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Getting rich, wealth money
Individualism
Success Independence Freedom
Money
money talks
money makes the world go round
time is money
dollarisation, to dollarise, dollarwise.
almighty dollar, dollar shop (store), dollar society, to feel like a million dollars, to look like a million dollars
gigabucks, kilobucks, megabucks
fast buck, quick buck
to rake in the bucks
have a megabucks salary PC
poor – economically unprepared, low-income, working class, underprivileged;
poor children – at-risk children;
poor nation – emerging nation, developing nation, third-world nation;
poor student – underachiever, underperformer;
vagrant – homeless person, displaced homeowner,
slum – economic oppression zone
Democracy
“ USA is a beacon of liberty and democracy ”
n Superpower
“ The collapse of the Soviet Union left the US as the only superpower ”
“ The United States is not just a superpower pursuing its interest; it is a producer of world order ”
Pentagon – Pentagons – (ex)- Pentagoner (Pentagon spokesman)
to pentagonize – Pentagonized (government;presidency) Pentagonese
U.S. hegemony
US military supremacy into American geopolitical preeminence ”
global mastery ” jumbo-state –very large hyperpower (hyper–power Pax Americana
Exceptionalism
Equality (egalitarianism)
Patriotism
Pragmatism, self-reliance, efficiency, practicality, materialism, acquisitiveness
Workaholism (work-orientation)
Competitiveness
n American exceptionalism
“… exceptionalism is the core of American identity ”
“ American exceptionalism is a f act and f ate ”
We are the best nation, America is the center of the world (earth)
pragmatic, realistic, practical, efficient.
“ Americans have a reputation of being an extremely realistic, practical and efficient people
n Consumerism
“ the nation of consumers ”, “ the people of plenty ”
mallcondo culture., mallcondo = mall – “ a large covered area that contains many different shops and in which traffic is not allowed ” + condo – “ a building containing several apartments each of which is owned by the people living in it ” from condominium.
n work-orientation
n Americans are work-oriented nation
n workaholism.
Workaholism is the best-dressed problem of the twentieth century ”
“ We are a workaholic nation and damn proud of it ”
“ A real American can work hard! ”
the bulimic workaholic style – either I do it perfectly or not at all
the relentless workaholic style – It has to be finished yesterday
the attention-deficit workaholic style – adrenaline junkies (slang for “drug-addicted”) who use work as a focusing device
the savouring workaholic style – slow, methodical, and overly scrupulous workers [Robinson 2001].
n сompetitiveness
“ One of the most important American value is competition. 60% of Americans believe in competition and so desire to win is healthy ”
hyper-competitive society
n Keep smiling!, Never say die!, Take it easy!, Don’t worry, be happy!
n oprahization – “the increased tendency for people to publicly describe their feelings and emotions and confess their past indiscretions”
n “But I take leave to doubt whether any sixth century Isolde could have used such soap-operaish -- or Oprah-ish -- language, let alone whether a sixth century Marke could have understood it and sympathized with it”
n individualism
n “ In the United States each individual is seen as completely and marvelously unique, that is, totally different from all other individuals and, therefore, particularly precious and wonderful ”
n self-regarding VS other-regarding, self-interested VS group-oriented, group(society)-minded.
n individualism
as American as apple pie = “ It is as American as apple pie to be individuals ”
do not mother them!
“ Americans stress personal responsibility rather than collective goals ”
hyper-individualism,
moderate VS extreme individualism
n family
“ Americans are becoming more accepting of cohabitation, divorce, and nontraditional family situations ”
“ Once living together out of wedlock was considered as shaking up and living in a sin, now cohabitation has become a mainstream ”
foster family, nuclear family, same-sex family, trial family, urban family
children born out of wedlock
unwed mother
single-parent household
quirkyalones – a person who enjoys being single and so prefers to wait for the right person to come along rather than dating indiscreminately
n various addictions
eyes are bigger than one’s stomach (belly) – “ somebody is too greedy in asking for, or taking more food than somebody can eat ”
square meal
to pig out
l Stereotypes
l Chernyshevsky in his philosophical works posed a question about beauty;
l A peasant - red-cheeked, physically strong, An aristocrat – pale, slender, weak
l National characteristics of beauty,
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