文化之旅:美国(大学生英语阅读文库)
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品牌: Gina Teague
基本信息·出版社：外语教学与研究出版社
·页码：177 页
·出版日期：2009年
·ISBN：7560053424/9787560053424
·条形码：9787560053424
·包装版本：1版
·装帧：平装
·开本：16
·正文语种：英语
·丛书名：大学生英语阅读文库
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这是一个崇尚变化的民族，笃信唯有变化才是永恒。
这是一个充满矛盾的国度，个人主义与团队精神同在，富裕与贫穷并存，多元的文化与统一的民族构成动态平衡。
这又是一个世界名品辈出的国度，可口可乐、迪斯尼、好莱坞、IBM、曼哈顿……
这就是美利坚。《文化之旅:美国》以浅显的语言、经典的文化注释及精妙的插图给读者打开了一扇了解美国的窗户，全方位地展现了一个真实的美国：从历史政治到宗教习俗，从休闲娱乐到商业竞争，从独立战争到反恐战争，从安德鲁·卡内基到比尔·盖茨，从叹为观止的尼亚加拉大瀑布到鬼斧神工的科罗拉多大峡谷，大到国家和价值观的形成，小到鸡蛋在美国的十种做法，给读者带来耳目一新的感受。
编辑推荐阅读《文化之旅:美国》，感受美利坚的自由与梦想。隽永的行文，清新的文字，将一个真实的美国娓娓道来：历史政治、价值观念、宗教建筑，文化渊源、风俗习惯、休闲时尚、商界经纬、社交礼仪……
目录
Map of the U.S.A.
Introduction
KeyFacts
1 彼国彼民
Old Man River
Climate
Regions
A Nation of Immigrants
Government
The USA：A Brief History
2 价值观
America——the Ideal
Equality of Opportunity
“I Did It My Way”
Self-Reliance
VoxPopuli
Egalitarianism
Work Ethic
Giving Back
Good or Evil
Change IsGood
Control Freaks
Time Is Money
Diversity
PAtrintism
3 风俗与传统
Separation ofChurch and State
Hatched，Matched，and Dispatched in Amemi
Holidays What They Are and How TheyAre Celebrated
4 居家图景
America's Homes.Sweet Homes
The Blended Family
Education
The Daily Grind
5 休闲时光
Vacations
Shop Till They Drop
Spots Play Ballf
EatingOut
Friendship，American Style
Culture
6 在路上
General Intbrmation
Hitting the Road
Tains
Food and Drink Options
Batten Dhown the Hatches
7 Business Briefing
商务导航
Snapshot of the American Workplace
The Bottom Line
Management Style
Working as a Unit
Meetings
Negotiations
Presentations
A "Can Do" Attitude
Women in Business
Business Entertaining
Communicating
Linguistic Traditions
8 Communication Style
交流与通讯
Body Language
Humor
The Media
Postal and Electronic Communication
Conclusion
Appendix: States of the U.S.A.
Further Reading
About the Author
Acknowledgments
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The controversy has been characterized as pitting civic duty against individual conscience——onecherished American value against another. Recently, thebattle lines were drawn over the removal of a sculptureinscribed with the ten commandments from a government building, a municipal courthouse. Meanwhile, middle America charges thatoversensitivity and political correctness govern manydecisions on religious matters. In another highlypublicized case, town officials argued that decoratinga fir tree standing in a public space in December didnot necessarily constitute an endorsement ofChristianity. They lost. The Christmas tree camedown.
What isn't in dispute is that 90 percent of Americans express somereligious affiliation and approximately 70 percent claim to practice their faithactively. Religion has always been a voluntary activity in the U.S.A., so thosewho practice their faith do so by choice, as a matter of individual conscience.This may account for the high degree of observance , the depthof fundamentalism, and the wide variety of religions. With about 190 activereligious sects, religion in the United States is a buyer's market with some 33million congregants claiming to have jumped ship to a different denomination .
