英美文化差异对英语阅读作用

Ⅰ 英美文化差异 英语作文

1. Different social attitudes: The british are, in some ways, less conservative than Americans - the drinking age is 18, not 21, homosexual civil unions are legal, and abortion hasn't been a serious political issue in years. Mixing religion and politics is extremely rare in the UK. On the other hand, there are stricter controls on some things - it's much harder to get a driving licence, and the age requirement is higher than in most states, there are speed cameras everwhere, CCTV cameras in many public places (although they may or may not be working), and carrying weapons or other objects for "self defence" is illegal (in particular, note that pepper spray is illegal).
Getting into a debate about the right to bear arms will be very time consuming, and may also lead people to think that you're a gun-nut before they've got to know you properly.
Smoking in enclosed public places is illegal - that includes pubs, the underground, train stations... more or less any non-residential building actually... (similar to New York, so not so much of a cultural difference there).

2. The British apparently have a wider vocabulary of swear words than Americans. While most Britons will use them fairly freely in a social setting, things are a lot more reserved in formal settings & talking to strangers.

3. Pubs. I've not yet encountered an American "pub" which bears more than a passing resemblance to a typical British pub. People might go to a pub just to drink and socialise, have a pub lunch, or as part of an attempt to get alchohol poisioning (otherwise know as a "pub crawl"), as well as to watch sporting fixtures (which seems to be the main purpose in America). Going to the pub does not usually imply getting drunk. Although the drinking age is 18, bartenders are supposed to ID anyone who looks under 21.

4. Roads. Though I doubt your friend will do much driving, he should be aware of the following things: Most cars in the UK have manual transmission. Cars are smaller and more efficient, petrol is more expensive. Speed limits are higher, but enforced more rigourously. Driving in London is not worth it. Central London has a congestion charge, and is very congested, and the major motorways around London are thick with traffic at peak times. Roundabouts ("traffic circles") are very common and are used at motorway junctions. In rural areas, it's not uncommon to drive down narrow single track roads with tall hedges on either side.

5. Ecational stuff: The UK ecation system works differently, as he's probably aware. Asking people about their "High School" "GPA" "Major" or "Minor" will make people think he assumes that things work the same in the UK as in the US. In the UK, "High School" is roughly equivalent to secondary school and college (college is not used to mean university). Important exams are GCSEs and A levels, which are graded with letters and related to specific subjects. There are no majors and minors in the UK university system - there's just whatever degree you're studying.

这是比较详细的版本，可以自己删改一下，或者google一下difference between british and american culture，会有更多的资料。希望能帮到你！

Ⅱ 请问：英美文化的差异主要体现在那些方面谢谢！

有电影来体现这个主题的——"乱世佳人".他是根据玛格丽特.米切尔的小说Gone with wind(中文译名"飘")改编的.

片名：Gone with the Wind
译名：乱世佳人/飘/随风而逝
制片：大卫·奥·塞尔兹尼克 David O. Selznick
导演：维克多·弗莱明 Victor Fleming
原著：玛格丽特·米歇尔 Margaret Mitchell
主演：费雯·丽 Vivien Leigh
克拉克·盖博 Clark Gable
奥利维娅·德·哈维兰 Olivia de Havilland
莱斯利·霍华德 Leslie Howard
海蒂·麦克丹尼尔 Hattie McDaniel
类型：剧情/爱情/战争

斯佳丽(费雯·丽 饰)是一个漂亮、任性、果断的美国南方女子，爱上了另一庄园主的儿子艾希利(莱斯利·霍华德 饰)，但艾希利却选择了温柔善良的梅兰妮(奥利维娅·德·哈维兰 饰)。斯佳丽赌气嫁给梅兰妮的弟弟查尔斯。南北战争爆发后，查尔斯上前线战死。斯佳丽和风度翩翩的商人瑞德(克拉克·盖博饰)相识，瑞德开始追求郝思嘉，但遭到她的拒绝。

南方军战败，亚特兰大一片混乱。不巧梅兰妮孕期将至，斯佳丽只好留下来照顾她。战后斯佳丽在绝望中去找瑞德借钱，偶遇本来要迎娶她妹妹的暴发户弗兰克。为了保住家园，她勾引弗兰克跟她结婚。弗兰克因反政府活动遭北方军击毙，斯佳丽再次成为寡妇。

出于各种复杂的原因，她与瑞德结婚。女儿出生后，瑞德把全部感情投注到女儿身上，跟斯佳丽的感情因她忘不了艾希利而导致破裂。女儿的意外坠马身亡，更使他伤透了心。操劳过度的梅兰妮临终前把她的丈夫艾希利和儿子托付给斯佳丽，但要求她保守这个秘密。斯佳丽不顾一切扑向艾希利的怀中，站在一旁的瑞德无法再忍受下去，心灰意冷地转身离去。面对伤心欲绝毫无反应的艾希利，斯佳丽终于明白，她爱的艾希利其实是不存在的，她真正需要的是瑞德……

Gone with the wind 飘

故事发生在一八六一年美国南北战争前夕。生活在南方的少女斯嘉丽从小深受南方文化传统的熏陶，可在她的血液里却流淌着野性的叛逆因素。随着战火的蔓廷和生活环境的恶化，斯嘉丽的叛逆个性越来越丰满，越鲜明，在一系列的的挫折中她改造了自我，改变了个人甚至整个家族的命运，成为时代时势造就的新女性的形象。

本书在描绘人物生活与爱情的同时，勾勒出南北双方在政治，经济，文化各个层次的异同，具有浓厚的史诗风格，堪称美国历史转折时期的真实写照，同时也成为历久不衰的爱情经典。

给你几个网站可以参考一些资料:
http://ent.sina.com.cn/m/f/gwtwind/index.html
http://www.douban.com/subject/1068920/
http://ke..com/view/26932.htm
http://ke..com/view/20431.htm

Ⅲ 英美文化的学习对英语的学习有帮助吗

意义很大。语言本身就是文化的一部分，叫做语言文化。语言涉及到政治、经济、社会回、科技、军事答等各个方面，如果对一个国家的文化不了解，那么学习语言明显就会感到非常陌生非常隔阂。在大学英语专业的课程里有一门课，叫做欧洲文化入门，也有一门课叫做英语国家概况，都是关于文化的课程。建议直接学习这两门课程的教材，假如不是英语专业可以不参加考试，但是应该阅读一下，这样可以帮助学习英语时的理解。

Ⅳ 英美文化差异有哪些

英国人和美国人虽然说着相同的语言，却有着许多完全不同的处事态度与生活习惯。在很多生活细节上，你一眼就能区分出高冷的英国人和不拘小节的美国人。以下是由学习啦小编整理关于英美文化的差异与区别的内容，希望大家喜欢!
英美文化的区别
一、语言
语言与文化的关系相当密切。著名美国翻译理论家奈达在描述语言与文化的关系时说：“语言永远是文化的一个组成部分，任何文章所表达的意思都直接或间接地与所属文化相关联。归根结底，离开了相关文化，词汇就失去了意义。文化的不同自然而然意味着语言的不同……”由此可见，文化差异包括语言差异。
英国英语和美国英语并不是两种独立的语言。众所周知，美国是由英国在北美的殖民地摆脱英国殖民统治而独立的国家，英语也是被移民美国的英国人带去的。在过去的几百年时间里，英国英语和美国英语都发生了很大变化，他们的发展各不相同，但是两者之间的差异并不大。这些差异体现在发音、拼写、词汇等方面。
正如每个地方有自己的方言一样，英美两国由于地理位置相距甚远，发音规律各不相同。这也正是为什么人们把英语发音归为英音和美音两类。在拼写上，美国英语较之英国英语更简洁，更接近发音，如color(美)/colour(英)，realize(美)/realise(英)，theater(美)/theatre(英)，prolog(美)/prologue(英)。英美语言在词汇方面的差异体现在英国人和美国人在表达同样的意思时选词倾向不同，如flat(英) /apartment(美)，lift(英)/elevator(美)，rubber(英)/eraser(美)，postbox(英)/mailbox(美)，film(英)/movie(美)。
二、人口
英美两国同为移民国家，但人口组成各不相同。
英国是由历史上不同时期从欧洲入侵英国的不同人种组成，包括伊比利亚人(Iberians)、凯尔特人(Celts)、古罗马人(Romans)、盎格鲁——撒克逊人(Anglo—Saxons)、北欧人(Danes)、诺曼人(Normans)。其中入侵英国的日尔曼族(Germanic tribes)的盎格鲁人(the Anglos)、撒克逊人(the Saxons)和朱特人(the Jutes)构成了现代英国人的英国人的基础。
美国是一个多民族国家，也是一个移民大国。美国人口的80%来自欧洲，他们中的大部分是在19世纪时来到美国的。人数仅次于白人的是黑人，此外还有土著印第安人、墨西哥人、中国人、菲律宾人等。因此，美国被称为“民族文化的大熔炉”。
三、政体
英美作为高度发达的资本主义国家，两国政治体制的本质相同，都实行三权分立(即国家权力分为立法权、行政权和司法权)和资产阶级独裁，但两者形式不同。
英国的政治体制是君主立宪制。根据英国王位继承原则，英王是世袭的。英国宪法规定，英王是国家元首、全国武装部队总司令、司法首领、英国国教世俗领袖。但英王的权力只存于名义上，英国人常用“临朝而不理政”来描述英王的实际地位。法律上的这些王权早已让给内阁。议会掌握立法权，由英王、上院和下院三部分组成;内阁是英国政府的领导核心;司法权由大法官行使，检察长和副检察长也行使一定的司法权。
美国实行联邦制。根据美国宪法，国会为最高立法机关;总统在行政上是国家元首和政府首脑;司法权属于最高法院，三者之间相互制约。
四、习俗
在传统习俗方面，英美两国各有特点。
英国人喜欢谈论天气，他们通常谈论的第一件事就是天气。这与英国变化无常的天气不无关系，有人甚至说：“一个人可以在一天之内体验到四季变化。”所以，在伦敦看到晴天有人穿雨衣或带雨伞就不足为怪了。

Ⅳ 思维差异对英语阅读有什么影响

所谓“思维差异”,是指以英语为母语的人在思维方式上与我们中国人的差异。比如说,许多同学在读《中国日报》(China Daily)和《21世纪报》(The 21st Century)的时候感觉很轻松,而在看外刊的时候,即使是对中文报刊里也有的同一件事的报道,读起来都会觉得很吃力,这是由思维方式的不同所造成的。我们中国人的思维习惯是由浅入深,到最后再说重点。有一位美国汉学家把中国人的这种思维方式称为“画龙点睛”。而外国尤其是美国人的思维方式一般是比较直接的。这就是中国学生在读《中国日报》和《21世纪报》时感到很轻松的原因:尽管它们也是用英文写的,但是阅读时经常能让人感觉到思维方式是中国式的,用林语堂先生的话来说,就是“血和肉是英语,但是骨架子是中文。”这种“思维差异”需要在平时的阅读中不断地感受、体会,积累英语中对各类事件的描绘和阐述方式,才能在自己的表达中运用自如。
心理语言学家认为，阅读理解是在已知和未知之间建立联系的过程，是在一定的社会环境中，阅读者通过自身已有知识体系与阅读材料提供的信息发生作用从而实现知识建构的过程，那么，中学生已有的汉语知识体系与英语阅读材料提供的信息之间难免会产生多种矛盾，故而使阅读者在实现知识建构的过程中遇到各种障碍，下面我们分析在阅读过程中，读者所遇到的障碍。

1、东西方思维差异是导致英语阅读理解障碍的原因之一，东方人偏重综合思维，写作方式是迂回曲折型，文章开头往往与主题关系不大，随后再渐次过渡到主题，而西方人则偏重分析思维，写作方式呈直线型，即直截了当，开门见山论述问题。西方人的思维推理相对简单而严谨，推理仅局限于一个逻辑层面。如果推理涉及两个逻辑层面，转了两个弯，美国人就认为上升到了哲学的高度，而不再是逻辑推理了.

2、传统阅读心理与现代阅读心理的差异阻碍了阅读活动的顺利进行、传统阅读理论认为，读者只要按照单词——句子——篇章的顺序，逐词逐句地理解文章就能弄懂全文。换言之，阅读是“自下而上”（buttom-up）的被动解码过程，而现代心理语言学家认为，阅读的心理过程是“自上而下”(up-down)的主动“猜测——证实”的过程，读者对文章的理解是他们的语言知识和背景知识相互作用的结果。

Ⅵ 英美文化对英语学习的重要性

主要是LZ你想问到什么和得到什么呢?
可以详细一点嘛?

单从这句话, 对基本英语学习,像语法什么的版,其实并不是很重要权

口语方面涉及到的比较多,还有一些生活习惯习俗的. 当然了解英美文化可以加强对英语学习的兴趣.呵呵

Ⅶ 英语阅读的重要性

阅读复在英语学习中起着不可替代的重制要作用。阅读量的多少很大程度上决定了英语水平。根据教育部新课标的要求，学生在高中毕业之前英语阅读量要达到20万词以上。阅读的重要性主要体现在：

各级各类考试所占分值逐渐增大

重要的语言输入途径

丰富知识，发展人际和自我反省智能

Ⅷ 英美文化差异

Ecation in Britain and The US

In Britain all children have to go to school between the ages of 5 and 16. In the US children must go to school from the age of 6 to between the ages of 14 and 16, depending on the state they live in.

Subject

In England and Wales the subjects taught in schools are laid down by the National Curriculum(课程), which was introced in 1988 and sets out(制定) in detail the subjects that children should study and the levels of achievement they should reach by the ages of 7, 11, 14 and 16, when they are tested. The National Curriculum does not apply in Scotland, where each school decides what subjects it will teach.

In the US the subjects taught are decided by national and local governments. Whereas British schools usually have prayers(祈祷) and religious(宗教的) instruction, American schools are not allowed to include prayers or to teach particular religious beliefs(信仰).

Examinations

At 16 students in England and Wales take GCSE examinations. These examinations are taken by students of all levels of ability in any of a range of subjects and may involve a final examination, an assessment(评价) of work done ring the two year course, or both of these things. At 18 some students taken A-level examinations, usually in not more than 3 subjects. It is necessary to have A-levels in order to go to a university or polytechnic(综合技术大学).

In Scotland students take the SCE examinations. A year later, they can take examinations called HIGHS, after which they can either go straight to a university or spend a further year at school and take the Certificate(证书) of Sixth Year Studies. In Scotland the university system is different to that in England and Wales. Courses usually last four years rather than three and students study a larger number of subjects as part of their degree.

In the US school examinations are not as important as they are in Britain. Students in High Schools do have exams at the end of their last two years, but these final exams are considered along with the work that the students have done ring the school years.

Social Events and Ceremonies(仪式)vss中国英语学习网
In American high schools there is a formal ceremony for Graation (=completion of high school). Students wear a special cap and gown and receive a diploma(文凭) from the head of the school. Students often buy a class ring to ear, and a yearbook, containing pictures of their friends and teachers. There are also special social events at American schools. Sports events are popular, and cheer leaders lead the school in supporting the school team and singing the school song. At the end of their junior year, at age 17 or 18, students held in the evening. The girls wear long evening dresses and the boys wear TUXEDOS.

In Britain, there are no formal dances or social occasions(场合) associated(和...有关) with school life. Some schools have SPEECH DAY at the end of the school year when prizes are given to the best students and speeches are made by the head teacher and sometimes an invited guest. However, in many British schools students and teachers organize(组织) informal dances for the older students.vss中国英语学习网