美国波波族与中国月光族相似性与差异性分析英语论文.docx

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美国波波族与中国月光族相似性与差异性分析英语论文

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美国波波族与中国月光族相似性与差异性分析

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AStudyonSimilaritiesandDifferences

betweenAmericanBobosand

ChineseMoonlites

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美国波波族与中国月光族相似性与差异性分析

【摘要】美国波波族与中国月光族具有相同的时代背景和不同的文化背景，因此既有相似点也有不同点。

本文意在通过对美国波波族与中国月光族在教育背景、生活态度、消费观、休闲活动、社会评价等方面的对比分析，研究美国波波族与中国月光族的相似性与差异性；通过对比分析美国波波族与中国月光族的特征在中美文化中的体现，研究中美文化在教育背景、生活态度、消费观、休闲活动、社会评价等方面的相似性与差异性，探究对比分析中美文化的意义。

【关键词】美国波波族；中国月光族；对比分析；相似性；差异性

AStudyonSimilaritiesandDifferencesbetweenAmericanBobosandChineseMoonlites

Abstract:

AmericanBobosandChineseMoonlitessharecommon,however,diverseinculturalperspectives,sotheyhavesimilaritiesanddifferences.ThispaperistoconcludesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenAmericanBobosandChineseMoonlitesbycomparativelyanalyzingtheircharacteristicsineducationalbackground,attitudetowardlife,consumptionconcept,leisureactivitiesandsocialevaluation;alsotoenhanceunderstandingofsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenAmericancultureandChinesecultureineducationalbackground,attitudetowardlife,consumptionconcept,leisureactivitiesandsocialevaluationbycomparativelyanalyzingculturalembodimentofAmericanBobosandChineseMoonlites.ThepurposeofthepresentresearchistohelplearnersofEnglishtoknowthesignificanceofculturalcomparativeanalysis.

KeyWords:

AmericanBobos;ChineseMoonlites;comparativeanalysis;similarities;differences

Contents

1.Introduction

In1990s,“Bobos”appearedinAmerica.Theyarewell-educatedandhavedecentjobs.Theyareclosetonature,advocateindividualfreedom,pursuepersonality,andpayattentiontolifequality.Atthesametime,“Moonlites”appearedinChina.Theypursuefashionandliketotryfreshthings.Theyareabletogetgoodsalary,buttheyalwaysspendalltheyearneverymonth.Becauseofthesamechronologicalbackgroundanddifferentculturalbackground,thesetwogroupshavesimilaritiesanddifferences.

ThispaperistoconcludesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenAmericanBobosandChineseMoonlitesbycomparativelyanalyzingtheircharacteristicsineducationalbackground,attitudetowardlife,consumptionconcept,leisureactivitiesandsocialevaluation;alsotoenhanceunderstandingofsimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenAmericancultureandChinesecultureineducationalbackground,attitudetowardlife,consumptionconcept,leisureactivitiesandsocialevaluationbycomparativelyanalyzingculturalembodimentofAmericanBobosandChineseMoonlites.

ThepurposeofthepresentresearchistohelplearnersofEnglishtoknowthesignificanceofculturalcomparativeanalysis.

2.AnoverviewofAmericanBobosandChineseMoonlites

2.1Definitions

2.1.1DefinitionofAmericanBobos

American“Bobos”arethecombinationof“Bourgeoisies”and“Bohemians”.Peopleinthemiddleclasswerecalled“Bourgeoisies”.Theyenjoytheirlifeandcomplywiththesocialordersandethicsstrictly.Goodeducationbackgroundhelpedthemgetdecentjobswithhighsalary.Theirmaterialismandconsumerismaretheirperformanceofpursuingcomfortablelife.“Bohemians”arequitedifferentfrom“Bourgeoisies”.“Bohemians”persisttheirwaysoflife.Theynevercompromisewithsocialordersandethics.Theyfollowtheirheartsanddothethingstheylike.Insteadofmaterialsatisfaction,theypaymoreattentiontospiritualpleasure.Therefore,theircombination,“Bobos”,havedualpersonalities.Ononehand,theypursue“bestlife”justlike“Bourgeoisies”;ontheotherhand,theyadvocateindividualfreedomandspiritualpleasurejustlike“Bohemians”（SongLei,2002:

36）.

2.1.2DefinitionofChineseMoonlites

Chinese“Moonlites”alwaysexhausttheirearningseverymonthwithoutanysavings.Theyhavestableincomes,sotheydonotworryabouttheirspendingforthenextmonth（LiangShizheng,2011:

433）.Theirsupportofcreditconsumptionandstrongconsumptiondesiremakethembecomesellers’favorite.Theyhavenoideaaboutsavingmoney,andsavingmoneyistheoldlifestyleforthem.Theylikefashionandfreshthings,sotheylikecreatingtheirownlifestyle.Spendingmoneyisnotonlythewaytheypursuemateriallifeandshowtheirsocialstatus,butalsotheirmotivationofearningmoremoney.TheChineseword“moonlight”hasameaningof“monthlyincomecompletelygone”,andthiswordisusedtobedescribedpeoplewhoexhaustearningseverymonthwithoutanysavings.（LuanXiaohui,2009:

65）.

2.2AppearanceofAmericanBobosandChineseMoonlites

2.2.1AppearanceofAmericanBobos

AccordingtoSongLei’sarticle（2002:

36）,inthe20thcentury,someAmericanhadcreatedsuccessivelytwodifferentculturalmovementsandhadbeendividedintotwogroups.

In1960s,somepeoplebelievedinUtopiaandobjectedtowars.Theyadvocatedpacifismandemphasizedhumandignity,personalityandfreedom;theydidnotcompromisetothesocialrules.Althoughtheirbehaviorsweresometimesirrational,theyhadbecomethesignofthatage.Theyformedagroupcalled“Hippies”,inotherwords,theywereAmericanwith“Bohemians”characteristics.

In1980s,somepeopleinmiddle-agedbegan“Yuppie”movements.Theywerewell-educated,well-paidandpursueahighsocialstatus.InAmerica,traditionally,materialwealthhasbeenacceptedasameasureofsocialstatus（MaoWenting,CuiXiaoling,2009:

190）.Inordertoimprovetheirsocialstatus,theywereoverlyself-focused.Theypursuedmaterialwealthoverlyandsatisfiedtheirownneedseagerly.Evenso,theirattitudeofhard-workingmadethemberepresentativesofaggressiveness.Theyformedagroupcalled“Yuppies”,inotherwords,theywereAmericanwith“Bourgeoisies”characteristics.

In1990s,anewgroup,“Bobos”,appeared.“Bobos”combinedcharacteristicsof“Bourgeoisies”and“Bohemians”andcreatedtheirownculturalfeatures.InDavidBrooks’bookBobosinParadise:

TheNewUpperClassandHowTheyGotThere,hebelievedthat“Bobos”were“aculturalconsequenceoftheinformationage”（2000:

10）.

2.2.2AppearanceofChineseMoonlites

ChinaexperiencedrapiddevelopmentsinceChina’sReformationandOpeningtotheWorld,andpeople’slivingstandardhasbeengreatlyimproved.

Nowadays,people’sconsumptionconcepthaschanged,so“excessiveconsumption”and“humanconsumption”arenotnewwordsforChinesepeople,especiallyforyoungpeople.Today’scollegestudentshavemanyproblemswiththeirconsumingbehaviors,suchasunreasonableconsumingpatterns,blindconsumption,emotionalconsumptionandsoon（YuanWeiqiang,YuTao,2012:

289）.Theseconsumptionhabitsleadthemtobeconsumerists.Therefore,afterleavingcampus,iftheycannotbeawareoftheimportanceofsavingmoneyandconquerthebadconsumptionhabits,theywillstillpracticeconsumerismandbecome“Moonlites”.

Besides,modernleisureisdifferentfromtraditionalleisure.Modernleisureleadsyoungpeopletorelaxthemselvesbyconsumingformeetingtheirmaterialsatisfactioninsteadofenjoyingtheirspiritualcontent（ZhaoRuihua,2011:

57）.Therefore,leisurebecomes“happinesswebuy”,andconsumptionbecomesavitalpartinyoungpeople’slife.

Becauseofthechangeofconsumptionconceptandleisureways,youngpeople“haveto”spendtheirmoneytomeettheirneeds;additionally,theydonothaveanysavingawareness.So,theybecome“Moonlites”.

3.Comparativeanalysis

3.1Educationalbackground

3.1.1Characteristicsofeducationalbackground

AmericanBobosarealleducatedelites.Ononehand,theirparentsarewell-educatedandcangivethemafavorablefamilyenvironmenttoliveandstudy.Theirparentsarealsotheirteacherswhocanteachthemknowledgeandlivingabilityoutoftextbooks.Ontheotherhand,theyarehard-workingandgetexcellentgradestoentertopschools,sotheyarealways“ResumeGodsandtheoneswhoacedtheirSATs”（DavidBrooks,2000:

42）.

ChineseMoonlitesreceivehigh-degreeeducationandhaveprofessionalskillsandknowledge（LiQingzhen,2005:

22）.Chineseparentsalwayspaycloseattentiontoeducation.Eventhoughtheyarenotwell-educated,theywouldtrytheirbesttocreateconditionsandsupporttheirchildrentogetgoodeducation.Therefore,ChineseMoonlitescanreceivegoodeducationandlearnusefulskillswiththeirparents’support.

3.1.2Similaritiesofeducationalbackground

BothofBobosandMoonliteshavegoodeducationalbackgroundwhichcanhelpthemthriveinaneconomicworld.Awelleconomicconditioncanguaranteetheirlifesothattheycanenjoytheirmateriallifewithouthesitation.Therefore,tosomeextent,welleducationalbackgroundisaguaranteefortheirlife.Besides,sameeducationalbackgroundcanhelpthemgatherthefriendswithsameinterests.Soeducationalbackgroundsometimesistheirstatussymbol,andtheycanrecognizetheirfriendsbyeducationalbackground.

3.1.3Differencesofeducationalbackground

Thedifferencesofeducationalbackgroundareembodiedintwoaspects.

Firstisthewaystheygainchancestoreceivegoodeducation.MostAmericanBobosrelyontheirownabilities,whileChineseMoonlitessometimeswouldrelyontheirparents’support.

MostofAmericanBoboshavestronglearningtalentandabilities.Theyhavestrongdesireforknowledgeandprofessionalskills;inaddition,theyareindustrious,sotheycanrelativelyeasytogetexcellentgradesandattendgoodschools.Throughtheirstudyprocess,theirparentsalwaysplayactiverolesjustlikeguides.

WhileforChineseMoonlites,theydonotalwayshavestrongabilitiesforlearning,sotheymayhavemoredifficultiesinattendinggoodschools.Forthosestudentswhocannotgetexcellentgradestoattendtopschools,theirparentswouldliketogetoutofthe