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ch on the support of their families or the government or any anization, they may lose some of their freedom to do what they want. Equality of Opportunity and Competition Because of the belief that everyone has a chance to succeed in America, generations of immigrants, from the earliest settlers to the present day, have e to the United States with this expectation. Because titles of nobility were forbidden in the Constitution, no formal class system developed in the United States. The hopes and dreams of many of the immigrants were fulfilled in their new country. The lower social class into which many were born did not prevent them from trying to rise to a higher social position. Americans see much of life as a race(比賽 ) for success. For them, equality means that everyone should have an equal chance to enter the race and win. It helps ensure that the race for success is a fair one and that a person does not win just because he or she was born into a wealthy family, or lose because of religion. This American concept of “ fair play” is an important aspect of the belief in equality of opportunity. There is, however, a price to be paid for the equality of opportunity: petition. If much of life is seen as a race, then a person must run the race in order to succeed。 of Opportunity (機(jī)會(huì)平等) 。s future ! END 演講完畢,謝謝觀看! 。 Traditional Mainstream Values of USA the spirit of American people Larry Liu I grow up in such a social environment: . imperialism is our number one enemy. From my childhood, America is mysterious to me. In the process of my growing up, I was curious about American people and their stories and had a feeling that my dream came true when my foreign affairs work led me to America and gave me chance to understand American culture. Human’ s nature makes people curious about each other. When they meet people from different countries, besides some simple questions like “ What is life like in their country?” “ What kind of food do they eat?” “ What are their customs?” , they have more questions about the culture: What do the people believe in? What do they value most in life? What motivates them? Why do they behave the way they do? Today, I choose to take an American culture approach to our discussion, focusing on the traditional mainstream values(美國(guó)社會(huì)主流價(jià)值觀 ) that have attracted immigrants to the United States for over 200 years. After explaining how these traditional values