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Globalization
and Culture
America and China
POP QUIZ!
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Who is the president of the USA?
What is A & F stand for?
What sport does Kobe Bryant play?
Who is Taylor Swift?
What movies did Ang Lee direct?
Which restaurant serves Big Macs?
Which TV show has the character Sheldon?
Which state is Los Angeles in?
Today’s Topics
Daily Culture: Relationships &
Values
Popular Culture: Sports &
Entertainment
Family
 Average Size: 2-3 children
 Divorce: by age 45, 1 in 3 Americans born in
the 1950 have been divorced once
 Average Length of Marriage: 11 years
 Poverty: 2 in 5 single-mother families are poor
 First Marriage: Median age for men is 29,
women is 26
 Race and Marriage: 40 % of black adult
Americans are unmarried
Love
 Living Together: Nearly 12 % of all couples
living together are unmarried
 Speed Dating: Speed dating, invented by a
rabbi from Los Angeles in 1999, is based on a
Jewish tradition of chaperoned gatherings of
young Jewish singles.
 Internet Dating: Match.com reports that 44%
of its members in the United States have
children.
Love, Continued
• Meeting: Researchers at the University of
Chicago found that people were twice as likely
to find a date through friends and family than
through the bar scene.
• Workplace Relationships: Four out of 10
workplace dating relationships result in
marriage
• Breakup: The most common time for breakups
is around three to five months.
Career
 Economy: capital mixed
 GDP: rank 9th in nominal GDP per capita
 Recession: more than half of Americans think
the US is still in recession
 Unemployment Rate: 7.7%
 Average Income: the pretax median
household income in 2010 was $49,445
Education
 High School: nearly 9 in 10 adults have a high
school education
 High School Dropouts: Since the early 1970s,
the percentage of high school dropouts has
declined by nearly 50 percent
 College graduation: Women are more likely
than men to graduate within six years. The
gender gap is more pronounced among
minorities.
Other
Hobbies
Travel
Food
Health: The United States life expectancy of 78.4
years at birth ranks it 50th among 221 nations.
Religion: largest is Christianity
Traditions
Sports: The United States has won 2,301 medals
at the Summer Olympic Games, more than any
other country
18% of Americans say they have no
religion
FOOD AND COOKING
• Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich
Ingredients: 2 pieces of bread (any kind), 1 tbsp
of peanut butter (any kind), ½ tbsp jam (any
kind)
1.Put peanut butter on both sides of bread and
spread evenly with knife
2.Step 1 with the jam
3.Put bread together and cut how you like
FOOD TRADITIONS
• Mother makes big meals on holidays and
sometimes on Sunday nights
• Father makes a big breakfast on Saturday and
Sunday mornings
• Stepmother makes Lefse around Christmas
• Brunch is common on easter
• On Christmas we eat many sweet things
• Summertime we have BBQs
FESTIVALS AND
HOLIDAYS
• State fairs (Minnesota State Fair, Taste of
Chicago, etc)
• Cultural festivals
• Gay Pride Parade
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
• New Years Eve in NYC
• Woodstock
• Burning Man
• Sundance Film Festival
• Independence Day in Washington DC
• Madri Gras in New Orleans
HEALTH
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Running
Yoga
Pilates
Vegans
Co-op stores
Diets (atkins, etc.)
Light beer and alcohol
No smoking in most public places
Short Films
http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/features
/european-chinese-couples-aj-andnatalie.html
http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/features
/european-chinese-couples-koldo-andkitty.html
~*Review~*
Would you ever marry someone from the USA?
Why or why not?
Would you ever work for an American
company? Why or why not?
Would you ever live in America? Why or why
not?
Name 10 differences between Chinese and
American culture
• Big house with lawn
and maybe a pool
• Good neighborhood
with schools for
your children
• Have a family (with
more than 1 child)
• Pets (dogs, cat, fish)
• Good paying job at
an office
• 2 cars
AMERICAN DREAM