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n a very short time more than 200 years, has developed into the world's only superpower. Conclusion In the modern world, there is no country without automobile, but there is no country having the automobile culture like America. The car culture of America affect the whole world, include China, and the American culture also affects us and impacts Chinese culture. In order to avoid losing Chinese traditional culture, it is necessary to know the culture of the United States. This thesis introduces the definition of culture and significance of American culture, and then analyses, among American culture, the individualism, humor, materialism and Americans’ pursuit of change from the perspective of American automobile. At last, the author draws a conclusion that Americans are individualistic, humorous, and good at pursuit of materials and change in their life. It is not easy to completely analyze the American culture from the perspective of American automobile. This paper is just an attemptable research. It waits for other researchers to further study other aspects, and to perfect this research in its field. Acknowledgements My idea for the thesis sprang from the enlightenment of Mr. Lui, my tutor, to whom I owed great gratitude and appreciation. He gave me invaluable institutions and encouragement. Moreover, I am deeply grateful to those teachers who gave me much help these four years, such as Mr. Zhang Chun, Mr. Zhou Ronghui, Mr.Yuan Bing, and Mrs. Zhang Yihua. They benefited me a lot with sparkling ideas in their lectures. My indebtedness also goes to my parents, who, as the supporters of my life and studies, try hard to keep me strong physically and intellectually. Finally, I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to those who spend their precious time in reading this thesis. Bibliography [1] De Tocqueville, Alexis. Society: The Basic. Pairs: Thomson Learning, 1998. [2] Eagleton,Terry. “How to View American Culture”. American Studies. Vol.6. 2000. [3] Gannon, Kim. “Riding the Waves of Culture”. American Today. Vol.12. 1991. [4] Huntingon,S.P. The West Unique, Not Universal. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2001. [5] Locke, John. Understanding Human Communication. London: Haper and Row, 1658. [6] Miller, Henry. “Center of American Studies”. Global Law Review. Vol.18. 1996. [7] Samovar,Larry A and Richard E.Porter. “Communication between Cultures”. Teaching and Research. Vol. 8. 2004. [8] Williams, Raynond. “American Culture Review”. New Thinking. Vol.5. 1976. [9] 曹南燕.刘立群，美国文化学[J].中国人民大学学报，1996. (05) [10] 董小川.美国文化概论 [M].北京：人民出版社，2006 [11]董小川.儒家文化与美国基督新教 [M].北京：商务印书馆,1999 [12]端木义万.美国社会文化透 [M].南京：南京大学出版社,1999 [13]顾宁.对外大传播[J].四川行政学院学报,1999.(12) [14] 林大津.跨文化交际研究[J].福建人民出版社，1996.(10) [15]徐行言.东方文化与西方文化[J].青岛大学文学院学报,2004.(09)