北理工专项英语选修课吕秋凝美国社会与文化课堂问题答案.pdf

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1、1.WhatistheessenceoftheProtestantheritage?ReligionsFreedomtohavediversitysodenominationscan“liveandletlive”toshapetheirvaluesandbeliefs.2.HowdoesbusinesscompetitionreinforceotherbasicAmericanvalues?Itreinforcesindividualfreedom,equalityofopportunity,andhardwork.3.ListthreeAmericanweddingcustoms.○1We

2、ddinginchurch.○2Exchangevows.○3ExchangeRings.4.Whatarethethreebranchesofthefederalgovernmentandtheirresponsibilities?○1Congress---Thetwohousescreateslawsforthegovernmentsrepresentingeachstateequality.○2President---Headsoncarryingoutthelawofthecountry.○3SupremeCourt---Settlesdisputesaboutexactmeaning

3、ofthelawincourt.5.WhydosomepeopledescribeAmericancultureasa“saladbowl”?TheU.S.isconsideredtobeamixofmanycultures1ofimmigrantsthathavemixedintoAmericansocietybystillretainingtheirowncharacteristicsoftheirownorigin.6.WhatarethecharacteristicsofthedominantAmericanculture?ItwasEnglish-speaking,westernEu

4、ropean,Protestant,andmiddleclassincharacter.7.Whatarethethreevaluesthataretraditionallyassociatedwiththefrontierheritage?Individualism,self-reliance,andequalityofopportunityhaveperhapsbeenthevaluesmostcloselyassociatedwiththefrontierheritageofAmerica.8.Whatcouldbethequalitiesofa“well-rounded”student

5、underAmericaneducationsystem?TheycouldbeeducatedintheArts,Humanities,Science,Technology,Engineering,Math,(STEM)andFitnesstoensureahealthyandwell-roundedstudent.9.WhydidtheAmericanConstitutionadoptthepolicyof“separationofchurchandstate”?Thegovernmentwasforbiddentoestablishanationalchurch;nodenominati

6、oncanbefavoredovertheothers.210.Howdoyouunderstandthesaying“What’sabovethegroundismoreimportantthanwhatisbeneaththeground?”Itisaboutequalityofopportunity.Nomatteryourwealth,inthefrontierindividualfreedom,self-reliance,andopportunitiesforsuccesswasavailableforall.11.Whatarethemajordifferencesbetweenp

7、ublicschoolsandprivateschools?PublicschoolsareGovernmentProvidedschoolthatisfreeforallAmericanstudentsandPrivateschoolsaretuition-basedschoolsforstudentsofferingthemabettereducationtoattendbetterunive