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  3. Some people describe American society as a salad bowl while others see it as a melting pot. In a sense, both are correct dependi

Some people describe American society as a salad bowl while others see it as a melting pot. In a sense, both are correct dependi

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问题     Some people describe American society as a salad bowl while others see it as a melting pot. In a sense, both are correct depending upon one’s point of view. In a bowl of freshly tossed salad, all the ingredients are mixed together. Yet they never lose their shape, form or identity. Together, however, the ingredients make up a unity. In a sense, all the ingredients of a salad contribute to the finished product. They may be covered with the same dressing, but the green vegetables, tomatoes, lettuce and eggs can all be seen for what they are.
    From this point of view, America is very much like a salad bowl where individual ethnic groups blend together, yet maintain their cultural uniqueness. They may work together during the day at similar jobs and in identical companies, but at night they may return to their ethnic communities where the flavor of their individual culture dominates their way of life. This is why perhaps there is so much diversity within America. Each ethnic group has its own special interests, language, food, customs and traditions to protect and defend. This idea of the salad bowl is referred to by sociologists as cultural pluralism. It simply means that American society is a collection of many cultures living side by side within one country.
    The other concept which is also used to describe American society is that of the melting pot. In this usage, society is like a pot of stew (炖菜) or a cauldron (大锅) of porridge. All of the ingredients mix and blend together losing their identity and yield a bit of what they were to become a new reality. A pot of stew is very different from a bowl of salad. Within the stew, the meat and vegetables in the cooking process give to each other a bit of their own flavor. The longer the stew is allowed to simmer (炖), the better the taste and the more likely it will be for the mixture to dissolve.
    In this sense, America can surely be seen as a melting pot where people from all over the world come to live and work together forming one nation. Whether a salad bowl or a melting pot, America can best be described as a mixture of both; that is to say, a nation where there is unity in diversity.
Why is a pot of stew very different from a bowl of salad?
选项 A、The stew has more ingredients.
B、The stew need more time to be prepared.
C、The stew has meat in it.
D、The flavor of the stew is a mixture of all its ingredients.
答案D
解析 题目要求找出a pot of stew与a bowl of salad的不同，可重点以对stew的描述为依据来进行对比推断。对定位句做延伸阅读可以在后文得出Within the stew，the meat and vegetables in the cooking process give to each other a bit of their own flavor.，D项含义与之符合，故为答案。
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