121English美国社会主流价值观 .pptx

Traditional Mainstream Values of USA -- the spirit of American people -- Larry LiuI grow up in such a social environment: U.S. imperialism is our number one enemy. From my childhood, America is mysterious to me. In the process of my growing up, I was curious about American people and their stories and had a feeling that mydream came true when my foreignaffairs work led me to Americaand gave me chance to understand American culture. Human’s nature makes people curious about each other. When they meet people from different countries, besides some simple questions like “What is life like in their country?” “What kind of food do they eat?” “What are their customs?”, they have more questions about the culture: What do the people believe in? What do they value most in life? What motivates them? Why do they behave the way they do? Today, I choose to take an American culture approach to our discussion, focusing on the traditional mainstream values(美国社会主流价值观) that have attracted immigrants to the United States for over 200 years. After explaining how these traditional values developed, we will trace how they affect various aspects of American life. This information will help us get a composite picture of American beliefs and practices as they relate to education, business, government, sports, recreation, and so on. I hope the introduction can help us become more sensitive to cultural differences. However, my introduction is not to persuade Chinese people to accept American way，but rather to help understand it more fully and compare with ours. And see what we can learn from each other. There are six mainstream values of American society:1.Individual Freedom（个人自由）;2.Self-Reliance（自力更生）;3.Equality of Opportunity （机会平等）;4.Competition（竞争）;5.Material Wealth（物质财富）;6.Hard Work（辛勤工作） These values originated from “The Declaration of Independence”(独立宣言), people will never forget its saying: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are end