英美文化鉴赏论文.docx

The eastern Sun and The western MoonWhen we see the sun shining over our heads, there is a bright moon glittering in the sky. As we know, the sun and the moon cannot meet forever----the eastern and the western culture. But today, the miracle is playing. With the English culture and the American culture, the western culture has been separate two parts. They have their own lifestyle. The difference comparison of the West and China Culture is based on many things that are passed from one generation to the next. ... First, let us tell something about culture of US. The United States and China are two very large countries that have culture that are well known through out the world. There are many difference between the United States and China, but there are many contributing factors that shape the cultures of these two countries. For example, in China, we celebrate our holidays with all family members and all relatives, but American people celebrate their holidays with their own family. They don’t care so much about other relatives. The Chinese New Year and the New Year from the west are quite different. The New Year from the western side is always one month before Chinese New Year. The day before New Year many people will get together in the same big place to count from the end to celebrate the new year coming. Chinese New Year will give the red envelopes to their children and people will get together for a nice dinner. Those two New Year celebrations are showing the culture difference between China and the US. Of course, many differences are piled up between the two coasts. Next, let us see the British culture. The British is more inflexible than the American. For example, in the UK to talk about the best time to get down to business or work in a direct, to speak will be treated as a waste of time .The British say “no” is not the time to start to argue with you, but that they would like to express is that meaning. At the same time, the British are very good sense of hu