| |
 Yingting's
China --- Aug. 20, Sunday, Sunshine
 Americans
in their own eyes
In order to get the illustrations of Americans,
last time I gave out several questions. I received a lot of interesting
feedback and here I'd like to share some with you.
- Questions:
1, Are you proud to be an American?
2, Which is the most important virtue of Americans?
3, Which is the unbearable shortcoming of Americans?
4, Can you use five words to illustrate the personality of American?
- Answers:
1.Answers:
1.Yes, I'm proud to be an American.
2.Most important virtue of American:
Freedom.
3.Unbearable shortcoming of American:
selfishness.
4.5 words to illustrate personality of American:
The "Me-generation"
turd into the "Gimme Generation".
5.I'd into the "Gimme Generation".
5.My Chinese friend:You, Shirle
--- Marcia,
Soquel, CA, USA
1,It is extraordinary to be American.
It is a beautiful country that has maintained high ideals and respect
for humanity. We have much to be thankful for, but one can see the
values in other cultures and can learn how one's own country can
be greater by adapting aspects of other nationalities.
2, Individual freedom and equality.
3, Egotism and Intolerance.
Along with independence and self-sustenance can be narcissism and
closed-mindedness toward people who are different. It is an American
ideal to be
open and tolerant of all people, but Americans tend to revolve their
lives around themselves and do not reach out to others. This situation
resides within America as well, as
Americans deal with the variety of peoples within their own borders.
In more recent years we see a growing open-mindedness toward people
of different races, nationalities,
religions, and cultures. It is an ongoing challenge.
4,independent, courageous, creative, hospitable, stubborn
---
Joy, USA
To answer one of your
questions, I love being an American and living in America. To
answer one of your questions, I love being an American and living
in America. I feel incredibly lucky to have been born in
this day and age whe we enjoy so much.
---Maribeth,
USA
1, Need I answer question
1? Yes, I am proud to be American. I have been through tough times
all my life, and the toughest one is our present president. He is
a liar, has no integrity, is a philanderer, and I think both he
and his vice president will be sad memories very soon.
2. You have seen the
virtues in the last 3 paragraphs. I have slightly revised the prayer
we said every day while with you and freely pass it out to all my
friends. The primary change is the last line - it does not just
apply to China, so I dropped the last line.
3. The Media- radio,
television, movies, etc. The press distorts the news to their own
philosophy, not the way we were taught during our school years.
We watch our president make a speech, and immediately following
the commentators report that "this is what the president said" and
it always reflects their thinking, not what the president said.
This is also why visiting China is so important for e watch
our president make a speech, and immediately following the commentators
report that "this is what the president said" and it always reflects
their thinking, not what the president said. This is also why visiting
China is so important for I ga you some
of my life history to show you that many Americans have suffered
deprivation and survived. The rights of people are important, but
I have never seen so many smiling people anywhere like I did in
China. Regardless of the living standards, people like you can see
some hope, and that are what keep them going. When we were growing
up, our parents always wanted us to know we could become the President.
I think I saw a little evidence that you will be seeing changes
similar before you get old taking place in China.
4. God-fearing, Honest,
Hard-working, Loyal and Family
--- Donald
Men, USA
1,Yes, because of our
uniqueness and our courage to take risks. But, with every ounce
of pride there is also a gram of shame, for our blunders, our violent
cruelty and our alienation from those who may be different in any
way -- foreign ... fat ... or just far.
2, Willingness to accept
and apologize for our mistakes and recognize our faults (most of
the time).
3,Materialism.
4,A society born in the
culture of immigration in the culture of immigration and
the frontier, where material wealth is often more important than
the spirit, and where the spirit of the individual can sometimes
be more important than love of the famil
--- Martin,
USA
Are
these answers interesting?
I'm deeply moved by these candid answers. There
is a famous saying in Chinese: "Every day I have self-examinations
for three times." If people can know themselves well, there
will not be any obstacles on their way to the happiness, I believe.
Thank you again for your wonderful answer.
 Yingting
|
