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1、Kate7TheReflectionofAmericanValuesinAmericanProverbsLanguageandcultureareinseparable;languageisthecarrierofculture.Asanimportantpartoflanguage,proverbscanreflectanation’svaluesasamirror;theycanalsonotedowntheevolutionofanation.Asiswell-known,proverbi
2、sacondensedbutmemorablesayingembodyingsomeimportantfactofexperiencethatistakenastruebymanypeople.http://dict.cn/proverb“Proverbsaretheformoflanguagethathastheclosestconnectionwithculture.”HankinsandButts,1973Althoughthenumberofwordsofaproverbislimite
3、d,theycontainplentyofrhetoricaldevicesandvividdescriptionsoflivesofthepeopleintheUnitedStates;theyaretheproductsofpeople’sgreatintelligenceandabilityofusinglanguage.TherearemanyproverbswidelyusedinthedailylivesofAmericanpeople,fromtheseproverbs,oneca
4、nhaveabetterknowledgeoftheAmericantraditionalvaluesandthevariationofthemaccordingtothedevelopmentofsocietyandhistory.AlthoughtheUnitedStatesofAmericadoesnothavelonganddiversehistory,itisanationcomposedoflotsofdifferentnationalities,ithasoriginsofmany
5、countriesintheworld,includingFrance,Germany,Spain,China,Korea,Japan,LatinAmerica,Russian,Poland,Anglo-Saxon,Scandinavia,Italy,Philippine,India,Africa,VietnamandArabiccountries.Inotherwords,itisacountryofimmigrantsfromallovertheworld.Inthefusionandass
6、imilationofalltheseimmigrants,themainstreamvaluesofAmericancharacteristicemerged.Whenthefirstgenerationofimmigrantssetfootonthiscontinent;theyhadtogiveuptheiroldcustomsandbehaviourstoadapttotheseverelivingconditionthatisquitedifferentfromtheirorigina
7、lonesKate7forabetterlife.Consequently,theybecamemoreandmorediligent,realistic,independent,andcreativeetc.Peopleworkedhardtoovercomeallthedifficultiestheyfacedinnatureandcompetewitheachothertogettotheadvantageposition.Asaresult,thevalueoffreedomandcom
8、petitioncameintobeing.WiththedevelopmentoftheAmericansocietyandhistory,moreandmoretraditionalvaluesoftheirowncharacteristicemergedandchanged.Themosttypicalandimportantonesarematerialism,individualism,independence,equality,diligence,creativity,competi
