American way of life

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American way of life
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• Family
• Food
• Sport
• Religion
• Festivals

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American family

• Nuclear family media, series, politics
• nucleus father, mother, children close-knit
• another meaning work, care
• History
• colonialism separated fam. X extended
• war, Great Depression
• 1960s baby boom
• Hippies, Vietnam War family decline
• Today
• postponed marriges
• co-habitation
• interracial marrig. , divorces, unmarried mums
  (1999 - 1/3)
• ¼ people live alone
• Fam. Organizations

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Types of families

• Married parents - minority
• Single parent the fastest growing (1/2 chil.)
• Grandparent common
• Guy or lesbian different laws in differ. states
  ( Florida no adoption)
• Commuter slowly growing
• Created adopted children (after WWII Japanese,
  EUnow S. Am., Russia, China)

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Food

• typically American
• beverages coke, 7-up, lemonade, iced tea,
  tequila, whisky
• fast food / burgers, hot dogs, pizza, fried
  chicken, pancakes,
• good breakfast fried bread or dough maple
  syrup, coffee, cookies
• international
• Chinese chop suey
• Indian corn, barbecue
• Mexican corn, chili,
• European barbecue,
• African beans, watermelon
• Creole seafood in a hot sauce
• Thanksgiving Day / Christmas
• mashed potatoes, roast turkey, gravy, fresh and
  cooked vegetables, breads, pumpkin pie

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Table manners

• Invitation
• What can I bring?
• Pray before eating.
• homes, restaurants
• Enjoy your meal.
• Napkin in the lap.
• Second serving accept, then no more.
• Help with dishes.
• Making sounds / speaking, belching
• Leaning on the table with elbows.
• Putting anything that will leave a mark.
• Reaching for food,Please could you pass me
  the?

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Sport

• hectic social life - spend energy, money and time
• playing sports at any age X watching live or on
  TV, univers. clubs, senior leagues
• Sports
• American football
• Baseball
• Basketball / NBA
• Ice hockey / NHL
• Other popular sports
• Moto sports / Indianapolis
• Tennis / US Open
• Track and field
• Golf, gymnastics, boxing, martial arts, skiing,
  swimming, climbing, joggying, cycling
• Olympic Games
• nearly 3,000 medals athletics, swimming, Michael
  Phelps
• Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Lake
  Placid, St. Louis
• the most number of gold medals in summer OG

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American football
Lacrosse

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Free time

• bowling, walking, pool, fishing, camping,
  volunteer work, music lessons, pets, painting,
  woodworking, after-school activities,
  collecting
• (Teddy bears, Indian arrowheads, baseball cards,
  dumpster diving - containers, beneath L.A. -
  graves )
• parties, eating out, barbecuing, surfing the net,
  going to the beach / bar, cards, board games,
  puzzles, concerts, theatregoing
• Gardening
• food growing wild in nature, protecting
  environment
• Travelling and recreation
• shopping, commuting to work
• Camping, hiking, biking recreation activities
• Mexico, Canada, United Kingdom
• adrenalin activities (1/3) rafting, scuba
  diving, mountain biking

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Religion

• about 80 believers
• tolerant
• main streams
• Catholics and Protestants - Christians
• Jewish, Muslims, Buddhists
• God bless America
• Four ss
• self-improvement
• smiling
• service
• security

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Official festivals

• 10 official holidays for all US government
  workers, offices, banks, schools closed
• some permanent date, some Monday holidays
• New Years Day
• M. L. King Day 3rd Mond. in January
• Presidents Day 3rd Mon. in February
• Memorial Day last M. in May
• Independence Day 4 July
• parade marching bands, fire trucks, horseback
  riders, clowns, antique cars politicians, King,
  Queen
• barbecue, picnics, fireworks
• Labor Day 1st M. in September
• Columbus Day - 2nd M. in October
• Veterans Day 2nd M. in November
• Thanksgiving Day 4th Thur. in November
• gather with families, share large feast
• Christmas Day 25th December

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Independence Day a parade

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Other holidays

• everythings open
• celebrated more enthusiastically and actively
• Commercial holidays
• Valentines Day
• Groundhog Day 2nd February (den, shadow,
  spring)
• St Patricks Day
• April Fools Day
• Secretarys Day
• Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents Day
• Flag Day June 14th
• Halloween costumes, decorations, parties
• Ethnic and religious holidays
• Chinese New Year Jan. 21st Feb. 19th
• Cinco de Mayo - Mexican
• Pow-wows Indian
• Christmas, Easter and other special days of each
  religion
• Special holidays
• Church social
• Picnics and Pot Luck Dinners

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Thank you for your attention.

• Autor DUM Mgr. Darina Sikorová