中国人对美国人有许多先入为主的看法。比如,美国人到了18岁就将孩子扫地出门,什么也不管;美国孩子没大没小,还叫父母的小名;等等。我不能说这都是些无稽之谈。比如,我读研究生时在纽黑文的房东,是我的同龄人。她父亲是消防队员,收入相当好,除了自己的住房外,还有一些出租的房产,并在佛蒙特州有一大栋别墅。她的兄弟都很潦倒,甚至有进监狱的。 Chinese people have many preconceived ideas about Americans. For example, Americans turned their children out by the age of 18, leaving nothing to do; the American children were not too young, and their names were also called parents; and so on. I can not say that these are nonsense. For example, when I was a graduate student, the landlord in New Haven was my peer. Her father is a firefighter and has a decent income. In addition to her own home, there are some rental properties and a large villa in Vermont. Her brother was down and even jailed.