英语国家国情文化课程Chapter 9.pdfVIP

Chapter 9 American Way of Life: A Search for Credible Generalization goal Understand: 1. American culture is changing 2. Language mirrors the changes 3. The Trace of liberty and equality Content 1. Line-line Stereotype about the USA 2. The US as a “melting Pot” 3. Alternative to the “Melting Pot” as national Self-Image 4. A 21st-Cnetruy metaphor for American Life 5. The Ongoing Tension Between Liberty and Equality One-line Stereotypes about the USA • 1. The meaning “stereotypes” originally referred to a new printing process that could reproduce the same image any number of times. imply ideas that appear always the same because they are not open to any questioning. One-line Stereotypes about the USA • 2. One-line stereotypes greatly oversimplify stereotypes One-line Stereotypes about the USA • 3. Stereotypes 1: All American are rich get this from Hollywood films the poor, about 1% of the population: the homeless people One-line Stereotypes about the USA • 3. Stereotypes 2: American society is violent about 1% of the population in prison. About 25% of American own gun. American are conscious of the threat of violence and take measure to avoid it. One-line Stereotypes about the USA 3. Stereotypes 2: American society is violent The NRA: The National Rifle Association, is a US private organization that has made great effort to protect the right of US citizens to freely own and use guns. Since many people tend to associate crime with guns, the NRA is strongly opposed to any laws that might restrict gun ownership. About 25% of American own gun. One-line Stereotypes about the USA • 3. Stereotypes 3: American families are in disarray shifting from “tough-love” families to “nurturing -parent” families because of the egalitarian.