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1、SimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenculturesFirstAnglo-AmericanculturehomologyIntheearlyimmigrantsintheUnitedStates,accountingforaverylargeproportionofBritons.Gowiththeflow,theywillfeatureBritishculturalcharacter,theBritish,theBritishwayofthinkinghavebroughtthiso
2、netotheNewWorld.BritishcultureistherootandsourceofAmericanculture.Americanculture,adheringtoalotofBritishculture.SecondsimilaritiesbetweenthetwoculturesoneLanguageisEnglish.TwomainProtestantChristianreligion.Threesocialinteractioninsomedetail;suchasLadiesfirst
3、,civilizedandpolite,privacy,tabooFriday,numbersthirteen,etc.FourfestiveHalloween,Easterandsoon.ThirdPerformanceoftheAnglo-AmericanculturaldifferencesAnglo-Americanculturehasalotofsimilarities.Buttherearealsowiththeevolutionofhistory,culture,heritage,200yearsof
4、independentdevelopmentofAmericancultureduetodifferentecologicalenvironmenthasgeneratedalotofvariation.TodaywelookattheAnglo-Americanculture,therearealreadyalotofdifference.Suchas:theAmericansandtheBritishcharacterisnotthesame.SomeonesummarizedtheAmericancharac
5、ter:warm,cheerful,adventurous,innovative,imaginativelivestripping,straightforwardhumorBritishcharactercorrespondingfeaturesare:cold,reserved,introverted,conservative,intellectualrigor,humorgentlemanVieweachotherGeneralevaluationofthereturneesinEnglandiswell-dr
6、essed,verypolitetospeak,actcourteously,stepbystep,istodosomethingmorelikecurvedaround,oftennotnicewordstosay,firstaroundthemanycircles.TheevaluationofthereturneesforAmericacanbesummarizedinthreesentencesisthe"wearingrustic,speakingarrogant,moneystingy."Bothsay
7、Americareturneesgenerallywearcasual,lessstress,eventhoughsomeoccasionstheysuit,gentle,itissome"gentleman"instyle.Butifonedoesnotseetheothers,these"gentlemen"onthetruecolors,shoesoff,tieitloose,buttonsloosed,andputuptheirfeetCame.Oneday,theBritishwriterCharlesD
8、ickens(1812-1870)sittingontheriverfishing,astrangerwalkeduptohimandaskedhim:"howareyoufishing?""Yesah,"Dickenscasuallyreplied,"Truelucktodayslot,thistime,andalsoonedoesnotsee.,buta