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Introduction : Among the passages I have read this semester , I’m interested in the aspect of family relationship . So I choose four passages about family relationship and make a comparison between America and China to learn more culture gap .The comparison refers to the family structure ,the marriage and the children Education . Family Relationships in the US (refers to textbook, unit 8 ) This passage says the generalization that family ties in the US are looser than those in China , and make a simple analysis about the divorce and care of elderly parents . It is obviously that US people are more individual and independent than Chinese people from their high divorce rate and they are not willing to live together with their parents .On the one hand we can say that they do not care so much about the marriage relationship. On the other hand maybe Americans feel the marriage relationship is so important that they have overhigh expectations.About taking care of elderly parents, the reason why Americans usually don’t live with their children is various such as the family structure , children education ,social law ,religion and so on . From the two aspects , we can clearly feel the culture difference between China and America . American’s living style is the typical representative of the western way of life . By cantrast , Chinese people appears to be more humane . Besides the two aspects , there are many differences in family relationship as well as the reason of the different . So , I read the next paper about the famly structure . Study of US-China cultures:Comparison of family structure between China and the U.S.( URL: https://www.linguist.org.cn/doc/uc200709/uc20070915.pdf) Generally speaking , the difference between Chinese culture and American culture results from their different social structures. The basis of American social structure is individual while the basis of Chinese social structure is family . Therefore , the American society can be called “individual oriented society” and the Chinese society can be called the “ethnics oriented society” .First of all , the concept of family values between China and the U.S. are different. The ideal Chinese family is so called big family and the ideal form would be headed by a man who was older and/or of more senior generation than anybody else . However most Americans believe a typical family structure is nuclear family . Secondly , both China and America have undergone great changes from the last two decades . China’s family structure is much similar to the American nuclear family except the close family links still remain . From the demographic , we can also see the changes of Amerian famiy structure and also the unchanges . Acording to the paper,” American culture that incarnates individual freedom and diversity is also palpable momentum behind this transformation .” With the globalization of the world ,I believe the western and estern will become more and more similar . No matter how great changes they have , somethings are stii bred-in-the-bone . In every external difference of family values, there is a deeper cultural influence and origin . Family education should be the most important one which has great influence to one’s whole life . Therefore ,I read the third paper to discuss the family education. The Differences of Family Education Between America and China(URL: https://210.40.132.153:8080/ uploadfile/20081120141245123.doc) According to the passage ,