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1、 My view on the cultures between Chinese and American When it comes to the culture, in my opinion, it is hard to define since its a large and inclusive concept. Every country has its own unique culture. We cant say the culture of which country is superior to others. Culture is a total accumulation o
2、f beliefs customs, values, behaviors, institutions and communication patterns that are shared, learned and passed down through the generations in an identifiable group of people. The culture is rich and complex in each country and it can represent its own country to a certain degree. As for the nati
3、ve culture and cross-culture communication, we should take it correctly. As we know, people from different countries maintain their own cultural traditions. Then we should learn about the similarities and differences in different cultures if we want to get along well with people from different count
4、ries. We can often hear about some jokes result from culture diversity. According to the study in the class, I learn more about the culture between American and China. The culture is complex that including knowledge, belief, art, law, education, family and so on. We hold these truths to be self-evid
5、ent, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. quoting from The Declaration of Independence. We can know about American values that they emphasize equality of opportunit
6、y, freedom and happiness. Americans consider that social relations are based on the autonomy of each person, which is quite different from China. As Chinese, we were inculcated that self-sacrifice puts the benefit of the group above that of the individual by our teachers. In other words, collectivis
7、t theory is praise highly in Chinese. In addition, Americans believe that competition brings out the best of each individual. By contrast, cooperation is thought more highly in China. The Confucian Doctrine of the Mean urges that individuals should avoid competition to seek for harmony. We have to a
8、dmit that Chinese values are influenced by the Confucianism to a great extent, including modesty, loyalty, kindness, wisdom, filial piety and so on. Some concepts are positive while some passive concepts are included, such as conservatism, face-saving.From my perspectives, I think our country develo
9、ped slowly in the last century owing to the conservative thoughts. So sometimes we should select the essence and abandon the dross. Family life can also reflect the culture of different country. It is an important part in everyones life, while the family life both in America and China has changed a
10、lot in recent years. In American, traditional family is a nuclear family, consisting of a working father, a stay-at-home mother and children. As time goes on, new family patterns begin to emerge, including DINK, the single-parent family, the same-sex-parent family. I think the reasons can be owing t
11、o the developing society and the changes of peoples concepts. In the American family, children have rights to disagree or agree with their parents, which is quite different from Chinese. While in China, most parents begin to arrange everything for their children before the kids were born hoping that
12、 their children will have the bright futures. Different from traditional Chinese family, marriages are not arranged in The United States. Most parents have little control over or even no interfere in their childrens marriages. The value of marriages is largely determined by how happy the husband and
13、 wife are with each other. However, you cant image that in this country which stresses the freedom of marriage, according to the 2010 census in American, about 50% of all American marriages end in divorce. Some critics claim that government should take great attention to the high and increasing rate
14、 of single mother in America today. In traditional China, marriages were usually arranged by parents. In most cases, brides and grooms did not see each other until the wedding day. The position in the family is unequal in tradition. The wife in the family played a role as servant to the husband. As
15、a woman, the most important thing was to find a husband who was rich and capable of earning money in the past. People used to look down on females, for they were considered useless and could not continue the family name. Nowadays females position has improved a lot, women expect to work and earn mon
16、ey to supplement the family income without being total dependent on their husbands. Even though there are some young girls still pursue for a rich husband to live a comfortable life. I would rather cry in the BMW than laugh on the bicycle said by some young girls. Of course, not all girls have the s
17、ame thought, some young people determined to get free marriage despite their parents objection. That is to say, Naked Wedding is coming just as a recent hit TV series Naked Wedding tells. Education is an important of part in every country. In American, Education is considered as a solution to variou
18、s social problems. The aim to Education is cultivating people who have level of maturity and responsibility, relationship qualities, political skills and so on. Of course, they are included by Chinese education. The structure of American Education is similar to our country but they attach great impo
19、rtance in early education rather than regard it as simply providing childcare. Pre-school is meant to promote development in children through planned programs. In all, American teachers lay stress on develop childrens interests in study. In china, nine-year compulsory education is known to everyone,
20、 while its cramming method of teaching may not be popular among students. The teachers prefer to inculcate and teach hand by hand while American teachers lay stress on heuristic methods. Then American students like to ask why and learn to solve problems by themselves but Chinese students follow teac
21、hers and dare not to pose a question in class. Whats more, many Chinese children have to entry for all kinds of contest by the pressure from their parents while American children have a happy childhood. In the present study I know something about the culture between American and China. Both cultures
22、 hide much more than it reveals. If we want to have a better understanding of them, we have to learn them by heart. Furthermore, this course convinces me that the important job is not only to understand foreign culture but also understand our own. Before this course, I found I have less knowledge about Chinese, especially religion, education and values. I hold the view that the course is a good chance for us students to learn more about our native culture besides American culture.