How Americans Feel About Their Country
美國人對自己國家的感受
Introduction
New reports show that Americans have different feelings about their country and the American flag.
新報告顯示，美國人對自己國家以及美國國旗的感受有所不同。
Main Body
Many Republicans and older people put the flag in their homes. Most Democrats and young people do not do this. Some Black Americans feel the flag does not represent them.
許多共和黨人和年長者會在家中擺放國旗。大多數民主黨人和年輕人則不會這樣做。一些非裔美國人認為國旗無法代表他們。
Fewer people feel very proud to be American now. Only 58% of adults feel high pride. This is the lowest number since 2001. Young people and Democrats feel less pride than Republicans.
現在感到對身為美國人非常自豪的人減少了。僅有 58% 的成年人感到高度自豪。這是自 2001 年以來的最低數字。年輕人和民主黨人的自豪感低於共和黨人。
Republicans are very proud of the military. Democrats are less proud of the military now. However, both groups like American movies and music.
共和黨人對軍隊非常自豪。民主黨人現在對軍隊的自豪感較低。然而，兩個群體都喜歡美國電影和音樂。
Conclusion
The US is 250 years old soon. People now have very different ideas about what it means to love their country.
美國即將滿 250 年。人們現在對於什麼是愛國，有非常不同的看法。
Vocabulary Learning
💡 THE 'COMPARISON' TRICK
In this text, we see how to talk about more or less of something. This is a key skill for A2 English.
1. The Magic Words
- More → A higher amount.
- Less → A lower amount.
- Fewer → Use this for things you can count (like people).
2. See it in action
- "Young people feel less pride" (Pride is a feeling, we can't count it 1, 2, 3).
- "Fewer people feel proud" (We can count people).
3. Simple Pattern to Remember
Person/Group + feel + less/more + Emotion
Example: "Democrats feel less pride."
Quick Vocab Note:
- Proud (adjective) The feeling.
- Pride (noun) The thing you have.