英美性格差异.doc

The relationship between the Great Britain and American goes back to ancient times and they are still closely connected nowadays. And the British share many similarities with their American brothers. The British, as the first group of people who arrived the New World of America for new life, belong to the European. They are both descendants of Anglo-Saxon. They share English as their mother tongue, which originates from Latin language. However, there do exit so many differences between British and Americans. What are the differences? How can we tell them? Where did they come from? On the whole, The British has the national identity of quiet, shy, conservative, elegant, and restrained. While Americans with many of the integrated features of national character, are more open, inclusive and innovative. The British are familiar with in their own populations can be completely relaxed, and when they encounter strangers or foreigners, they will feel uneasy or even embarrassed. Meanwhile, the U.S. independence to date, relatively short history, there is not much of the stereotypes and defend, so Americans are more open and innovative.Then how did these come from? There can be three aspects of reasons. The first is the development in history. 英国历史 美国历史The second is the effect of religion. 英国宗教 美国宗教现有英格兰的国教是普世圣新教。而爱尔兰则是天主教。在上几个世纪，新教发起，宗教战争布满真个欧洲。马丁路德写书，英国皇帝废除英国天主主教，而推行新教。虽然这些新教理论不一，但大同小异。欧洲出现了明确的宗教战线。天主教对新教。但这个时候，新教的一个分支出现了不符合新教基本理论的教会Puritanismus这支教会既不被新教认可更不能被天主教认可。它被两个战线上的人追杀，而最终逃到了美洲。这就是宗教历史。人们误认为美国是从英国分出去的，美国人都是英国人的后裔。大错特错，不能因为美国说英语就认为她很英国相同。美国是个民族大熔炉，早期的美国殖民者来自欧洲的各个地方，英国人不过是其中的一部分。而美国说英语时因为美国成立时因为语言混杂而要选举个国语，因为英语简单而被选上。既然是民族大熔炉，那么文化以及宗教则必定繁多，在美国盛行有世界上所有的宗教，而并非单单基督教。美国一直都讲究宗教自由而保持各个文化间的和谐。英国则以普世圣新教为国教，爱尔兰是天主教。所有更偏向于基督教。The third is the differences in climate. 英国气候 美国气候英国处于欧洲西部，大西洋东岸，为典型的温带海洋性气候。成因：一方面受中纬度西风（即盛行西风）影响下，常年温和多雨。 另一方面与流经此处的北大西洋暖流也有关系。暖流能对沿岸起到增温增湿的作用。 英国全国一月份的平均气温约为4至7度，七月份13至17度。年降雨量西北部山区超过1000毫米，而东南部在六七百毫米之间。英国雾气较重，主要是岛国的潮气所致。首都伦敦冬季河湖极少结冰，一月平均气温在4度（摄氏）以上；夏天则相当凉爽，七月的平均气温17度，早晚外出需加外衣。年降雨量约600毫米，雨量分布较均匀。至于伦敦过去常见的浓雾，并不完全是自然现象。由于重视环境保护，伦敦目前出现浓雾的次数已大大减少。 英国虽然气候温和，但天气多变。一日之内，时晴时雨。多变的天气也为人们提供了经常的话题，在英国甚至最沉默寡言的人也喜欢谈论天气。 受高纬度的影响，英国昼夜长短的变化特别明显。冬季日短夜长，夏季则日长夜短。夏季是到英国旅游的最佳季节。夏季日间长，活动时间多，而且温度适中，天气清爽，人的精神也倍感充沛。这个季节尽管也有雨，但一般不会连绵不断，影响行程。南部墨西哥湾沿岸和东南部大西洋沿岸为亚热带湿润气候，西南部北纬40以南太平洋沿岸地区，西北部北纬40以北太平洋沿岸，以及阿拉斯加南部沿海为温带海洋性气候，落基山脉部分地区属于高山高原气候，本土其他地区，以及阿拉斯加内陆属于温带大陆性气候，阿拉斯加北冰洋和白令海峡沿岸，以及阿留申群岛属于苔原气候，夏威夷群岛属于亚热带海洋性气候。The British and the Americans seem to be resemble, but actually entirely different. We may confound the former with the latter at first, for they are both white and speak English, but once we go deeper we will find the differences easily. Not only that, when we observe those differences, we should not look only at the surface of things, but should find out the reas