英语专业论文 中西消费观的差异

An Analysis of the Differences between Sino-American Consumption Concepts from House Purchasing

A Thesis Submitted to

School of Foreign Languages and Cultures

Ningxia University

In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements

For the Degree of

Bachelor of Arts

by

Shi Xuewen

School of Foreign Language and Cultures

Ningxia University

May 12, 2011

Acknowledgements

I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to all those who have directed me into the field of English language and provided me with so much guidance, support, and encouragement during my writing of this thesis. My heartfelt gratitude goes to my supervisor, prof.Sun changyan, whose illuminating instruction and valuable suggestion have helped greatly to shape this thesis. Thanks are also due to my parents, it is with their support and encouragement that I could persist in my studies that finally lead to this thesis. And thanks to my friends, who give me constructive advices on some points.

Abstract

With the increasing development of society and the living standards, house purchasing has become a hot topic in our daily life. The paper compares two kinds of Sino-American consumption concepts from house purchasing, and gets a further understanding of the reasons for that. The thesis shows that geographic elements, society development, technological factor, political and economical factor as well as education and entertainments factors play a very important role in the formation of Sino-American conception concepts.

Key words: house purchasing, consumption concepts, differences, reasons

随着社会的快速进步和人民生活水平的不断提高，购房已经成为我们的日常生活中的热门话题。这篇论文从购房角度比较了中美两种不同的消费观念，并且近一步探究了形成两种不同消费观念的原因。论文揭示了地理因素，社会发展，科技因素，政治经济因素和教育娱乐因素在中美消费观念的形成中起到了非常重要的作用。

关键词：购房，消费观念，不同，原因

Acknowledgements (i)

Abstract ................................................................................................................ i i 摘要.................................................................................................................. i ii

1 Introduction (1)

2 literature Review (1)

3 Sino-American Consumption Concepts from House Purchasing (2)

3.1 Sino-American Consumption Concepts (2)

3.2 Differences between Sino-American Consumption Concepts (4)

4 Reasons for the Differences (4)

4.1Geographic Elements . (4)

4.2 Society Development (6)

4.3 Technological Factor (8)

4.4Political and Economical Factor (10)

4.5 Education and Entertainments (15)

5 Conclusion (19)

Bibliography (21)