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湖南工业大学本科毕业论文Differences Between Chinese and American Values Reflected by Retirement Houses By WenYanA thesisSubmitted to the School of Foreign Languages Hunan University of TechnologyIn partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of Bachelor of ArtsSupervised byJune 2012中美养老院映射出的观念差异作者：文 燕导师：肖志兵摘要 目前中国和美两国都面临着严峻的人口老龄化问题的挑战。然而进住养老院却是两国老人养老的共同选择方式之一，但中国和美两国的养老院却有着截然不同的发展状况。文章先介绍了中美两国养老院的现状，然后分析了由这种现象所映射出的中美两国在家庭观，隐私观，孝顺观及消费观上的具体差异及其主要原因。最后预测了中美两国在观念差异上的发展趋势及两国老人未来主要的养老方式。关键词：养老院，观念，差异，影响，两国As the population develops in the world , aging of population is becoming more and more serious . Differences Between Chinese and American Values Reflected by Retirement HousesAuthor：WenYan Supervisor：ABSTRACTKey words：retirement houses，values，difference，two countries Contents 1 Introduction .2 Concrete Differences of Values . 2.1 Family values .2.2 Privacy view.2.3 Filial Piety notion.2.4 Consumption concept.3 Key Reasons on the Different Values3.1 Confucianism in China.3.2 The Protestantism ethic in America.3.3 Collectivism impacted on Confucianism.3.4 Individualism influenced by the Protestantism ethic.4 Developmental Trends on Diverse Values and Main Living Ways of the aged.4.1 Tending to narrow the difference of values.4.2 Different values inclining to unity / sameness.4.3 Prospect of living ways for senior Chinese people.4.4 Life means of elder American persons in the future .5 Conclusion .6 References. References:1 Anonymity. Individualism Versus Collectivism in China. 2009. from . Retrieved 23 October 2011.2 Anonymity. Senior Housing: What you should know. 2006. from . Retrieved 23 October 2011.3 Bradley J. Koch & Pamela Tremain Koch. “Collectivism, individualism, and outgroup cooperation in a segmented China”J. Asia Pacific J Manage 24, 2007:207-225.4 Chai Wenhua. “Traditional Confucianism in modern China: Ma Yifus ethical thougt”J. Front. Philos. China 3, 2006:366-381.5 Rogene A. Buchholz. “The Protestant Ethic as an ideological justification of capitalism”J. Journal of Business Ethics 2, 1983:51-60.6 The Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled. The Housing for Older Persons Act of 1995Z. Congressional record. Washington D.C.: Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1995.7 杜守东.中西养老方式比较研究J.西北人口期刊,1998(3):17-19. 8 匡硝,蠢式黄.新教伦理与资本主义市场经济J.云南大学人文社会科学报,2001(6):34-39.9 刘林海.加尔文思想研究M.北京:中国人民大学出版社,2006.10 龙毛忠,贾爱兵,颜静兰.中国文化概览(英汉对照)M.上海:华东理工大学出版社,2009.11 孟继有.英语学习背景知识:美国加拿大M.北京:北京大学出版社,2001.12 任丙强.家庭与近代资本主义的兴起对马克斯韦伯观点的阐释J.安徽教育学院学报,2004(1):22-25.13 苏立昌.美国社会与文化M.天津:南开大学出版社,2006.8.14 陀倜向.论近代西方资本主义兴起的精神动力克斯韦伯新教伦理与资本主义精神解读J.宝鸡文理学院学报(社会科学版),2004(4):7-9.15 王耀敏.中美价值观比较探析J.长春师范学院学报(人文社会科学版), 2006(4):31-33.16 于歌.美国的本质:基督新教支配的国家和外交M.北京:当代中国出版社,2006.17 中国文化常识/国务院侨务办公室,国家汉语国际推广领导小组办公室.中国文化常识(中英对照)M.北京:高等教育出版社,2007.湖 南 工 业 大 学本科毕业设计（论文）开题报告 （2012届）学 院（部）： 外国语学院 专 业： 英 语 学 生 姓 名： 文 燕 班 级： 2008级3班 学号08406100128 指导教师姓名： 肖志兵 职称 年 月 日中美养老院映射出的观念差异Differences Between Chinese and American Values Reflected by Retirement Houses Survey of studiesWe take it for granted that there exist various differences in China and America. But at present numerous scholars and experts across the world, such as, Bradley J. Koch & Pamela Tremain Koch and Chai Wenhua ect. have studied all kinds of cultural differences between Chinese and western countries and the United States included. About these studies, there are also many articles titled like “comparative study between Chinese and Western aged supported mode”(DU Shou-dong, 1983), “comparison of Chinese and western culture”(WANG Yao min, 2006), “intercultural differences comparison study on family values between Chinese and American”(WANG Yu-juan, 2008), and so on. WANG Yao min(2006:31) says that Cultural contrast between China and America may be seen in different aspects ,of which the contrast in value concepts is an essential part. In this paper, it mainly talks about the Chinese and American different views disclosed by retirement houses and primarily invol