Unit11AmericanWayofLife美国人的生活方式

1、The origin of stereotypes about the USAFive stereotypes about the USA: 1. All Americans are rich. 2. Americans society is violent. 3. American families are in disarray. 4. Americans are all religious. 5. Americans are optimistic.One-line stereotypes about the USA1、The USA is a nation of immigrants .

2、2、The real meaning of describing the USA as a nation of immigrants.3、Israel Zangwill write a play named “the melting pot”.4、what does the WASP mean: Wwhite, AS-Anglo-Saxon, Pprotestant.5、 The values associated with WASPs: life, liberty, and the persuit of happiness.The USA as a “melting pot”A metaph

3、or more suited to the diversity of a nation that can replace “melting pot”.Salad bowl-decay；Mosaic-never changes;Kaleidoscope-the pattern were not at all fixed.Alternatives to the “Melting Pot” as National Self-Image1、An up-to-date metaphor that now might be used to encapsulate the USA: Internet2、Th

4、e development of WWW.3、In the USA, anyone can post anything he or she wishes on the Internet4、In the USA, there are laws that punish the use of the Internet in ways that might result in harm to other people.A 21st-Century Metaphor for Amerian Life5、There are no guarantees of the truth of any asserti

5、on.6、The Internet can thus serve noble purposes or base purposes.7、The open-endedness of the Internet fits well the current phase of American life.8、One major limitation-total lack of direction.Liberty/Freedom1、Liberty and freedom have distinct origins.2、Freedom characterizes the condition of the ci

6、tizens of Athens as opposed to its slaves.3、Liberty came from the Latin adjective meaning free.The Ongoing Tensions Between Liberty and EqualityEquality/(Social) Justice 1、what social justice and equality imply. 2、the rallying slogan of the French Revolution of 1789: Liberty ;Equality; Fraternity. A

7、nd why they are arrenged by this order.Why Liberty versus Equality?1、Liberty and equality are not always compatible.2、Once we turn to specific issues ,the principles of liberty-freedom may easily conflict with that of of equality-social justice.3、There is nothing in the constitution that calls for t