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Cultural Elements: Separation of Powers Major Political Parties in the U.S. Translation Skills: To preserve the image or not in translation? Depends on contexts. How to express the cultural connotations of specific terms? Conjunction words: How to deal with them in English and Chinese? Do not translate in a word-for-word way and learn to use reversion in translation. Assignments 5 Learn the language points and translate the whole passage into Chinese by yourself. Compare your own translation with the two Chinese versions provided by the teacher. Write a short essay on the following topic after you watch the video clip. “Is there anything wrong with American democracy?” Further Exploration 6 Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville 《美国社会文化》：侯萍萍、Jack Masson 著，山东大学出版社 ??? ????? 1 Why the Americans Are So Restless Brainstorming Further Exploration Text Comprehension “Have Your Say” Class Summary Assignments 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tasks to Complete Brainstorming 1 Brainstorming 1 What will you think of when we mention “the U.S.” or “America”? 911 Barack Obama Harvard Ivy League Silicon Valley Apple American Dream Martin Luther King Statue of Liberty White House House of Cards …… Brainstorming 1 What will you think of when we talk about American democracy? Brainstorming 1 Separation of Powers Brainstorming 1 Donkey vs. Elephant The Democratic Party vs. The Republican Party Text Comprehension 2 Text Comprehension 2 Background Information Text Comprehension 2 Questions How does the author characterize the people in America? What do “the former” and “the latter” in Paragraph 3 refer to? 3. In terms of writing techniques, what can you learn from this passage? American people are the freest and the best educated, but they are not the happiest because they never stop thinking of and chasing after the good things they have not got. “The former” refers to people in the Old World, whereas “the latter” refers to people in the New World, i.e., the Americans. To support your argu