英美文化期末论文：英美间的文化差异(英文版).pdfVIP

学而不知道，与不学同；知而不能行，与不知同。——黄睎

TheDifferencebetweenEnglandand

America

Abstract:thepaperistoshowthedifferencebetweenAmericanandEnglishin

severalaspects,suchasgeographicallocation,culturalenvironmentandthemost

importantpart,thelanguage.

Keywords:CultureEnvironment,Education,food,TableManner

Introduction

ThepaperdealswiththeTheDifferencebetweenEnglandandAmerica.Culture

isacomplex,includingknowledgeandbelief,art,morals,law,custom,andmembers

ofthesocietywhoacquiredasanyothercapabilitiesandhabits.

1.CultureEnvironment

BritainisatraditionalEuropeancountrywithlonghistoricaltraditioncontinuity,

andtherehadbeenahierarchyinBritishsocietyforalongtime.AndinUKthere

alwayshasbeenamonarchy.So,theBritishlikestorememberpasttimesandold

acquaintances,tendstobeconservative,andbehaveslikeagentleman.Alltheseneed

cultureaccumulation,andthesecharacterandqualitiescan’tbemadeifthecountryis

withoutalonghistory.However,theU.S.ispreciselywithoutaveryprofound

historicalaccumulationandisayoungcountry.So,theAmericansdaretoinnovate

andstressemphasisonpersonalvalue.Ontheotherhand,intheUnitedStates,there

arenotalotofconstrains.Theyfeelfreetomakeboldinnovations.Inaddition,there

isagreatdifferenceinthepopulationcompositionofthetwocountries.TheUnited

Statesisanationofimmigrants,peoplecomesfromallcountriesandregionsinthe

world.So,thecultureoftheUnitedStatesshowsdifferentcharacteristics.Peoplein

Americancanacceptan