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■AmeriSodCulture

◆Diversity

Amerituallyanationofimmigrantsalyisaculturalhoteveryseheword。NotoryinhabitedbypeallAmeriewayoraheirinbaotherculture，whetherIrish，German，ItalianorScottish。Walkingaroundanymajorewillobservethe“melting-pot”thatitis。

◆InformalandFriendly

MostpeopleiedStatesmayalreadykhingaboutthepehTV。Althoughthisisofcourseadistortedrealitysomeofthefixedimagesaretrue，especiallyAmeridlinessandinformality。Peopleareiwaittobeintroduced，willbegintotalkwithstraheystandiherataorsfeelsurprisedwhenpeoplearesoinformaltotheextentofbeiorevenimpolite。

◆TimeisMoney

&rythatihephraseobviouslylivesasthephrase。Iimeisaveryvaluableodity。People“save”timeaimeasifitweremohebank。Amerisassigycharacteristidvaluesonthebasisofhowpeoplemakeuseoftime。Forexample，peopleutobegoodpeople，trustworthypeoplewhoothersrelyon。

◆TheFamily

Thefamilyunitisusuallyregardedasthenuclearfamily，andistypicallysmall（exgethnicgroups）。Extendedfamilyrelativesliveintheirowenquitefarawayfromtheir。

Individualismisvalued，andthisisdemohefamilyuakeprideintheirindividualats，enterpriseandsudmay，ormayhosesourcesofpridewiththeirseniors。

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&ingsarecasual。Allthatisneededisahandshake，asmile，anda“hello”。

◇Smile!

&names，ahatyouioeachother。

◆GiftGivie

◇GenerallyAmeridgiftsforbirthdays，anniversariesandmajorholidays，suchasChristmas。

◇Agiftbeeitherverysimplesuchasadpersohingmorevaluableforapersonwithwhomyouareclose。

◇GiftgivingisnotaplexeveChristmas。

◇Wheedtosomeone’shomefood-maakeasmallboxofgoodchocolates，abottleoflantorflowersforthehostess。

◇Giftsarenormallyopenedwhenreceived。

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◇Amerismeetfriendsintheirhomesand“backyards”，isandinotherpublicplaces。

◇It’squiteusualforsotstobeascasualasabackyardbarbecueorapithepark。

◇Doeifinvitedfordinner;han10mihaoasmallgathering。Ifitisalargeparty，itisadequatetobeupto30mihaninvited。

◇TablemannersaremoretheU。S。thaninmaries。

&herighthandtoholdthef。Theforkisheldtinesdowocutorspreadsomethihekchtheforktothelefthand。Toueeating，switchtheforkbackththand。

◇Ifyouhavenotfiing，crossyourknifeandforkonyourplatewiththeforkabovethekyouhavefiingbyplagyourknifeandforkparallelacrhtsideofyourplate。