11 American Way of Lifeppt课件

Unit11AmericanWayofLife ASearchforCredibleGeneralizations Adefinitionfromanexpert Culturehidesmuchmorethanitreveals andstrangelyenoughwhatithides ithidesmosteffectivelyfromitsownparticipants Yearsofstudyhaveconvincedmethattherealjobisnottounderstandforeignculturebuttounderstandourown EdwardT Hall 1914 2009 文化隐藏的东西远比它揭示的要多 奇怪的是 它所隐藏的东西 最不容易被它原创居民发现 多年的研究使我们了解到 我们真正要做的 不是去理解外国文化 而是理解我们自己的文化 爱德华T霍尔 EdwardHall是美国文化人类学家 他在 曾说过人与人之间有四种空间距离 1 Publicdistance公众距离可以达到360cm之远 2 Socialdistance社交距离大概由120cm到360cm 3 Personaldistance个人距离是由45cm到120cm 可以伸手碰到对方 虽然认识却没有特别关系 4 Intimatedistance亲密距离由45cm到零距离 通常是亲人 很熟的朋友 情侣或是夫妻 QUESTION WhatisAmericanwayoflife LessthanaquarterofthepopulationofChina lessculturalcoherence 文化凝聚力 intheUSthaninChina SoitisdifficulttogeneralizeabouttheAmericanwayoflife One LineStereotypeAbouttheUSA Stereotype1 AllAmericansarerich Stereotype2 Americansocietyisviolent Stereotype3 Americanfamiliesareindisarray Stereotype4 Americansareallreligions Stereotype5 Americansareoptimistic TheUSAasa MeltingPot TheUSAisameltingpotofimmigrants meltingpotItmeantthatasimmigrantsfromdifferentregionsandculturescametoliveintheUnitedStates theiroldwaysoflifemeltawayandtheybecamepartoftheAmericanculture WmeanswhiteASmeansAnglo SaxonPmeansProtestant WASPS 祖先是英国新教徒的美国人 WhatwerethevaluesassociatedwithWASPs LibertySocialjustice equalityAmericanDream life liberty andthepursuitofhappiness Alternativestothe MeltingPot asNationalSelf Image SaladbowlMosaicKaleidoscope A21st CenturyMetaphorAmericanLife TheSymbolofMassCulture InternetWWW worldwideweb TheInternethasseveralcharacteristicsthatseemconsonantwiththeUSAtoday TherearelawsthatpunishtheuseoftheInternetinwaysthatmightresultinharmtootherpeople Liveonthebasisofchoicestheymakeasindividuals Freetalk therighttosaywhattheyplease TheOngoingTensionsBetweenLibertyandEquality Liberty Freedom refertotherelatedworddocument TheyhavedistinctoriginsFreedomcharacterizedtheconditionofthecitizensofAthensasopposedtoitsslaves LibertycamefromtheLatinadjectivemeaningfree Equality S