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American Family Life

Proverbs and sayings
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree. ? The child is a chip off the old block. ? A man may work from sun to sun, but a woman’s work is never done. ? Behind every successful man, there’s a woman. ? Blood is thicker than water. ? An old man is treasure of a family.
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The definition of family Introduction Family members Divorce and cohabitation Social Issues in the US

What is family?
According to the U.S. government, a family is those people who live with others to whom they are related by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Family Types
The nuclear family consist of a husband, wife and their children, living in a house or apartment.
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The extended family Consist of the immediate family, and other relatives connected by blood or marriage.
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One-parent/ single-parent family Blended family Homosexual/ gay/ lesbian family Dink family

Introduction
101 million US households – 70 million are families. ? A very small percentage of American households consist of a working father, a stay-at-home mother, and children under 18. ? About 15% of American households consist of two working parents and their children. ? The majority of American households consist of married couples without children, single parents and their children, or unrelated people living together. ? 25% of Americans live alone. ? Average family size – 3.2 people
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Where do Americans live?
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About three-fourths of American families live in areas classified as urban, less than 5 percent of Americans live on farms, but small town living is still widespread. A greater number of Americans live in suburbs (about 37 percent of the population) than in cities (about 31 percent).

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Although the majority of families live in houses, many live in apartment buildings. These range in size from walk-ups containing from two to six apartments to high-rise elevator buildings that may have more than 100 apartments. Apartments are usually rented, but in recent years increasing numbers of apartment buildings have become cooperatives, meaning that each resident owns his own apartment.

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More than 7 million Americans live in mobile homes (once called house trailers). Mobile homes are living quarters built with wheels. They can be moved, but generally they are brought to a site that is intended to be more or less permanent. Then the wheels are removed, and the home is fastened to the ground.
Because they cost much less than conventional homes, mobile homes are especially popular among young couples and elderly retired couples.
移动房屋是一种可以拖在汽车后面行走的居室，它具有外观像拖车、内部 是居室的功能。这种房屋在西方国家常见。

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Family Members

The role of man and woman in a family
The culture imposes set roles upon parents. ? Man: ―breadwinner‖—respon

sible for financial support of the home and family members. ? Woman: housewife—responsible for emotional support, child raising, and housekeeping. ? Changes: working mothers, househusbands
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The development of family roles

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1787 Earn money The constitution of the united states inbreadwinner 1787 was passed. HOWEVER, this constitution didn?t admit that women had equal Own his wife rights as white men. 1920

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A law begain to work,which allowed women to vote.

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A law was passed, which adimited that women had equal rights as men. Do housework Take care of babies

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Views

“ Naturally it?s women?s responsibility to take care of her children.” Think 69% of American women; but American men don?t agree on that. 13% of men think they should take the major responsibility, and 40% of men think the responsibility are supposed to be burdened by both husband and wife.
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The view of ?men outer ， women inner? has changed. Because more and more women don?t make a living by marriage. According to statistic, in one fifth of couples, the wives have a higher salary than their husbands.

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The conditions in recent years

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Today, more than 54% of American women work

The children
American children have been expected to ―leave the nest‖ at about age 18, after they graduate from high school. ? By their mid-twenties, if children are still living with their parents, people would suspect that something is wrong. ? Today, a number of young people are unable to find jobs, and choose to move back in with their parents. These young people are sometimes called ―boomerang kids‖.
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Independence and Individualism
Children should ―cut the (umbilical) cord‖ and are encouraged not to be ―tied to their mother’s apron strings‖. ? In the process of their socialization children learn to ―look out for number one‖ and to ―stand on their own two feet‖.
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Children: their own decision-maker
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Many children are taught at a very early age to make decisions and be responsible for their actions. Often children work for money outside the home as a first step to establishing autonomy.

What can children do?
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Nine- or ten-year-old children may deliver newspapers in their neighborhoods and save or spend their earnings. Teenagers may babysit at neighbors’ homes in order to earn a few dollars a week.

Money: Responsibility?
Receiving a weekly allowance at an early age teaches children to budget their money, preparing them for future financial independence. ? Many parents believe that managing money helps children learn responsibility as well as appreciate the value of money.
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When do they ―leave the nest‖?
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Upon reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years), children are encouraged, but not forced, to ―leave the nest‖ (like a young bird) and begin an independent life. After children leave home they often fin

d social relationships and financial support outside the family.

Love and Marriage
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Parents do not arrange marriages for their children, not do children usually ask permission of their parents to get married. Romantic love is most often the basis for marriage in the United States; young adults meet their future spouses through other friends, at school, at jobs, and in organizations and religious institutions.

Love, Self-reliance and Independence
A parent may try to influence a child to follow a particular profession but the child is free to choose another career. ? Sometimes children do precisely the opposite of what their parents wish in order to assert their independence.
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Parental Love
This independence from parents is not an indication that parents and children do not love each other. ? Strong love between parents and children is universal and this is no exception in the American family. ? Coexisting with such love in the American family are cultural values of self-reliance and independence.
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The elderly
? 60 million Americans live with pets ? 35 million senior citizens – 13% of the population ? 5% of senior citizens live in nursing homes ? Millions of middle-aged Americans—members of the ―sandwich generation‖—take care of both their children and parents. ? The financial support of the elderly is often provided by social security or welfare systems which decrease dependence on their family. ? Older people may seek their own friends rather than become too emotionally dependent on their children.

Marriage
Traditionally, marriage is a social institution that includes legal, economic, emotional, sexual, and political factors. In 1997 the U. S. Congress passed the Defense of Marriage Act, changing the role of the federal government in defining "marriage" as a "legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife" — usually a right reserved for states. This Act prohibits the legalization of same-sex marriage and allows states to ignore a same-sex marriage from another state.

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Defense of Marriage Act was ruled unconstitutional by a federal district court judge in July 2010. This decision was appealed in October 2010. On February 23, 2011, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department would cease legal defense of the Act's Section 3 at the direction of President Barack Obama, who had reached a conclusion that Section 3 was unconstitutional.
2008年美国总统大选，同性恋婚姻的合法化就是美国两个政党， 民主党和共和党争论的敏感问题。 2009年6月6日，美国总统奥 巴马宣布6月为“美国同性恋月 ” ‖(Homosexuality on the United States)，亦在为支持同性恋者的权利。

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Divorce
Divorce is a legal issue and has been subject to laws and courtroom proceedings in the United States since Colonial days. The 1970s marked an important transition in divorce laws. Before 1970: divorce laws had been based on the co

ncept of fault. Divorce could only be obtained on one party's fault, such as adultery, cruelty, or desertion. Since 1970: all the 50 states have, one after another, adopted a no-fault divorce law, when California established the first no-fault divorce law in the Western world. In most cases, the children live with the mother and the father pays child supportand has visitation rights. However, it is not uncommon for a father to get full custody or joint custody when this arrangement is in the children’s best interests.

Premarital Sex and Cohabitation
Some scholars argue that changes in premarital sex have undergone three stages in 20th century America. 1. 1900 - the early 1950s: the era of the double standard, men often experienced sex before marriage while few women did. 2. The late 1950s -1970s: the era of permissiveness with affection, men continued to have premarital sex and women began to catch up with them. 3. The current period: the permissive era with a fair amount of gender equality, more sexual activity in non-love relationships is acceptable.

The Facts and Statistics
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82% of Americans are threatened by at least a kind of heart problems 65% of adult Americans are overweight 31% of American youth (6-19 years old) are overweight About 50 million Americans suffer from high blood pressure Each quarter, more than 33 million adult Americans suffer from severe headaches

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Smoking in America
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Smoking is not as common in America as in many other countries. It is a practice that is becoming less and less socially acceptable. The legal smoking age in America is 18. Smoking is not allowed in any public buildings, on any public transportation, in shops, movie theaters, schools, and office buildings. The general rule is if you are indoors, then you probably are not allowed to smoke. The exceptions are bars, nightclubs, and some restaurants. If a restaurant does allow smoking, it will only be in an area that is designated for smokers. If you are with someone, even outdoors, it is polite to ask if they mind before you start smoking.

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Obesity in America
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Over 26% of Americans are obese. Mississippi is the fattest of all, with a third of its residents considered obese.As a scourge of the modern society, obesity has become the world's biggest public-health issue today-the main cause of heart disease. Since the World Health Organization labeled obesity an "epidemic" in 2000, reports on its fearful consequences have come thick and fast. Will public-health warnings, combined with media pressure, persuade people to get thinner. Sales of healthier foods are booming and new figures suggest that over the past year Americans got very slightly thinner for the first time in recorded history. But it will be many years before the country solves the health problems caused by half a century’s dining to excess.

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Diabetes in America
Studies performed over the past 40 years have shown that the

prevalence of diabetes has increased dramatically in American and that a substantial proportion of population has diabetes. ? Diabetes is most prevalent in minority populations, such as African-Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans. ? Increasing prevalence of diabetes has led to increase in microvascular complications such as blindness, end-stage renal disease, and lower limb amputations.
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四 : American Family翻译一下

American Family翻译一下

In the United States, most families have two or three children, and there are also even larger families. lPw2%ErG

Certainly, children live together with their parents. But when the children have families, they will move out and have their own houses. Parents usually keep in touch with their grown children and take great interest in their grandchildren. On holidays, members of the larger family - grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins - often have meals together. 3<3HVl(O

Both Mother and Father can have a voice in the family, but not all families are run this way. Many families still live by the old rule that Father's word is law. w9

Now, some mothers do not stay at home any longer. They also go out to work. Today, about 10 million American mothers with children under eighteen have jobs. In some families, mothers have to work because the father can neither find jobs nor make enough money. In other families, the mother may work to make more money so othe family can enjoy a better living. Many working mothers have to look for a cleaning woman one day or more days a week to help with housework and look after the children. 5A#EDk U,

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American Family翻译一下的参考答案

在美国,大多数的家庭有二三个孩子,有的家庭甚至有跟多的孩子.

当然,孩子们和他们的爸爸妈妈住在一起.但是当孩子们自己有了自己的家庭后,他们就会搬出去并拥有自己的房子.父母经常和他们已经长大了的孩子保持联系,并对他们的孙子女友很关心.假日期间,大家庭的各个成员—祖父母,阿姨们,叔叔们,堂兄弟姐妹们-经常聚在一起吃饭.爸爸和妈妈在家庭中都可以有决定权,但是并不是所有的家庭都以这种模式经营.很多的家庭仍然遵守着“父亲的世界就是法律”这样的旧规矩.

现在,许多妈妈都不再呆在家里了.她们也出去工作.今天,大约有一千万的带着18岁以下孩子的美国妈妈有工作.在一些家庭中,妈妈不得不工作,因为爸爸找不到工作也挣到足够的钱.在另外一些家庭中,妈妈也可能是为了挣多一些钱以使家庭生活更加舒适.有许多工作的妈妈们在一天或是几天中,都要找个清洁女工来帮忙自己做家务并照看孩子们.

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