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1、英美国家概况TheUnitedStatesofAmericaUnit15DominantValuesandReligiousBeliefsTheUnitedStatesofAmericaThinkaboutthesequestionsbeforewestart:1.Whatisculture?Pleasetrytodefinethisterm.2.WhatculturalvaluesandreligiousbeliefsareprevalentinAmerica?3.Howdoculturalvaluesandreligiousbeliefsi
2、nfluencetheAmericansociety?Warming-upActivitiesContentsReligioninAmericaDominantAmericanValueⅠⅡWhatisculture?ⅠDominantAmericanValuesCultureisthesystemsofknowledgesharedbyarelativelylargegroupofpeople.Acultureisawayoflifeofagroupofpeople--thebehaviors,beliefs,values,andsymbol
3、sthattheyaccept,generallywithoutthinkingaboutthem,andthatarepassedalongbycommunicationandimitationfromonegenerationtothenext.Cultureisacollectiveprogrammingofthemindthatdistinguishesthemembersofonegrouporcategoryofpeoplefromanother.ⅠDominantAmericanValuesAmericansociety:cult
4、uralpluralismDominantAmericanvalues:individualismCompetitiveSpiritEqualityPrivacySelfrelianceMaterialsuccessⅠDominantAmericanValue1.11.21.3individualismcompetitivespiritequality1IndividualismDefinition:Beliefintheprimaryimportanceoftheindividualandinthevirtuesofself-reliance
5、andpersonalindependence.ItsinfluenceontheAmericansociety?2CompetitiveSpiritDownsideofcompetitionfortheU.S.society:ThepressuretowincanbeoverwhelminginAmerica,whereonlywinnersarecheeredandrememberedandthewinnertakesall,includingmultimillion-dollaradvertisingcontracts.Theoverem
6、phasisoncompetitionalsocontributestoahostileworkplace.Employeesconstantlycompeteagainsttheirpeersandlosesleepoverwhogetscreditforanewsalesplanorforhavingthebestideas;thisdiscouragesteamworkandstrainshumanrelations.Atschool,cheatinghasbecomeaseriousconcernwheneventhetopstuden
7、tsdoitregularly.3EqualityWeholdthesetruthstobeself-evident,thatallmenarecreatedequal,thattheyareendowedbytheirCreatorwithcertainunalienableRights,thatamongtheseareLife,LibertyandthepursuitofHappiness.---theDeclarationofIndependence,17763EqualityEquality,thoughanidealofAmeric
8、anDemocracy,isnotarealityintheAmericansociety,andthegovernmenthascompleteco
