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1、,Unit 3 American Culture,单元导读,美国文化属于多元文化类型。其文化特性受到其母体文化的影响，即受到盎格鲁撒克逊民族殖民文化的影响，也受到其他众多移民文化的影响。早期清教主义思想居统治地位，随着时间的推移，美国本土宗教萌发并成为具有影响力的文化要素。美国社会是较开放的社会，其国民热切期望实现个人奋斗目标，即“美国梦”的文化特性也非常显著。此外，美国文化特性中还存在着根深蒂固的资本主义民主制度下的“物质主义”和“个人主义”。,Unit 3 American Culture,Learning Objectives, To gain a general knowledge o
2、f American society and culture To get acquainted with some basic cultural concepts concerning American culture To learn useful words and expressions about American society and culture To adopt the right attitude towards cultural differences,Unit 3 American Culture,Lead-in Activities,Just Ask,Directi
3、ons: Read the following letter without using your dictionary. After reading the letter, work in groups to discuss the following questions. Then read the Davids Respond to make your idea more comprehensive.,Dear David, I have been in the United States for several months now, and Im living in a univer
4、sity dormitory for graduate students. Before coming to the US, I assumed that living in a dormitory would be a good way to meet American students and make friends with them. But I have discovered that I actually dont see the other students in my dormitory very much except in the cafeteria. American
5、students and International students dont interact very much. Usually the Americans sit with other Americans and the International students sit with other International students. There is one American student, June, who I have gotten to know a little bit. She is in one of my classes and also lives in
6、 my dormitory. I have seen her several times in the cafeteria and gone over to sit with her. When I sat with her, June seemed happy to chat with me, so I thought a friendship was developing between us.,An American Friend,Lead-in Activities,Just Ask,Directions: Read the following letter without using
7、 your dictionary. After reading the letter, work in groups to discuss the following questions. Then read the Davids Respond to make your idea more comprehensive.,Yesterday while I was eating my lunch alone in the dining hall, June came in. She saw me and nodded to me, but then she went over to anoth
8、er table and sat down with several other Americans. I was very disappointed, and when I told some other Chinese students about this they said that American students arent very interested in getting to know International students. Do you think this is true? Sincerely, Shelly,An American Friend,1. Why
9、 do you think June didnt go sit with Shelly? 2. What do you think Davids response will be?,Questions,Lead-in Activities,Just Ask,Davids Response,Dear Shelly, Of course it is possible that there is some very simple explanationmaybe June had a meeting with the other students about a class, or needed t
10、o talk with one of them about something personal. It may also be that she felt an obligation to spend time with old friends. But I would concede that the reason June didnt sit with you may have had something to do with the fact that you are Chinese and she is American. One problem overseas students
11、often experience in the USas well as in Chinais that students who share the same culture and language tend to stick together rather than reaching out to students from other cultures. In part, this is because of language. Its simply easier to communicate with someone who speaks your own language flue
12、ntly because you can talk more quickly and naturally without having to worry that the other person wont understand you. Also students from the same culture generally have more in common and tend to feel more comfortable together. This doesnt necessarily mean that they are not interested in students
13、from other cultures, or that they dont like them. However, interacting with students from other cultures takes more work and effort, so sometimes students stay in their own group just because it is easier.,Lead-in Activities,Just Ask,Davids Response,Another very specific problem is that its sometime
14、s difficult to make conversation with someone from a different culture because you dont know what to talk about. Often when people know very little about somebody elses country or culture, they are reluctant to ask questions because they are afraid of sounding ignorant, or perhaps because they simpl
15、y cant think of any good questions to ask. Finally, you may also have had some Chinese assumptions that made the experience even harder to understand. In China, foreigners are usually treated as very special and Chinese people are often very interested in them, so you may have expected that an Ameri
16、can would have the same response to you. However, there are a great many overseas students in the US, so they tend to attract less attention than foreigners in China do.,Lead-in Activities,Just Ask,Davids Response,No matter what the problem was, I would encourage you not to jump to the conclusion that Juneor American students in generalis not interested in making friends with students from other countries. Some American students may genuine
