(1)
Interview
preparations:
I met my old neighbor Laura in Caribou and I asked her to help me with my interview. We scheduled together to meet on Wednesday on October 30th in the library to do my interview and we took a study room to record our interview clearly
I met my old neighbor Laura in Caribou and I asked her to help me with my interview. We scheduled together to meet on Wednesday on October 30th in the library to do my interview and we took a study room to record our interview clearly
Whom
did you interview?
Laura graduated
from high school in 2011 and she is a student in SCSU now and it is the second
year for her in SCSU. She was my neighbor before I moved, she is trying to join
the running marathon on next May.
(2) Interview report
In this interview I learned more about American culture and Laura answered all my questions clearly and she allowed me to record our conversation and She surprised me we she said that she runs for two hours and 35 minutes. It is a long time.
In this interview I learned more about American culture and Laura answered all my questions clearly and she allowed me to record our conversation and She surprised me we she said that she runs for two hours and 35 minutes. It is a long time.
(3) Country Report
The United States of America is a constitution-based federal republic located in North America, bordering with Mexico and Canada. The country consists of 50 states and one district and is the fourth largest country in the world having the total area of 3.79 million square miles. The climate of the country is mostly temperate but arctic in Alaska, tropical in Hawaii and Florida. . Due to the vast territory of the country, in the U.S. you can see all the variety of terrain - from lowlands to mountain ranges and climate - from arctic cold to tropical heat. The continental part of the United States of America is divided into four time zones("Central Intelligence Agency " ).
The general population of the country is around 316 million people, making the US the third most populous country in the world and one of the most diverse ones. ("United States Census Bureau" ). The majority of the U.S. population (over 80%) live in urban or suburban areas. Major U.S. cities - New York, NY (more than 8 million inhabitants), Los Angeles, California (more than 3.8 million inhabitants) and Chicago, Illinois (more than 2.7 million inhabitants). Around these cities were formed and the largest metropolitan areas in the United States.
US has no official national language, however English is recognized as official in 28 states and the state of Hawaii made official Hawaiian. The second most spoken language is Spanish (near 10% of the population). The majority of the population are Christian with near 51% being Protestants, 24% - Catholics and near 5% being adherent to other faith. ("Religious Landscape Survey " )
The United States emerged from the British colonies and declared its independence on July 4, 1776 and seven years later it was recognized by the Britain. Since 1800 Washington, DC has been the capital of the country. Under the Constitution, the US government is divided into three branches: legislative – consisting of the House of Representatives and Senate, executive – the President and the Vice President and the judicial branch, which is represented by the Supreme Court of the United States. ("Central Intelligence Agency") The head of the state and the head of the government is the President of the United States, who leads the executive branch and fulfills the duty of the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the United States.
Until the WW I U.S. foreign policy activity was limited by the interests of the territories of North, Central and South America, according to the formulated in 1823 the Monroe Doctrine. After the First World War, the United States Congress did not give consent to join international organizations (such as the League of Nations and the Court of International Justice), which limited the U.S. role in world politics. In 1945, the U.S. became the first nuclear power. Since 1946, the United States were in a state of global confrontation with the Soviet Union, which lasted until the end of the 1980s.
Currently, the U.S. economy is the world's highest levels of GDP ( 15.1 trillion dollars in 2011, 22 % of world GDP)("Report for Selected Countries and Subjects"). The U.S. has powerful armed forces, including the world's largest naval force, have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, they are also one of the founders of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). The U.S. has the largest capacity on the total nuclear capacity in the world ("Nuclear Information Project."). With the greatest economic, political, cultural and military influence in the world the United States is the only superpower in the modern world.
The United States gave the world many writers, musicians, actors, athletes and other distinguished personalities. They are also numerous attractions in the United States hosted many tourists the country. The most interesting and visited has unique natural features (such as Niagara Falls in New York City, the Grand Canyon in Arizona or geysers of Yellowstone National Park) on the border of Idaho, Wyoming and Montana), historical monuments (such as unusual rock city of Mesa Verde Colorado or estate of the first U.S. President George Washington's Mount Vernon in Virginia), the original architectural structures (among which - the famous Empire State building and the Chrysler Building, the Brooklyn bridge in New York City and the "Golden Gate" in San Francisco), and various entertainment facilities ("Disneyland" in Florida and California, Las Vegas casinos in Nevada and Atlantic City, New Jersey, Broadway theaters and many, many others)("Ton 10 Attractions in 50 States of America").
Works cited
"Religious Affiliation." Religious Landscape Survey . n.d. n. page. Web. 21 Oct. 2013. <http://religions.pewforum.org/reports>.
"The World Factbook." Central Intelligence Agency . n.d. n. page. Web. 21 Oct. 2013. <https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/us.html>.
"U.S. and World Population Clock." United States Census Bureau. n.d. n. page. Web. 21 Oct. 2013. <http://www.census.gov/popclock/>.
"Status of Nuclear Weapons States and Their Nuclear Capabilities." The Nuclear Information Project.. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov 2013. <http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/summary.htm>.
"Report for Selected Countries and Subjects."International Monetary Fund. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov 2013. <http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2010&ey=2013&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=72&pr1.y=17&c=111&s=NGDPD,NGDPDPC,PPPGDP,PPPPC,PPPSH,LP&grp=0&a=>.
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(4) Interview transcription
Faisal: Hi Laura
Laura : Hi
Faisal: Laura , I have some questions that I need you to
answer them would you like to start?
Laura: Yeah, sure let's start.
Faisal: you are from Minnesota, right?
Laura : Yes.
Faisal: St.
Cloud's weather is not new for you so do you like the weather in St. Cloud?
Laura : No
Faisal: Can you
explain more?
Laura : I always lived in group Sioux in
Minnesota and the weather has been very extreme like was snow so I'm very used
in the weather. Firstly, I don’t like it, it is too cold in the winter.
Faisal: what is
your problem that you don’t like the snow?
Laura : you know I like to run and I don’t like to
run under the snow so I have to go to gym
Faisal: you are
right so What do you do when you have leisure?
Laura : for leisure I join the running marathon so I
am always at gym I also like to go to
mall with friends, do some shopping and I like to eat dinner with my
grandmother once a week, but in summer I like to run outside
Faisal: Could
you please tell me about yourself?
Laura : I lived in
Sioux in Minnesota, my dad's name is Michel and my mom's name is Shan and I
have one older sister five years older her name is Emmy, I graduated from Sioux
high school in 2011 and I started my first year at Concordia College then I
moved to here and it is my second year here and I like it.
Faisal: How
often do you communicate with your family in Sioux?
Laura : I try to call them at least once a week and
we use facebook or skype you know that’s more convenient for all of us
Faisal: do you
just communicate or you go there?
Laura: I go
there in weekend if I have time, if there is something going on with my family
for sure I go there. actually my sister's birthday is coming soon in the next
weekend I will go there.
Faisal: oh
really, my birthday is after three weeks
Laura: you will
be 21 right?
Faisal: No, I
will be 20.
Faisal: What is the biggest holiday in
your country? Please explain about the holidays (Activities, Food, Date,
Origin, and etc,)
Laura : I probably say it is Thanksgiving I
usually go with my family to my uncle's house I think it is on November 25th
Faisal: I think
it is on November 27th
Laura: I'm not
sure about the date, so we play card games, and for food we eat turkey
Faisal: is it the only one you have?
Laura : well, we have the Christmas too, we celebrate
in our house, we normally eat dinner open gifts and hanging out at home. And
the next day we go to my grandmother's house in Maple Grove and we have lunch
with her
Faisal: Tell me some important
things from your culture?
Laura: like
what you are looking for?
Faisal:
anything you think it is different from other cultures?
Laura: I think
it is kind of different, like the American culture is different for Chinese or Japanese's
cultures because when we come to dinner time, I know the Americans take minutes
to done and I know in China or Japan will take two or three hours to eat a
meal. Faisal: What are your goals for the
future; after you graduate, what are you going to do?
Laura : I hope after I graduate, I can work with any
big company like maybe Target and be a team lead you know like the person that
is above cashiers
Faisal: Did
plan to work in city or other country?
Laura: well, I
like to start in a smaller city and then I may work in Target in Minneapolis in
Minnesota, another goal for future to go to marathon that I am going to do it
on May 8th and I need to cut down 20 minutes which were 2 hours and
35 minutes to I qualify the international marathon.
Faisal: Do you have any questions for
me? I have asked so many of you
Laura : No, thanks
Faisal:
okay, I really appreciate your help
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