学《走遍美国》,看中美文化差异

Comparision of the Cultural Differences between China and the United States Reflected in Family Album U.S.A

《走遍美国》是一部极其实用的中级水平的视听说美语教程。这部教材不仅使我们领略到纯正的当代美国口语,也使我们对中美之间的文化差异有了进一步的了解。文章从婚礼习俗、体触、礼节、宠物、收受礼物、迷信和独立性等几个方面来探讨这些差异,意欲对各级英语教师和英语学习者提供一些参考。

Family Album U.S.A is a very practical audio-visual English teaching course for the English learners of intermediate level. Through studying, we can not only learn the idiomatic modern American spoken English, but aslo understand further the American culture and the cultural difference between China and the United States. Cultural difference often plays an important role in the cross-cultural communication.This paper tries to compare these differences mainly from the following aspects: marriage customs, body touch, gift acception, pets, etiquette, superstitions, independence, etc. aiming to offer help to English learners.