Roste, Vaughn Xenophobe`s guide to the canadians 9781906042257

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Автор: Roste, Vaughn
Название: Xenophobe`s guide to the canadians (Канадцы: руководство для ксенофоба)
Издательство: TBS/GBS
Издательство: Oval Books
Классификация:

Учебные курсы и материалы по преподаванию и изучению языка

Культурология

ЮМОР

ISBN: 190604225X
ISBN-13(EAN): 9781906042257
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 92
Вес: 0.088 кг.
Дата издания: 31.07.2009
Серия: Xenophobe`s guides
Язык: English
Иллюстрации: Illustrations
Размер: 17.02 x 10.67 x 0.76 cm
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
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Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: The fabric of societyThe nation aspires towards a cultural mosaic, something like a patchwork quilt, whereas Americans have aimed for the melting pot. Canadians are essentially practical, and have figured out that the bat-brained idea of a melting pot would simply never work in a country where 50% of the land never completely thaws at all. A quilt is a much more pragmatic idea: its cold outside.On a clear day you can see foreverHaving so much land has a great effect on the character, customs, and culture of the nation. Take, for example, the prairies. The plains of Canada stretch out endlessly. The flattest spot in the world can be found here, with nary a tree to obstruct the view, which leaves the prairie observer with a remarkably huge view of nothing. In Saskatchewan it is said that you can watch your dog running away for three days.Honesty is the best policyIn the settling of the Canadian prairies, the early pioneers had no-one to rely on but themselves and their near neighbors. Honesty and integrity were important, not to mention things like a good reputation and a virtuous character. Its an attitude that persists to this day. In areas with sparse population, one cannot underestimate the power of public opinion (and the potential damage of the rumor mill). Peer pressure promotes public propriety. Politicians are expected to live up to their promises (and are regularly voted out when they regularly dont).The bear truthCanadians are down-to-earth, even earthy, people, and there are fewer extremes of class in Canadian society than in many others. Arrogance is curtailed by a lack of things about which to brag, although in your presence a Canadian might have caught a larger fish or climbed a higher mountain than you have, and killed a more ferocious grizzly bear (with his bare hands, naturally).

Xenophobe`s guide to the canadians, Roste, Vaughn