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MZomero - exercises 'Is America Still Puritan'
by MZomero - (2019-01-15)
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SEE

1- It is a turkey

2- They are pilgrim fathers

3- Typical costumes of Thanksgiving

THINK

1- The turkey and the way of dressing

2-I think the Thanksgiving

3- Because they are moving on a carriage

WONDER

1- They want to thank God for the harvest

2- In my opinion it looks like Christmas and Easter

3- In these celebration is usual to eat 'panettone' and 'colomba'

READING AND USE OF ENGLISH

1- G - E - A - F - B - C

2 1- The first experiment demostrates that American people solved more anagrams than Canadians with salvation on the mind.

2 2 - The researches found that American students judged promiscuous women more harshly than British students did.

2 3- The writer answered with the term 'we' identifing himself with the puritans.

2 4 - The paradoxical idea is that although these americans believed r didn't believe about God, something like puritan values seemed to be guiding their moral judgment. 

2 5 - New England has influenced the minds of american people through the Puritanism.

HEADLINES

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Recent research studies show that the work ethic of today’s American people reflects the protestant work ethic.


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The performance of American students solving word puzzles is significantly higher when they are thinking about “salvation-related”words.


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American students appear to be more prudish than British students


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Moral attitudes towards work, sex and ethicsare closely connected in the American mind.


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The Puritanical values did not depend on having a religious faith .


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Puritan values have survived longer in America than in other Protestant nations.


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Social factors may have affected the American way of thinking.


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It is, however, still possible to see traces of Puritan ethics in the USA today