中美文化差异英文版

2024年1月7日发(作者：齐越)

1.美国人的自我意识和独立意识很强。

Self-awareness and independent consciousness of Americans are very strong.

2.美国文化鼓励人民开拓创新，做一番前人未做过的、杰出超凡的事业。

In America, innovation often is encouraged and people often do something nobody has done.

3.美国基础教育实践，注重创造的教学形式.

American education bad on practice, pay attention to teaching form of creation.

4. 中国的家庭结构比较复杂，传统的幸福家庭是四代同堂。

China's family structure is more complex, the traditional happy family is four generations.

5. 中国人的婚姻相对来说比较稳定。这是因为中国人把婚姻当作一个严肃的道德问题，喜新厌旧，或是第三者插足都会被认为是极不道德的。

The Chine marriage is relatively stable. Becau Chine people treat marriage as a rious moral problem,

propensity or a third people involvement is considered highly unethical.

6. 新中国虽已建立了六十年，但传统的君臣，父子等级观念在中国人的头脑中仍然根深蒂固。The traditional

manner, parent-child hierarchical remains entrenched in the Chine mind.

7. 主动帮助别人或接受别人帮助在西方常是令人难堪的事。在中国，主动帮助别人，给人以无微不至的体贴是一种美德。

Take the initiative to help others or accept others help is embarrassing thing in America. However, help others is a

virtue.

8. 在个性自由与团结协作上：美国人十分珍视个人自由，喜欢随心所欲，独往独行，不愿受限制。中国文化则更多地强调集体主义，主张个人利益服从集体利益，主张同甘共苦，团结合作，步调一致。

On the personality freedom and cooperation, Americans cherish personal freedom and don't want to be limited.

Personal interest obedience collective interests and cooperation were advocated in China.

9. 美国家庭教育目的是把孩子培养成具有适应各种环境和独立生存能力的“社会人”；中国家庭教育的目的是把孩子培养成“才”，将来有出息，有个好职业，一生能在顺境中度过。

The education purpo of American family is to help children to adapt to the environment and improve the

independent ability, and finally make children become a "social person". The education aim of Chine family is to

make children become a person with ability, and hope they can have ambition in the future, have a good career, life

can be spent in prosperity.

(You are very handsome! 或赞扬你Your English is very good时，中国人一般很谦虚地说：I do not think so! 或说 No ,no ,my English is poor. Thank you !; Have you had your meal? Where are you going? 他们则会认为你想请他吃饭或者干涉其私事，会引起误解。美国人见面，通常打招呼道：Hello! How do you do! Nice to meet you.)

（American culture：The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals' value, the pursue of

democracy and freedom, the promotion of deploitation(开拓,经营) and competition and the need of realistic and

practicality. Its core is individualism: lf-first, personal need first, pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment,

emphasize on achieving individual value by lf-strive and lf-design. This type of intentionally build up of

personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons, it gives incentives to people and make

them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation;

on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the

entire society lack of unity.

egocentric:.自我中心的,利己主义的

American citizens emphasize on achievements and respect heroes. They have great n in their hearts to prai

success and al achievements are one of tho with the highest value in Americans ans

have very strong ns of s is the pursuit of most Americans,it is their attractive future and the

incentives for moving believe that one's personal value is equivalent to his achievements in his

high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs,scientists,artists and all kinds of super starts

became modern process and result of how they strived have become the frame of reference of social

culture value and the real life text book for parents to educate their children.

incentive:Serving to induce or motivate:

American society has great movements within itlf. The movements are shown in two aspects:movements

amongst locations and movements inside the United States are relatively more open and have more

ped transport and the tradition of adventure and sporty makes a lot of American migrate from

countryside to cities,from downtown to uptown; and from north to the southern sunny land,from one city to

European countries,the social class in America is not so r more,with the advocation

of public education,movements upwards along the social ladder have become people living in the

states,no matter whether they are Native American or immigrants from overas,have the same dream of changing

their social class and make their lifetime dream come true through their own is what they often called

"American dream".

1. Self-awareness and independent consciousness of Americans are very strong.

2. In America, innovation often is encouraged and people often do something nobody has done.

3. American education bad on practice, pay attention to teaching form of creation.

4. China's family structure is more complex, the traditional happy family is four generations.

5. The Chine marriage is relatively stable. Becau Chine people treat marriage as a rious moral problem,

propensity or a third people involvement is considered highly unethical.

6. The traditional manner, parent-child hierarchical remains entrenched in the Chine mind.

7. Take the initiative to help others or accept others help is embarrassing thing in America. However, help others is

a virtue.

8. On the personality freedom and cooperation, Americans cherish personal freedom and don't want to be limited.

Personal interest obedience collective interests and cooperation were advocated in China.

9. The education purpo of American family is to help children to adapt to the environment and improve the

independent ability, and finally make children become a "social person". The education aim of Chine family is to

make children become a person with ability, and hope they can have ambition in the future, have a good career, life

can be spent in prosperity.

(You are very handsome! 或赞扬你Your English is very good时，中国人一般很谦虚地说：I do not think so! 或说 No ,no ,my English is poor. Thank you !; Have you had your meal? Where are you going? 他们则会认为你想请他吃饭或者干涉其私事，会引起误解。美国人见面，通常打招呼道：Hello! How do you do! Nice to meet you.)

（American culture：The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals' value, the pursue of

democracy and freedom, the promotion of deploitation(开拓,经营) and competition and the need of realistic and

practicality. Its core is individualism: lf-first, personal need first, pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment,

emphasize on achieving individual value by lf-strive and lf-design. This type of intentionally build up of

personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons, it gives incentives to people and make

them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation;

on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the

entire society lack of unity.

egocentric:.自我中心的,利己主义的

American citizens emphasize on achievements and respect heroes. They have great n in their hearts to prai

success and al achievements are one of tho with the highest value in Americans ans

have very strong ns of s is the pursuit of most Americans,it is their attractive future and the

incentives for moving believe that one's personal value is equivalent to his achievements in his

high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs,scientists,artists and all kinds of super starts

became modern process and result of how they strived have become the frame of reference of social

culture value and the real life text book for parents to educate their children.

incentive:Serving to induce or motivate:

American society has great movements within itlf. The movements are shown in two aspects:movements

amongst locations and movements inside the United States are relatively more open and have more

ped transport and the tradition of adventure and sporty makes a lot of American migrate from

countryside to cities,from downtown to uptown; and from north to the southern sunny land,from one city to

European countries,the social class in America is not so r more,with the advocation

of public education,movements upwards along the social ladder have become people living in the

states,no matter whether they are Native American or immigrants from overas,have the same dream of changing

their social class and make their lifetime dream come true through their own is what they often called

"American dream".