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Unit 2
Americans
2.1 Вам предстоит прочитать текст THE AMERICAN
CHARACTER. Сначала прочитайте вступление и дайте
свой ответ на поставленный вопрос.
What are Americans like? What do Americans like? “But wait”
some readers say. “In this huge nation of people from everywhere, is
there really a national character?”
2.2 Прочитайте первую част текста и скажите, как можно
охарактеризовать типичные американские ценности и
убеждения.
THE AMERICAN CHARACTER
A. Land of Diversity
There is great diversity in the ethnic makeup of America. Nevertheless,
many writers have generalized about typical American values, attitudes,
and beliefs. For example, Mortimer B. Suckerman, editor-in-chief of U.S.
News & World Report, sees his country as "a culture of self-reliance
,
independence, resourcefulness, pragmatism, and novelty. He goes on to
describe his fellow Americans in greater detail. We are comfortable with
change and with people who make things happen. In America the new is
better than old; taking charge is valued over playing it safe; making
money is superior to inheriting it; education and merits are favored over
family ties.
The most important characteristic of the U.S.A. can be stated in one word:
diversity. Most Americans take pride in the great variety found in the
country's geography and population. Covering 9,590,000 square
kilometres, the U.S. is the fourth-largest nation in the world (after Russia,
China, and Canada). Within this vast country are tall mountains and flat
fields, deserts and tropical regions, prairies and forests... The climate, too,
covers all extremes. In southern Florida, visitors come to swim and

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