课后习题答案
Unit3B
Key concepts ：A member of many groups 各种群体中的成员Impermanence暂时Personal goals个人目标/Individual’ needs个人需求Responsibilities 职责A series of concentric circles 一系列同心圆Stable 稳固Connection VS contract关系和合约
Comprehension questions
1. What are the characteristics of American social relationship?
Impermanent and loose /individual’s needs come first ./contractual /friendly/compartmentalized/
2. Why is American social relationship impermanent?
They are members of many groups simultaneously. If they personal goals are no longer being met by a group ,they move on and probably look to new associates for the benefits they used to receive from the former group.
3. Can you draw a picture to illustrate the pattern of Chinese social relationship? Who are in the inner most part and who are in the outside ?
what is the difference between each part?
1I and family ○dearest friends work colleagues who are familiar but not so close or nation or world
2I and family are in the inner most part while everyone else in the ○
3 the difference geographic area or nation or world are in the outside.○
between inner and out side is from most important to least important .
4.What are the different understanding of friend between Chinese and American ?
American social relationship are based on a shared activity, event, or experience, so they have casual, friendly relationships with many people , but deeper, close friendships with only a few.
Chinese are likely to react more to the other person as a whole and will avoid forming friendships with those whose values and behaviors are in some way deemed undesirable.
Case 1
Because Jackson thinks friendship is mostly a matter of providing emotional support and spend time together .This situation creates dependence of one person on the other and it goes against the principle of equality.
Case3
Q1.They broken their friendship because they finished they common chemistry class and didn’t see each other very much at school .No one should be blamed for it because the different culture between Jordan and the United States lead to different attitudes to friendship.