CULTURE

1.LIVE AND LET LIVE- americans love freedom and privacy

2 YOU CANNOT ARGUE WITH SUCCESS -succes is probably the most praise thing in American life.

3. TIMES FLIES WHEN YOU ARE HAVING FUN- American try to have fun as possible.

4. AHOP TILL YOU DROP- form of creation

5. JUST DO IT- American are people of action .

6. GODS HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES – god actually does come at the end of the list.

7.RULES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN- they obey rules most if the time, but the someone else idea of how
they should things.
8.TIME IS MONEY- American are time and money concious. Many of them get paid by the hour for the
work they do.
9.ENOUGH IS ENOUGH- human rights and dignity are so basic to American thinking that they assume
everyone else must things the same way.
10. NO PAIN NO GAIN- American always seeks to gain improve something.
AMERICAN HOLIDAYS
1.NEW YEARS EVE DECEMBER 31- it’s a associated with festive parties new years day is an official
national holiday ;banks and office are closed.
2. MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY JAN 1- it’s a relatively recen holiday commending the birth of the civilrights
leader dr. martin luther king who was assisinated in 1968
3. ST VALENTINES DAY FEB 14- its is pershaps the most commercialize holiday after Christmas
4. MARDI GRAS TUESDAY BEFORE ASH WED- fat Tuesday
5 PRESIDENT DAY 3RD MONDAY OF FEB- first president George washingtonwas born on feb 12 and
sixteenth president Abraham Lincoln
6. ST PATRICKS DAY MARCH 17- people wear green
7. EASTER- good Friday
8. MOTHERS DAY 2ND DAY OF MAY
9. FATHERS DAY 3RD SUNDAY OF JUNE
10. MEMORIAL DAY MAY 30
11. INDEPENDENCE DAY JULY 4
12. LABOR DAY 1ST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER- summer season
13. COLUMBUS DAY 1ST MONDAY OF SEPTEMBER-christopher columbus
14 . HALLOWEEN EVENING ON OCT 31
15 . ELECTON DAY 1ST TUESDAY OF NOV
16. THANKS GIIVNG 4TH THURSDAY OF NOV- its is a major national holiday.
17. CHRISTMASS DAY
CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES
*AIRLINES CARRIERS-
*BUS SERVICES-cheapest bus slowest to travel
*URBAN TRANSPORT- all major cities have set bus routes and feres most buses will stop of some kind
*SUBWAYS-LA CALLED METRO AN SAN FRANCISCO ITS IS CALLED BART AND IN BOSTON IT IS CALLED
BOSTON TRANSIT
*TAXI SERVICES-with the exeption of limousines
*FAST FOOD CHAIN-the restaurant business highly competitive, over the year home cooking has been
increasinly abandoned as more women take jobs.