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American culture has not been immune to cultural influences from outside. Th
American culture has not been immune to cultural influences from outside. Th
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American culture has not been immune to cultural influences from outside. The idea of democracy came from the ancient Greeks; the Industrial Revolution started in England; jazz and rock music preserve African rhythms — to pick a few examples. Indeed, many of the things we think of as "100 percent American" came from other cultures.
Still, most of the changes in American culture over the last century have come from within, as the result of inventions and discoveries. And change has been dramatic. The rapid changes affecting America have been led by economic and technological forces. The culture dimensions of this change have been largely ignored in the process. Without significant advances and innovation in the realm of culture and value, the huge economic and technological gains of the recent past are exposed to great risk.
One hundred years ago the United States was largely a nation of farmers. Many of the things we take for granted today — a high school education, for example, or indoor plumbing — were luxuries then. The moon was a light for lovers, not a site of scientific exploration; genetic engineering (基因工程) was not even a subject for science fiction, much less for laboratory research and corporate investments. The decades following the Second World War, in particular, were characterized by spectacular (引人入胜的) scientific and technological advances, national self-confidence, optimism, and (for many Americans) prosperity. The American economy was the strongest in the world: more goods were produced and sold, more people were working, and the standard of living was higher than ever before. Polls taken in the 1950s and 1960s show that the average American was preoccupied with the questions "Will I make a good living?", "Will I be successful?" and "Will I raise successful, happy children?" Success was defined in terms of maintaining a stable family and "keeping up with the Jones". Most Americans believed that if they played by the rules — if they work hard and did what was expected, if they sacrificed their own needs to those of their family and their employer — they would be rewarded with an ever-increasing standard of living, a devoted spouse, and decent children. An expensive car, a suburban home, and children in college were tangible (可触知的) signs that hard work and self-sacrifice paid off, which is so-called American Dream. American Dream is a kind of spirit that encourages people to achieve success through their hard-working, and it indicates that everybody has chance to succeed through effort. [br] What does success mean for Americans?
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Maintaining a stable family and keeping up with the Jones.
解析
本题问到“对于美国人来说成功是什么”。根据问题中关键词“Success”可确定文中相关部分在第三段十一行。文中提到:“Success was defined in terms of maintaining a stable family and keeping up with the Jones".(成功可以定义为维持家庭的稳定以及不落后于他人。)因此,本题答案为:Maintaining a stable family and keeping up with the Jones。
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