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This text talks about the cultural influence of a foreign culture on expatriated families. It can be divided into three parts. Part I (Paragraphs 1 - 3): The author describes his way of celebrating his home country’s National Day, i.e. the Independence Day of the United States.
Part II (Paragraphs 4 - 9): The author makes a contrastive analysis of the costs and benefits of the expatriated people.
Part III (Paragraphs 10 - 12): The author talks about the effect of globalization, and argues that globalization has produced more negative than positive effects on cultural diversity.