Today, about 82 percent of Americans speak English as their primary tongue. Nearly 11 percent of the population, however, speaks Spanish as their first language, and that percentage is growing rapidly. About 4 percent of all Americans speak some other European tongue, and a small number, about 3 percent, speak an Asian, Pacific Island, Native American, or another language.
Ⅰ The Diverse Life
❖ Ethnicity
▪ Culturally diverse ▪ Biological inheritance ▪ Immigrants
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1. Opportunity and Pay
The opportunity to work and pay your own way.
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abortion, divorce, and child custody
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Ⅱ Work
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Opportunity and Pay
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Hardworking and Retirement
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Mobility
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1. Against Illness or Poverty
❖ Government Help with Security against Illness or Poverty ▪ Ensuring health to pursue opportunity. ▪ Helping the poor, when all else fails.
❖Many early immigrants came to the New World to escape religious persecution.
❖This open- mindedness toward different faiths is evident in the tremendous diversity of faiths—nearly 3 000 organized religions!
2.Work hard and retire with dignity. ❖Work hard and retire with dignity.
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3. Mobility and Its Consequences ❖Mobility and Its Consequences
Family Life
❖ a typical or single traditional family form ❖ a variety of family organizations ❖ a marriage rate of 8.4 per 1 000 people ❖ delaying marriage ❖ having fewer children than ever ❖ new attitudes on sexual expression, birth control,
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Contents Ⅰ Life Ⅱ Work Ⅲ Social Welfare
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A Land of Many Faiths
❖Perhaps more than any other people, Americans have a long history of religious tolerance.
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III Social Welfare 1 Against Illness and Poverty 2 Before the Social Security Act 3 Since the Social Security Act 4 Social Security
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2. Before the Social Security Act