【美国社会与文化】美国社会与文化的问题1.HowProtestantismaffectAmericanvalues?2...

【美国社会与文化】美国社会与文化的问题1.HowProtestantismaffectAmericanvalues?2...

【答案】 1. puritanism exerted its influence in three ways.
　　 (1) Early puritans dreamed of building a new Garden of Eden in America, where they would live a free life. Thus optimism characterised early American literature.
　　 (2) The American Puritans tended to observe things in a metaphorical mode. so it left symbolism as one feature of American literature.
　　 (3) As far as the technique is concerned, the puritan style of writing is characterised by simplicity.
　　
　　
　　2.
　　(1)he legislative branch,
　　to make laws,
　　to levy and collect taxes
　　to provide for common defense
　　to promote the pursuit of liberty
　　to coin money and regulate its value
　　
　　(2) the executive branch
　　to propose legislation to the Congress
　　to veto any bill passed by Congress
　　to appoint federal judges and senior officials of the government
　　to issue regulations and directives
　　to be responsible for handling foreign affairs
　　(3)the judicial branch
　　it has the judicial review power
　　the federal courts have jurisdiction over cases arising out of the Constitution
　　
　　3. The early British settlers were quite a few of them Puritans. Puritans were members of the Church of England, who had been dismayed by Elizabeth's compromise church of 1563, sought the complete removal of all church rituals that had overtones of Catholicism, aimed at reforms in its doctrines. to avoid the religious persecution, they managed to escape to the New World and became known as Puritan Fathers of the American nation,
　　
　　太多了...答得眼睛痛...先答这些~~ 追问： 谢谢，麻烦尽快 追答： 4. “Salad bowl” which means it is possible to be a part of America while at the same time retaining the values, customs, languages, and cultures of the countries of the immigrants’ origin. Suppose that in a bowl of freshly tossed salad, all the ingredients are mixed together. In comparison with the “salad bowl” theory, there is the “melting pot” theory. Its basic idea presents the whole nation as one large pot. Anyone who enters the United States is automatically thrown into the “pot” where, for the following years, a process of assimilation into the American belief systems is taken place.

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