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7．接受礼物 中国人收到礼物时，一般是放在一旁，确信客人走后，才迫不及待地拆开。受礼时连声说： “哎呀，还送礼物干什么？” “真是不好意思啦。” “下不为例。” “让您破费了。” 西方人收到礼物时，一般当着客人的面马上打开，并连声称好： “Very beautiful！Wow！” “What a wonderful gift it is！” “Thank you for your present．”

Why American Culture is Unique American culture is unique because it is nurtured, formed and developed under certain conditions, which are characteristically(特性)A The major factors contributing to the making of this new nation and the forming of a new culture are the hard environment, ethnic diversity(多民族) and plural religion, which is quite different from other nations in the What is more, these elements are still influencing the American Rough Environment The early immigrants who were English Puritans settled down in northeast part of A The environment there was very rough but they believed the poor land could purify their mind so they chose the place along the From 1607 to 1892, frontiers were pushed further The American frontier consisted of the relatively unsettled regions of the United States, usually found in the western part of the The frontiersmen looked for a land of rich resources and a land of promise, opportunity and Actually they looked for a better So individualism, self-reliance, and equality of opportunity have perhaps been the values most closely associated with the frontier heritage(遗产) of A Ethnic Diversity The population of the United States includes a large variety of ethnic groups coming from many races, nationalities, and People refer to the United States as "melting pot "and the dominant people are B American is made up of WASP+MM, that is, White, Anglo Saxon, Protestants plus Middle Class and M In history, people from different countries in the world rushed to American three They brought their own culture to American and later on different cultures were mixed Thus the unique American culture is formed, a common cultural life with commonly shared Plural religion The fundamental American belief in individual freedom and the right of individuals to practice their own religion is at the center of religious experience in the United S The great diversity of ethnic backgrounds has produced religious pluralism; almost all of the religions of the world are now practiced in the United S Christianity(基督教) is the dominant religion in American and Protestant (新教)is predominate(主导) Any individuals are equal before God and they believe they can communicate directly to God so they can share the same Under the protestant, many new ones are formed and different explanations produce different sect of Churches are independent and American religion is no longer religion The institution permits the practice of religion and the political power is separate form So there are more religions in American than in other Current influence: Nowadays, we can see the continual influence of the three elements in the current American American family is typically parents and their unmarried Middle-aged and elderly people generally do not live with their married Many Americans live in mobile homes whose homes are built with They can be The people in American have a very strong desire to start a new life in a new Quite a number of people change residences(住所) every The average American moves fourteen times in his The courage to try something new has been an American American democracy means majority rule, but it also means protection of minority There are certain freedom which the United States promises to all its citizens and members of minority group cannot be denied these rights by a vote of the Americans also like to be involved in many challenge activities and sports to show their adventurous All of these are affected by the heritage of the American From the facts above, we can see American culture is unique which was cultivated, formed and developed by the main three factors, rough environment, ethnic diversity and plural religion and still is affected and determined by them now希望采纳

What I see more of now is subtle differences that are distinct but not as blatant differences as I saw when I lived here in the What I see are differences primarily in attitudes – there's much more of a remnant of a class system in the UK – we have classes in the US but it's primarily more socio-economic as opposed to classes in the UK about history or where you're from, what your background I think the single biggest difference is that Britain is a very very old country whereas the US – it's a very new I think they're probably more forward thinking than we are, more forward looking – we are quite backward thinking