美国文化背景

nullnullAN INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN CULTURE ——AMERICAN WAYS 《美国文化背景》nullWhy to read: For love of American culture For Teaching For level up English nullCulture hides much more than it reveals, and strangely enough what it hides, it hides most effectively from its own participates. Years of study have convinced me that the real job is not to understand foreign culture but to understand our own. Edward T. Hall (1914- ) （文化所蕴藏的内容远比它所展现出来的要多， 更奇怪的是，它在本国人民面前隐藏的尤其有效。 多年的生活经验使我确信：真正的工作并不是要 学习外国文化，而是理解本国文化。） nullAmerican——A Nation of ImmigrantsnullAmerican——The great melting-potAmerica is the great Melting-Pot where all races of Europe are melting and re-forming… Germans and Frenchmen, Irishmen and Englishmen, Jews and Russians——into the Melting-Pot with you all! God is making the American! Isreal Zangwill,1908 （美国是上帝的熔炉，在这个大熔炉中，欧洲各 个种族得到冶炼和重铸……德国人和法国人，爱尔兰 人和英国人，犹太人和俄罗斯人——都投到上帝的熔 炉中吧！上帝在创造美国人！） nullThe Context of Traditional American Values: （传统美国价值观） nullEDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES （美国教育） Americans regard education as the means by which the inequalities among individuals are to be erased and by which every desira- ble end is to be achieved. George S. Counts (1889-1974) （美国人把教育看做是消除个体间不平等和满足所有良好愿望的。） nullEducating the Individual （个性化教育） Put more emphasis on developing critical- thinking skills than they do on acquiring quantities of facts. Students are encouraged to ask questions, think for themselves, and express their own opinions in class, a refle- ction of the American values of individual freedom and self-reliance. The goal of the American education system is to teach chi- ldren how to learn and to help them reach their maximum potential.null? Multicultural Education （多元文化教育） nullAmerican view the family as a group whose primary purpose is to advance the happiness of individual members. The result is that the needs of each individual take priority in the life of the family. （美国人把家庭看成是一个集体，首要的目的是增加每个家庭成员的快乐。这样的结果使得每个人的需求成了家庭生活中优先考虑的事情。） nullThe role of the child （孩子的作用）Some American families tend to place more Emphasis on the needs and desires of the child than on the child’s social and family responsibilities. （一些家庭倾向于把更多的注意力放在孩子的需要和要求上，而不重视孩子对社会及家庭的责任观念的教育。） nullAfter readingDifferent culture, the same dream. Different people, the same life. Different countries, the same problem. One world, one dream.