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This article discusses two problems about American Christian culture.One is the relationship between American Dream and Protestant ethics,the other is the causes of prosperity of Christian Culture in the U.S.To probe into these problems is to go deep into the spiritual world of Americans.It helps to understand America today and promote cultural interchange between China and the United States. 本文讨论有关美国基督教文化的两个问题。其一是“美国梦”与“新教徒道德”的关系,其二是美国基督教兴盛之原因。这些都是有关美国文化底蕴的问题。探讨这些问题,深入美国人的精神世界,才能了解今日美国,并有益于中美文化的交流。 The cultural mode "Chinese Culture as basis ,Western culture as subsidiary" is of great influence not only because of its historical origines but also because of the influence of traditional cultures. From the traditional basis principle of "Transforming other nationalities with Chinese culture" to the anti-foreign cultural policies of "Banning Catholicism"and "Banning different schools of thought" in late Ming Dynasty and early Ching Dynasty, and then to the idea of "Learning from foreign countries"... The cultural mode "Chinese Culture as basis ,Western culture as subsidiary" is of great influence not only because of its historical origines but also because of the influence of traditional cultures. From the traditional basis principle of "Transforming other nationalities with Chinese culture" to the anti-foreign cultural policies of "Banning Catholicism"and "Banning different schools of thought" in late Ming Dynasty and early Ching Dynasty, and then to the idea of "Learning from foreign countries" dur-ing the Opium War,the profound historical sediment of that mode can easily be seen. Culturally, there are two factors that count. Namely, the influence of the general law of cultural interchanges and that of traditional Chinese philosophy, its view of value and way of thinking, in particular. “中体西用”文化模式之所以影响深远,既有历史的渊源,也有传统文化的影响。从传统的“用夏变夷”这一处理民族关系的基本准则到明末清初的“禁教”、“教学”的文化排外政策再到鸦片战争时期的“师夷”主张,可见“中体西用”论的历史积淀很深;而从文化上看,有两个重要的因素:一是文化交流的一般规律使然;二是中国传统哲学特别是其价值观和思维方式的影响。 The attributes of language and culture have determined that language teaching and culture teaching should be conducted at the same time. Cultural teaching is cultural background teaching oriented and it emphasizes the“humane aspect”in foreign language teaching.Cultural teaching will be of great help in promoting cultural interchanges and avoiding cultural conflicts.It is an indispensable part of foreign language teaching. 语言与文化的特定属性决定了语言学习与文化学习同步的特性。文化教学是以文化背景知识教学为主导、注重语言的“人文性”的外语教学。文化教学有利于增进跨文化交际双方的文化融合、避免交际双方的文化冲突 ,是外语教学不可或缺的组成部分
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