美国人的思维

美国人的思维

课程笔记：

第一单元Hello, America and American!

第一部分Warm Up

LET’S GET HEATED

今天我们的主要练习，首先对话如果放在纸上它就是个字。如果我们念出来，仅仅是在读，它毫无生命色彩。

1、从情感色彩上去学习如何朗读和感受对话。

2、从对话当中练习技巧。

下面是两个人在交流交男女朋友的经验，这是人类共同的话题，但文化价值观的差异又使我们在同样的问题的处理方法上有所不同：

A: Hey, there’s Leo. I ⑴ w onder why he’s ⑵ walking arm in arm with that young woman.

B: ⑶ It’s as plain as the nose on your face. They’re dating each other.

A: You’re ⑷ pulling my leg! *She must be thirty years younger than Leo. Talk about ⑸ robbing the cradle! B: Well, you can bet this relationship’s going to ⑹ be a flash in the pan.

A: It ⑺ must have been love at first sight because I know he didn’t have a girlfriend last week.

B: I think you are ⑻ absolutely right. Actually, my father proposed to my mother after knowing her only two weeks. They got married a month later.

词句解析：

⑴ wonder：意思是“怀疑、纳闷儿”。因为对话中的女人比男人小很多

⑵ walking arm in arm：意为“walking with his arm interlocked”。

⑶ It’s as plain as the nose on your face：意思是“very obvious”。

⑷ pulling my leg：意思是“kidding”。

⑸ rob the cradle：意思是“date someone much younger than you”。

⑹ be a flash in the pan：意思是“going to be temporary”。

⑺ must have been：表推论的句型，其中MUST重读用以表明自己的态度，具有很强的征服。

⑻ absolutely right：该短语一定要充满自信地重读。

思维解析：

恋人之间的年龄对美国人来说永远不是问题。在美国或其他西方国家，爱情似乎只有男女之分，而没有老少之分。中国的传统文化中的Respect the authority and the old men是美国个人主义文化氛围所不能理解和接受的

在美国，爱情间不是很在乎门当户对、年龄等，他们更在乎两个人之间的吸引力和个人魅力。美国，更加注重自我，从自我出发，这个美国的价值观有关系。

美国人对“爱”的理解和中国人很不一样“只求曾经拥有，不求天长地久”的思想在美国很普遍。人们追求片刻的“爱”胜过一世家庭的稳定，可以说美国的社会是建立在“个人”的基础上，几乎没有人把追求家庭的稳定作为人生目标；相反，追求个人的幸福成为人们的梦想。

美国社会的稳定不建立在家庭的稳定上，而是建立在个人心态的稳定上，所以美国在大

学很多人就会结婚，他们结婚的时候是真的互相爱对方，没有考虑到很多现实因素，但也是因为这点，会有比较多的人离婚。

下面的对话是 A 同学帮 B 同学想办法解决 B 在度假期间公寓处置的问题：

A：*You must be ⑴ pretty excited about your trip to Europe. When is it that you are leaving?

B：In just three weeks, and I am excited. But there are still ⑵ a few things I need to do before I go.

A：⑶ Like what?

B:：Like renewing my passport, going to the travel agency to buy my plane ticket and ⑷ figuring out what to do with my apartment while I’m gone.

A：⑸ You are not going to give it up, are you?

B：⑹ No way. I’ll never find another apartment around here. But ⑺ I don’t like the idea of paying three months’ rent on an empty apartment, either.

A: I don’t blame you. *Perhaps you could ⑻ sublet it.

B：Yes, but whom to?

A：Mmm… let me think. Oh, I know just a person. An old colleague of mine, Jim Thomas, is coming here to do some research this summer, from June to August.

B：That’s exactly when I’ll be away. It sounds ideal, as long as the landlord agrees.

A：⑼ Tell you what, I’ll be calling Jim late this week anyway, so I’ll mention it to him then.

B：Well, thanks, Bill. Let me know what happens. That extra money will really ⑽ come in handy.

词句解析：

⑴ pretty：在口语中的意思是“very”相当于副词的作用。

⑵ a few：意思是“很少一些”，用来修饰可数名词。注意：如果是few，意思就是“几乎没有”。

⑶ Like what：当what 重读时，表示说话方极度不耐烦；轻读时，表示说话方想继续这个对话，并想了解更多的细节。在本段对话中要轻读。