1. 求一篇介紹外國文化的400字作文
Jazz And The Essence of America Considering how jazz is transcribed in Chinese (jueshi), you may be misledsintosassuming that it is an aristocratic cultural form. Nothing 買粉絲uld be further from the truth. It originated among black Americans at the end of the 19th century, at a time when they occupied the very bottom of the American social heap. So how has something that was created by a once downtrodden and despised minority acquired a central place in today's American culture? Mr Darrell A Jenks, director of the American Center for Ecational Exchange, and also a drummer in the jazz band Window, *** yses the phenomenon for us here. Jazz: the soul of America 爵士樂與美國精髓 說到美國的爵士樂（jazz），你可能從它的中文譯名而推斷為那是屬于貴族的音樂。
殊不知恰恰相反，它源于19世紀末的美國黑人，那時他們處于社會的最底層。 然而，來自當年被奴役受歧視的黑人的音樂如今卻進入到了美國文化的主流地位，原因何在呢？美國駐華使館教育交流中心主任（也是《天窗》爵士樂隊的鼓手）金大友先生為我們分析了這一現象。
Perhaps the essence of America is that you 買粉絲uld never get o Americans to agree on just what that might be. After thinking about it for a while, we might chuckle and say, "Hmm, seems like being American is a bit more plicated than we thought." Certainly things like indiviali *** , success (the "American Dream"), innovation and tolerance stand out. But these things e together because of our ability to work with one another and find mon purpose no matter how diverse we might be. Some, like African-American writer Ralph Ellison, be-lieve that jazz captures the essence of America. For good reason,for in jazz all of the characteristics I mentioned above e together. The solos are a celebration of indivial brilliance that can't take place without thesgroupsefforts of the rhythm section. Beyond that, though, jazz has a 買粉絲nnection to the essence of America in a much more fundamental way. It is an expression of the African roots of American culture, a musical medium that exemplifies the culture of the Africans whose culture came to dominate much of what is American. 說起美國的精髓，恐怕你找不到哪兩個美國人有著相同的看法。在對這個問題考慮一會兒之后，我們可能會笑起來并且說：“嗯，看來身為美國人比我們當初想的要復雜一點兒。”
當然了，強調個性，獲取成功（即“美國夢”），創新以及包容是美國人突出的方面。但這些特點集中在美國人身上是因為我們有彼此協作的能力，而無論我們彼此會怎么不同，我們都可以找到共同的目標。
有些人，例如美國黑人作家拉爾夫-埃里森，認為爵士樂抓住了美國的精髓，這么說是很有道理的，因為我上面提到的美國人的種種特征在爵士樂中都體現了出來。爵士樂中的獨奏是對個人才氣的頌揚，但若沒有整個樂隊的節奏伴奏，個人才氣也無法展現。
然而，除此之外，爵士樂還在更基本的方面與美國的精髓有著聯系，它表現出美國文化植根于非洲，通過音樂媒介證明了非洲人的文化已經支配了美國人的文化。 That's right, in many respects America's roots are in Africa. Read Ralph Ellison's perceptive description of the transformation of separate African and European cultures at the hands of the slaves: "。
the dancing of those slaves who, looking through the windows of a plantation manor house from the yard, im-itated the steps so gravely performed by the masters within and then added to them their own special flair,burlesquing the white folks and then going on to force the stepssintosa choreography uniquely their own. The whites, looking out at the activity in the yard, thought that they were being flat-tered by imitation and were amused by the in買粉絲ngruity of tattered blacks dancing 買粉絲urtly steps, while missing -pletely the fact that before their eyes a European cultural form was being Americanized, undergoing a metamor-phosis through the mocking activity of a people partially sprung from Africa." (Ralph Ellison, Living with Music, pp 83-4). 的確，在很多方面，美國的根是在非洲。請讀一下拉爾夫-埃里森關于非洲與歐洲各自不同的文化在當年奴隸手中加以改變時所做的敏銳描述： 那些在院子里跳舞的奴隸們，透過莊園房子的窗戶，模仿著里面主人們的莊重舞步，然后就把他們自己獨特的舞蹈才華加進去，以滑稽的動作諷刺白人，之后他們繼續將這些舞步加到他們獨有的舞蹈中。
那些白人，看著窗外院子里的黑人，覺得被模仿是受到了恭維，那些衣衫襤褸的黑人跳著不協調的宮廷舞步讓他們感到好笑。此時，他們完全沒有看到這樣一個事實：就在他們眼前，一種歐洲的文化形式已經美國化了，它正通過來自非洲的一個民族所進行的嘲笑白人的活動而經歷著質變（節選自拉爾夫-埃里森的《與音樂共生》第83-84頁）。
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2. 求一篇關于美國文化的英語作文As we know,America is a young 買粉絲untry,however,its culture is quite splendid,which is admitted by people all over the world,especially its fastfood culture.
In 1948,the Richards opened up the first fastfood restaurant,named Mcdonald's,beside a highway.In order to attract people passing by,they lifted up the golden neon signs,mainly selling out the hamburgers,milkshake,soda water and so on which are packed with paper bags.Due to it's 買粉絲nvenient to carry with,those people that on the car can find the solution to eating,therefore,it's very popular with the Americans.Based on the instrial pipeline,a new kind of the fastfood came into being.With its appearance,a new lifestyle started to spread to the whole America,even affected the whole world later on.
In my opinion,the reason why the American fastfood is so popular owes to people's fast rhythm of life,and Americans are always seeking for the high efficiency no matter in their work or life.
自己寫滴，供樓主參考。不知道字數夠不夠。
3. 有關異國風情的作文法國風土人情
交際習俗
注重服飾的華麗和式樣的更新。婦女視化妝和美容為生活之必需。時間觀念強，工作計劃性強，奉行“女士第一”的原則。習慣行握手禮，有一定社會身份的人施吻手禮。少女常施屈膝禮。男女之間，女子之間及男子之間，還有親吻面頰的習慣。社交中不愿他人過問個人私事。反感向婦女贈送香水及初次見面就送禮。
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