Different social attitudes: The british are， in some ways， less conservative than Americans - the drinking age is 18， not 21， homosexual civil unions are legal， and abortion hasn't been a serious political issue in Mixing religion and politics is extremely rare in the UK On the other hand， there are stricter controls on some things - it's much harder to get a driving licence， and the age requirement is higher than in most states， there are speed cameras everwhere， CCTV cameras in many public places (although they may or may not be working)， and carrying weapons or other objects for "self defence" is illegal (in particular， note that pepper spray is illegal)Getting into a debate about the right to bear arms will be very time consuming， and may also lead people to think that you're a gun-nut before they've got to know you Smoking in enclosed public places is illegal - that includes pubs， the underground， train more or less any non-residential building (similar to New York， so not so much of a cultural difference there) The British apparently have a wider vocabulary of swear words than A While most Britons will use them fairly freely in a social setting， things are a lot more reserved in formal settings & talking to P I've not yet encountered an American "pub" which bears more than a passing resemblance to a typical British People might go to a pub just to drink and socialise， have a pub lunch， or as part of an attempt to get alchohol poisioning (otherwise know as a "pub crawl")， as well as to watch sporting fixtures (which seems to be the main purpose in America) Going to the pub does not usually imply getting Although the drinking age is 18， bartenders are supposed to ID anyone who looks under R Though I doubt your friend will do much driving， he should be aware of the following things: Most cars in the UK have manual Cars are smaller and more efficient， petrol is more Speed limits are higher， but enforced more Driving in London is not worth Central London has a congestion charge， and is very congested， and the major motorways around London are thick with traffic at peak Roundabouts ("traffic circles") are very common and are used at motorway In rural areas， it's not uncommon to drive down narrow single track roads with tall hedges on either Educational stuff: The UK education system works differently， as he's probably Asking people about their "High School" "GPA" "Major" or "Minor" will make people think he assumes that things work the same in the UK as in the US In the UK， "High School" is roughly equivalent to secondary school and college (college is not used to mean university) Important exams are GCSEs and A levels， which are graded with letters and related to specific There are no majors and minors in the UK university system - there's just whatever degree you're 这是比较详细的版本，可以自己删改一下，或者google一下difference between british and american culture，会有更多的资料。希望能帮到你！
美国人与媒体：In the last 50 years the media influence has grown exponentially with the advance of technology， first there was the telegraph， then the radio， the newspaper， magazines， television and now the We live in a society that depends on information and communication to keep moving in the right direction and do our daily activities like work， entertainment， health care， education， personal relationships， traveling and anything else that we have to A common person in the city usually wakes up checks the tv news or newspaper， goes to work， makes a few phone calls， eats with their family when possible and makes his decisions based on the information that he has either from their co workers， news， tv， friends， family， financial reports， What we need to be aware is that most of our decisions， beliefs and values are based on what we know for a fact， our assumptions and our own In our work we usually know what we have to do based on our experience and studies， however on our daily lives we rely on the media to get the current news and facts about what is important and what we should be aware We have put our trust on the media as an authority to give us news， entertainment and However， the influence of mass media on our kids， teenagers and society is so big that we should know how it really Of all the media distribution channels the most influential has been the television， we are constantly exposed to thousands of images of violence， advertising， sex， celebrities and much more， in fact a its known that a child is exposed to about 40，000 ads a The media is basically dominated by five major companies they are:Time Warner VIACOM Vivendi Universal Walt Disney News CorpThose 5 companies own 95% of all the media that we get every They also own integrated telecommunications， wireless phones， video games softwares， electronic media， the music industry and Years ago there was more diversity in companies， but they have merged so now they are just a few and they have the power to shape the opinion and beliefs of us and our So its important to be aware of what your kids are exposed to every day and you should also try to look at things from different perspectives and not just from the one the media gives
