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1、31.NuclearfamilyIntheUSA,afamilyisusuallymadeupofafather,amotherandtwochildren.Immigrant2.Animmigrantisapersonwhoentersintoacountryofwhichoneisnotanative,inordertoliveinitpermanently.3.EmigrantAnemigrantisapersonwholeavesone’sowncountryandsettlesinanother.4.Urbanh
2、ermit“Urbanhermits”refertothoseladiesinurbancitiesoftheUnitedStatesofAmericanwhowanderinthecitiesduringdaytime,oftenwithabag,butatnighttheyhidethemselvessleepincornersinthestreetorinthesubways.5.Ulsterman:referstoapersonfromNorthernIreland.IrelandwasannexedbyEngla
3、ndin1461.FromJacobeantimesIrelandbecameacentreofEnglishsettlement,andlaterScottishsettlement.ItwasdividedintoNorthernIrelandandtheRepublicofIrelandin1921.NorthernIrelandcomprisessixcountiesinwhichtherehasbeencivilunrestformanyyears.6.theUnitedKingdom:referstotheUn
4、itedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.ItconsistsofEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.7.Sovereignstate:TheUKisonesovereignstate.ItismadeupofEngland,Scotland,WalesandNorthernIreland.Ineachofthefourlandsthedifferencesareobvioussuchasclothingandcultureetc.
5、8.Awelfarestate:TheUKisawelfarestatewhichwasestablishedaftertheLaborPartycametopowerin1945.Therearethreemainareasofwelfareprovision:health,housingandsocialsecurity.9.PublicSchoolisaprivatesecondaryschoolintheUK,awhollyorpartlyboardingschool,whichisadministeredbyag
6、overningbodyandfinancedbythepupils'feesandincomefromendowments.10.MiddleSchoolisatermoftenusedinChina,butitismisleadinginforsensethatforAmericansmiddleschoolreferstotheagerangefromtentothirteen.11.PrepschoolisaprivateschoolintheeducationalsystemofBritain,Itisthesh
7、ortened'termofpreparatoryschoolforentrancetoapublicschoolattheageofthirteen12.RugbySchoolisafamouspublicschoolintheUK,whichisaprivateschoolatthesecondaryeducationlevel.13.OxfordUniversityisworldfamousandistheoldestuniversityintheUK,beingestablishedin1167.Universit
8、yCollegewasfoundedin1249.ItisinOxford,England,andexercisesthetutorialsystemandthelecturesysteminthemanagementoftheuniversity.14.HarvardUniversitywhichis