and social propriety, it is necessary to take account of the same culture of europe and the united states, but also pay attention to both of the opposite sex.cultural practices is a wide scope and complexity of the topic, people involved in social life and relations in all aspects.Of tolerance the united states is a country of immigrants, the ancestors from around the world. people emigrated to the united states, not only in the location to move on, but also in their country and customs of the council to a new place of residence. as miscellaneous, people their differences very obvious because the differences are very common, people do not particularly pay attention to unity. in time, the cultural practices of the americans formed a higher level of tolerance (tolerance), the different cultures and different appraisals on tolerance, an acceptable attitude. at this point, the u.s. society feasible than the custom of other countries in the world more broadly.From a political perspective, this tolerance of performance in the pursuit of freedom and the right to freedom of maintenance. from the religious that it reflected in the harmonious coexistence of different faiths. from the viewpoint of life, and it appeared in different communities, different ethnic communities live in peace. in a nutshell, in the united states, each person can basically arbitrary choice of different ideas, beliefs, traditions and customs and way of life; people can also keep a considerable extent, their customs and instrument. for example, jews can celebrate their religious festivals, and christians are to their christmas and easter. for example, again, the united states by chinese in chinatown chinese live and work; the same token, the vietnamese immigrants in their "little saigon" according to vietnam's way of doing business and engaged in various activities.Americans of tolerance, in addition to the above united states is a country that factors other than immigration, and the frequent movement of the americans. as everyone knows, thehistory of the united states in the development of an important part of her history of the development of the western region. at that time, the united states blazers or hiking, horseback or car, from east to west, from north to south, wherever there are opportunities, there jiuwang resettlement. the frequent migration and continuous replacement of the habitat so that people will always be in the "mobile", and the occasional different facing the phenomenon of tolerance and more easily accepted. moreover, the current migration also can help people expand the field of vision, known more widely know, the different practices with sympathy, understanding, and gradually formed diversity rather than uniformity of the openness of the concept.As the americans tolerant of stronger, so very few americans to impose its will on other people, with china confucius "by the others do not want to, not to impose on" the very guxun like. for example, a husband may be a republican, but he must not support the democratic party forced his wife to change political stance. similarly, perhaps the mother is a catholic, but she must not have forced her into a muslim convert son to change religion. in their daily lives and habits of business in normal times, this spirit of tolerance is a common occurrence, commonplace.介绍美国文化英语作文篇10In England,people always have some bread and milk for breakfast on weekday which is always in a hurry.But on weekends,breakfast is a big feast with bacon,porridge,coffee,eggs,toasts,cakes,and so on.As for lunch,it's always so simple.People usually have a sandwich or a hot dog.Some people also eat in a fast-food restaurant nearby.This meal won’t last very long.Dinner is the biggest meal with potato,beef,chicken,soup,andsome desserts.At this meal,people usually sit around the table and talk about their daily events.This is the best time for family gathering.Cheese is the most popular food in European countries and the United States.According to different dishes and wine,different cheese is tied in.The simplest cheese is to put a certain amount of all kinds of cheese on a plate,called cheese dish.Jewish usually eat apples with honey on New Year's Day,in order to celebrate the happiest New Year.介绍美国文化英语作文篇11Westerners believe that food is to appease hunger, so only eating meat, the entire block chicken "hard food." While Chinese cuisine is "taste", so the Chinese cooking, with makings also show great arbitrariness: many westerners as the outcast things in China are extremely good materials, foreign cook can not handle things, to a Chinese chef hands, it can be changed decayed for magical. It serves to show the Chinese diet in materials and randomness of the rich.According to western plants scholars of investigation, the Chinese eat the plants of 600 many more than six times, western. In fact, in the Chinese dishes, vegetarian dishes are ordinary food, volunteers only in holidays or the life level is higher, did not enter the normal diet, since ancient times they will have "vegetable food" say, food food in the usual diet dominant. Chinese with plants as the main dish, and has thousands of buddhist the advocacy of silk ties. Wisp million They viewed the animals as "creatures", and plants, "no spirit", so, advocated vegetarianism.。

美国文化英文版

American CultureTheme 1 Brief introductionThe culture of the United States is primarily Western, but is influenced by Native American, African, Asian, Polynesian, and Latin American cultures. A strand of what may be described as American culture started its formation over 10,000 years ago with the migration of Paleo-Indians from Asia, as well as from Oceania and Europe, into the region that is today the continental United States. The United States of America has its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine, and folklore. The United States of America is an ethnically and racially diverse country as a result of large-scale migration from many ethnically and racially different countries throughout its history as well as differing birth and death rates among natives, settlers, and immigrants.Its chief early European influences came from English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish settlers of colonial Americaduring British rule. Other important influences came from other parts of Europe, especially Germany, France, and Italy.Original elements also play a strong role, such as Jeffersonian democracy. Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia was perhaps thefirst influential domestic cultural critique by an American and a reactionary piece to the prevailing European consensus that America's domestic originality was degenerate. Prevalent ideas and ideals that evolved domestically, such as national holidays, uniquely American sports, military tradition, and innovations in the arts and entertainment give a strong sense of national pride among the population as a whole.American culture includes conservative and liberal elements, scientific and religious competitiveness, political structures, risk taking and frees expression, materialist and moral elements. Despite certain consistent ideological principles (e.g. individualism, egalitarianism, and faith in freedom and democracy), American culture has a variety of expressions due to its geographical scale and demographic diversity. The flexibility of U.S. culture and its highly symbolic nature lead some researchers to categorize American culture as a mythic identity; others see it as American exceptionalism .The United States has traditionally been thought of as a melting pot, however beginning in the 1960s and continuing on in the present day, the country trends towards cultural diversity, pluralism and the image of a salad bowl instead. Due to the extent of American culture, there are many integrated but unique social subcultures within the United States. The cultural affiliations an individual in the United States may have commonly depend on social class, political orientation and a multitude of demographic characteristics such as religious background, occupation and ethnic group membership.We will elaborate American culture from the four following dimensions; they are American social culture, American entertainment, American lifestyle and American personal heroism.Theme 2American Social Culture2.1IndividualismAs what has been mentioned before，the most important and basic characteristic of American culture is individualism. The pioneer spirit，handed down to the present generation of Americans, to the present movies, includes the concepts of self-reliance, self-actualization, and personal growth. So, parents or teachers, for example, seldom question the seeming self-centeredness of the American child. It is implicitly accepted that each person whether he is an adult or a child，should be encouraged to make his own decisions, solve his own problems，and have his own possessions．In general, Americans learn to view the world from their own point of view, that of the individual self．2.2EqualityA second aspect of American culture and value is the emphasis placed on equality. Edward Stewart, a well-known expert on American culture, noted that in most American social relationships，“each person is ascribed an irreducible value because of his humanness. When a personal confrontation is required between two persons of different hierarchical levels, there is animplicit tendency to establish an atmosphere of equality.”2.3ProgressA third aspect of American culture is the value placed on progress.The first concerns the relationship between parents and their children. Most American students have been raised to respect their parents．They consider and value highly what their parents have taught them．Most American children believe that their parents’ideas and standards are necessarily the best．Americans think that there is always some change to be made for the better．A second area involves the Americans concept of time. They are very time-conscious, perhaps because time is such an important factor in the world of business and material acquisition. Americans tend to live by the motto，“Time is money．”They believe they themselves should use their time well and get the most from it.2.4OptimismA forth aspect of American culture is the optimism of Americans. They often face life with smiles and humorous words. When being stopped or prevented from barriers or difficulties，they often hold optimistic attitude and tell themselves not to be worried but to be brave and hardworking in order to overcome the obstacles. Of course，“American Humor”is also an important characteristic of Americans．There are so many classical or careless humors of this style in each cartoon movies．Garfield is famous for his classical quotations that have amused people all over the world，for example, “Moneyis not everything. There's MasterCard＆Visa．”“The more you learn，the more you know，the more you know．and the more you forget．The more you forget, the less you know, so why bother to learn.”Theme3 American EntertainmentAmerican economic system of high productivity makes people more leisure time. In order to help people enjoy free, casino, urban parks and swimming pool are everywhere. Federal and state governments are both involved in park construction. They also take responsibility for providing other recreational equipments. Americans will spend most of their spare time at home. Television provides various entertainments, including movie, drama and professional sports. We will elaborate Americans entertainment culture in following aspects.3.1American MusicAmerican music had a great effect on music across the world. It appeared early in the 19th century, and in the 20th century the American music industry developed a series of new forms of music, using blues and other elements of American folk music. These popular styles included country, R&B, jazz and rock. The 1960s and '70s saw a number of important changes in American popular music, including the development of a number of new styles, such as heavy metal, punk, soul, and hip hop. Though these styles are not popular in the sense of mainstream, they are actually commercially recorded andexamples of popular music.For example, music is a kind of American popular music that originated in the rural regions of the Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from American folk music, Western cowboy. Country music's strongest appeal is with American rural and small-town populations, but many American cities have a large audience. The music also has listeners in Canada, in Liverpool, England, and other places worldwide. The popularity of Country comes and goes with each decade. Sometimes a new movie (like Midnight Cowboy or Urban Cowboy), hit record, or new performer raises new interest.3.2Street DanceStreet dance refers to dance styles initially performed to hip-hop music or that have evolved as part of hip-hop culture. Street dance has highly participatory and competitive performance. It includes a wide range of styles notably breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States。

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1. Puritans: The Puritans were a group of people who
grew discontent in the Church of England and worked towards religious, moral and societal reforms. They contended that the Church of England had become a product of political struggles and man-made doctrines. The Puritans believed that the Bible was God's true law, and that it provided a plan for living. The established church of the day described access to God as monastic and possible only within the confines of "church authority".
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3. Manhattan: Manhattan is one of the five boroughs of New York City. The word "Manhattan" has been translated as "island of many hills" from the Lenape language. Manhattan consists of Manhattan Island and several small adjacent islands. It is the smallest, yet most urbanized of the five boroughs. Manhattan is a major commercial, financial, and cultural center of both the United States and the world. Many major radio, television, and telecommunications companies in the United States are based here, as well as many news, magazine, book, and other media publishers. Manhattan has many famous landmarks, tourist attractions, museums, and universities.