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1、AmericanCultureFromthePerspectiveofAutomobileAbstractSino-USrelationshipisoneofthemostimportantbilateralrelationsintheworld.ItconnectstheworldsmostpopulouscountrywiththeonlySuperpower.Themutualunderstandingisrelatedtothequalityoftwocountriesrelation.Therefore,itisurgenttoincreasetheunderstandingofth
2、eUnitedStates.UnderstandingtheUnitedStatesincludestheunderstandingofAmericanculture.AutomobileisanimportanttraffictoolandanessentialelementinAmericanslife.ItisalsoanAmericanculturecarrier.ItisanaspectforChinesepeopletounderstandtheUnitedStates. Thisthesisintroducesthedefinitionofcultureandthesignifi
3、canceofstudyingAmericanculture,andthenanalyses,inAmericanculture,theindividualism,humor,materialismandAmericanspursuitofchangeintheirlife.Atlasttheauthordrawsaconclusionthatfromtheperspectiveofautomobile,Americansareindividualistic,humorous,andgoodatpursuitofmaterialsandchangeintheirlife.Key words:A
4、mericanAutomobile;theUnitedStates;Culture摘要中美关系是全球最重要的双边关系之一,它联系着中国这一个世界上人口最多的国家和世界上唯一的超级大国。两国的相互理解直接影响着两国的关系。因此,增加对美国的了解已经迫在眉睫。了解美国包括了了解美国文化。汽车是重要的交通工具,也是美国人生活的基本要素,同时是美国文化的一种载体。它是中国人了解美国文化的一个方面。本文首先介绍文化的定义和研究美国文化的意义,然后再从汽车这个角度,对美国文化中的个人主义,美国人的幽默感,物质主义和美国人追求变化方面进行分析。从而得出了这样一个结论:从美国汽车方面可以知道美国人富有个性,幽
5、默感,追求物质财富和生活变化。关键词: 美国汽车; 美国;文化14ContentsAcknowledgements. iAbstract (English) .iiAbstract (Chinese) .iii1. Introduction12. The Importance of Studying American Culture22.1. The Definition of Culture22.2. The Significance of Studying Culture42.3. The Reason of Studying American Culture53. Study Ameri
6、can Culture from American Automobile63.1. The Individualism73.2. Pursuit of Change93.3. Humor of Americans103.4. Materialism114. Conclusion12. Works Cited131. IntroductionChina is a nation with the history of 5000 years, and is playing a more and more important role in the world. Along with the Sino
7、-American relation increasingly closing, the Chinese traditional culture is faced with the challenges from the culture of the United States. In order to avoid it, it is urgent for Chinese people to know the United States very well. To know a country and its people, it is necessary know its culture f
8、irst. America is the initiator of motor society. Chinese people might learn the American culture from a new perspective- American automobile.In the 21st century, motor has become the essential thing to Americans. It is not only a kind of traffic tool, but also the symbolization of American culture.
9、The whole life of American cannot get rid of a car. When they are children, they go to school, go shopping and so on by car; when they are old, they go to hospital, go visiting and so on by car. This country, designed for motor, expresses its culture in many cases in automobile. People might know Am
10、erican culture better through researching and analyzing American automobile. This research might make cross-culture communications more easily.Culture as a complex system of symbolization has the function of recording all kinds of actions of mankind. Spoken and written languages are the main carrier
11、s of culture. People depend on the oral language, experience, and knowledge to create culture in the world. Culture of the world is the golden key to open the door of wisdom. For an individual, a persons son comes to the world is ignorant, and then the family, schools and community give him the cult
12、ure, and also create a culture somewhat. On the community as a whole, regardless of changes in the social system, it would still have to study and inherit the culture of the past. Culture is intangible schools where people create culture. Once culture is created as a cultural environment, it will in
13、fluence and restrict people. A society has three major components including economy, politics, and culture. Culture occupies an important position. It cannot only promote economic development, political progress, but also the national spirit. It units the national essence of the tradition, and displ
14、ays a states history and the brilliant modern civilizationMany scholars have researched American culture through many other areas, but there are few people who study it from the perspective of automobile. The thesis plans to study American culture from cars, and attempts to let readers understand th
15、e culture more clearly.2. The Importance of Studying American Culture2.1. The Definition of CultureAll material products and the spiritual products create human culture. Culture also is language, literature, arts, and many other spiritual products of ideologies. Culture in the West comes from the La
16、tin “cultura”, original meaning refers to farming and the cultivation of plants. Since the 15th century, it is extended the use gradually, and put on the character and ability of the train, also known as culture. People are fundamentally different from animals, because people have culture. Animals d
17、o not have culture. CaoYannan (1996) states that culture is a humans awareness of life, nature and society and the content of the relationship between them. Animals consciousness has no such capacity. Culture is the memory of mankind. Culture as a complex system of symbolization has the function of
18、recording all kinds of actions of mankind. Spoken and written languages are the main carriers of culture. People depend on the oral language, experience, and knowledge to create culture in the world. Culture of the world is the golden key to open the door of wisdom. For an individual, a persons son
19、comes to the world is ignorant, and then the family, schools and community give him the culture, and also create a culture somewhat. On the community as a whole, regardless of changes in the social system, it would still have to study and inherit the culture of the past. Culture is intangible school
20、s where people create culture. Once culture is created as a cultural environment, it will influence and restrict people. A society has three major components including economy, politics, and culture. Culture occupies an important position. It cannot only promote economic development, political progr
21、ess, but also the national spirit. It units the national essence of the tradition, and displays a states history and the brilliant modern civilizationCulture is intangible. It is hardly defined correctly. However, culture is pluralistic. Every definition is suitable for it. Culturethe world has 7 le
22、tters. Each letter represents particular meaning: C is customs; U universe; L lifestyle, T territory; R religion; E equality. Focusing on L, T, R, and E, this thesis provides a picture of the American Culture. Life style is the primary element of culture. Dream determines the life style. What is the
23、 American dream? “Life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone.” For Americans, the fuller life not only means success achieved by two-fist efforts, but also the relaxation. Since the industry revolution, there has been great rise in the leisure. And today, the entertainments for teenage
24、rs have developed into youth culture. On the other hand, consumerism is tendency of life in the 21st century. The shopaholics always buy something on discount due to their blank in hearts. But their large purchases, actually, are great waste of resources. Except the negative, American life style is
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