Influence of American CultureIn last June ,the film Transformers IV was on the screen and as has predicted,it attracted lots of Chinese to cinema and watchit.Finally ,it won 1,970,000,000 box office in China,which made a new record of film box in China.There are many other films popular among Chinese besides Transformers IV and have made such great success that many Chinese can remember them for a long time.In fact ,American culture affects Chinese not only in film ,but also in many other aspects ,such as music,TV series ,game and so on.Therefore,Chinese culture has changed more or less due to the wide-spread of American culture,which I regard it as beneficial to us. Here are some main aspects where American culture influences us.First,nowadays,with the development of internet and technology,people all over the world can hear the voice from America like Britney Spears or Taylor Swift,whose songs are surely attractive to us.It’s absolutely that American music is popular among Chinese and Chinese singers have been learning from it so that singers like Tayu Lo ,Jonathan Lee ,in China imitated American country music to compose their popular music and finally made a great success.For example,Jay Chou once composed a popularsong Cow Boy On The Run,which consists of many elements from American country music ,such as freedom andcasualness,therefore this famous song attracted many young men in China.Nowadays,U.S. and European-style rock music has heavily influenced Chinese popular music. Musicians like Wu Bai and other popular rock bands borrow from U.S. rock traditions, while adding influences of Chinese music. The resulting popular music is very different from traditional Chinese music, but is still distinctive to the Chinese culture.American country music has integrated into Chinese popular music .With the guidance of Americanmusic,Chinese popular music develops rather quickly and has produced many pieces of work which appeals to people.However,I think singers and composers in China oughtn’t rely on it,other than pay much attention to our traditional culture and then produce songs with Chinese characteristics.Second,American TV series have always been popular among China,especially the youth,due to the exciting plot,pretty actress,music,clothes and so on.Once in a while,the TV series Prison Break won numberless fans in China,which is consists four seasons.Prison Break is based on the life in a prison and revolves around two brothers:one has been sentenced to death for a crimehe did not commit, and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison and clear his name.It’s the exciting plot and excellent acting skills that attract audience.There’re many other TV series like Prison Break,which are popular among Chinese.Since there’re few interesting TV series in China,it’s probable that people tend to watch American TV series.However,Ameican drama presents the open-up ,free style of American culture,which influences Chinese gradually.During this process,people in China,especially the youth,tend to forget and even abandon their own traditional culture,which has its advantages.The government has banned some TV series like The Big Bang Theory,The Good Wife so that people can watch domestic drama .As far as I’m concerned,we should take its essence, goes to its dregs ,so our government needn’t ban American series ,but have to cut out some negative scenes.Besides,producers in China ought to produce TV series more interesting combined with traditional culture in order to protect the culture.Third,there’re other industries besides music and TV series where American culture influences us a lot.With the spread of these industries,Chinese economy has been influenced more or less.For example,American fast food has attracted many Chinese.As we allknow,KFC and McDonald’s are so popular among Chinese that they are always full of customers.However,some Chinese restaurants have to shut down due to few customers.There are many industries where American culture has influenced China a lot besides food industries.American culture of its corporation influences China not only in economy,but also in constitution of corporation,the regulation of the corporation and so on.It’s typical that the internet corporation Baidu learns from companies in Silicon Valley and creates a friendly environment,therefore it has made a great success.In my opinion,most of the companies in China can learn from companies in America,which makes more profits and produces more jobs,to develop better.In addition to movie,music,industries,American has an advantage above China in its cation is increasingly important in modern societies because it determines, in large measures, the success or failure of a nation in global competition. Thus,we ought to pay much attention to our culture.American education has been acknowledged by its free style while Chinese education has been blamed for its hard exams and many courses.As a result,American culture has attracted many Chinese students to go abroad for further-study,which causes the loss ofintelligence and is bad for the development of our country in the future.Maybe the deepest effect American culture has made on Chinese culture is in our educational system. Ru culture has influenced China for thousands of years, so Chinese traditional educational system has been accepted commonly, but it is widely believed that this kind of system is not positive in every aspect, especially in stimulating students' potential. But the American educational system is different. It is open. And for this reason, it is widely accepted by Chinese people.It’s high time that our government should take some measures.So, to revitalize our education, the government should try to develop China’s economy. Then we can increase its financial contribution to education to improve the facilities, the quality of teachers, and the management of schools. Also, we should balance the “resource disposal”between eastern and western areas, the cities and the countryside, and the key schools and other schools. Besides,we can develop our own education like Confucius so that we won’t always be influenced by American education.With these measures,our education is bound to improve a lot.To sum up, the influence of English culture towards Chinese culture is diversity . We cannot consider it good or bad absolutely . As far as I'm concerned , facing the spread of English culture , weshould discard their dross and select their essence .To avoid the conflict between different cultures, some people combine their local culture with the foreign culture and produce a new culture. Kung Fu Panda is a typical one. In this American film, the director set our Chinese culture as the basis. It proved to be a great success. This kind of cultural integration is helpful for us to know each other.In a word, not only should we spread our traditional culture, but also we’ll learn other excellent culture to broaden our minds. Every culture has its own value and wonderful part. Maybe it is so-called killing two birds with one stone. I hope cultural communication will be kept in a normal state instead of a temporary hotness so the tree of Chinese culture can tower in the forest of world culture.References[1] Select from the book《Log into the World ofCultures---Intercultural Communication》，published by Chongqing University Press .[2]Select from the paper《浅论美国文化在全球化影响下与其他文化的交互》。