Anglo-Americanculturaldifferences
BritainandtheUnitedStates,istheworld'stwomajorpowersinsociety,inmanywaysthetwocountrieshaveaverysimilarplace,saidoftheEnglish,arecapitalistcountries,isthemasterofmanyintoday'sworldofevents,allhavestrictlegalsystemandasoundsocialsystem,studentswhohavedreamedoftheworld'sleadinginstitutionsofhighereducation......theBritishandtheAmericansarenotmutuallyconvincedtheBritishthattheAmericanshavenohistory,AmericanssaytheBritishdonotunderstandthefuture.Thissimilarityofthetwocountries,butalsohastheobviousdifferencebe?Iwilllookatafewpointsfordiscussion
ThefirstchapterbrieflysimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenBritishandAmericanCulture
AnAnglo-Americanculture,thehomology
Anglo-Americancultureisundeniablehomology,moreprecisely,shouldbeadheringtotheAmericanculture,Britishculturealot.BritishcultureistherootofAmericanculture,thesource.ThisisbecauseunderBritishinfluenceinAmericanhistory.
First,theearlyimmigrantsintheUnitedStates,theBritishhaveaverylargeproportion.Comesnaturally,theywillBritishculture,theBritishcharactertraits,theBritishwayofthinkingarebroughttotheNewWorldcametothisone.
Second,the17thcentury,theBritishtooktheleadinallcountriesinthebourgeoisrevolution,thefirsttoentertheranksofcapitalistcountries.Britain'seconomywilldeveloprapidly.Soon,againleadingtotheIndustrialRevolution.Britishforcesinleapsandbounds,todominatetheworld.TheUnitedStatesisitsculturalinvasionbyforceandanimportantarea.ThisresultedinthehistoryofAnglo-Americanculturehomology.
Second,thesimilaritiesbetweencultures
Homologymakesthesetwocountrieshavemanyculturalsimilarities.
1language-isEnglish
2Religion-ProtestantChristian-based
3somedetailsofsocialinteraction-Ladiesfirst,civilizedandpolite,privacy,tabooFriday,thenumber13,etc.
4holiday-Halloween,Easter.
ChapterIItheperformanceofAnglo-Americanculturaldifferences
Americanculturehasalotofsimilarities.Buttherearealsotheevolutionofhistory,cultureandheritage,theindependentdevelopmentof200yearsofAmericanculturebecauseofdifferentecologicalenvironmenthasresultedinmanyvariations.Anglo-Americanculturetoday,letushavealotofthedifference.
Afewdaysagosawapostonline,spokeaboutthedifferentBritishandAmericanreturneesstaff.ReturnedtotheUK'sgeneralassessmentisdressed,speakingverypolite,courteousbehavior,stepbystep,notrash,thatis,moreacidtodothings,likethefootinyourmouth,oftentoputitbluntly,thenaroundthefirstfewhundredcircle.TheevaluationofthereturneesinAmericacanbesummarizedinthreesentencesis"rusticdress,talkarrogant,stingytospendmoney."IsthatthereturneesinAmericagenerallywearcasual,lessstress,evenifsomeoccasionstheyhavesuitsandtiesandgentle,itissome"gentlemen"ofthestyle.Butifnooneelsesawthese"gentlemen"onthetruelaws,shoesareoff,tiesareloosened,buttonsalsosolution,andfootrideup.
ThesereturneesbehavioractuallyreflectsthedifferencebetweenwordsanddeedsoftheAnglo-Americanculturaldifferenc