There are three semesters in a year in the United States, and each semester and holiday time are arranged as follows:
Every year, the first semester is before Christmas (25th) from September to February, the second semester is before Easter (any day between March 22nd and April 25th) from October to early April, the third semester is from April to the end of May, and then the summer vacation is over three months.
In general, the daily class hours in the United States are (local time in the United States)
AM 8: 31 ~ PM 12: 11 (morning)
PM 1: 31 ~ PM 4: 31 (afternoon)
Some schools are different! There is also evening self-study in the evening. (PM7: 11 ~ PM11: 11)
The local time converted into China is:
There are four time zones in the 48 states of the United States * *, which are Pacific Time, Mountain Time, Central Time and Eastern Time from west to east. And Alaska (state) time. The United States also implements daylight saving time, which starts on the 1 th Sunday in April and ends on the last Sunday in October every year. Daylight saving time is one hour earlier than normal time.
Time difference between the time in the United States and Beijing time in normal times
Pacific time: -16
Mountain time: -15
Central time: -14
Eastern time: -13
Alaska time: -18
Example:
Pacific time to China time: (China local time : 31 (afternoon class time in America)
AM3: 11 ~ AM6: 11 (evening self-study class time in America)
and so on. The calculation formula is: (Pacific Time: -16 )
{24+ US local time [AM8: 31 = 8.5/PM1: 31 = (12+1) .5]}-16 = China local time
The average American public holiday is:
US public holiday. Holiday
New Year's Day
October 1, all states in the United States celebrate this holiday
Washington's birthday
October 21, all states except Florida and Wyoming celebrate this holiday
New Year's Day
October 1, all states in the United States celebrate this holiday
Lincoln was born.
Lincoln's Birthday February 2, 23 states celebrate this holiday
Good Friday
Friday before Easter
Memorial Day
May 31 in all states of the United States except Alabama, States outside Mississippi and South Carolina
Independence Day
Dependence July 4th
Labor Day
Labor Day September 5th States celebrate
Columbus Day
October 11 38 States
Armistice Day/ Veterans Day October 11, American States
Thanksgiving Day October 24, American States
Christmas Day February 25, American States
The following festivals are considered as legal or public holidays in some States. However, it is usually regarded as a general working day
special holiday *
Candle Festival
Ground Hog Day February 2nd
Valentine's Day February 4th
Easter
Easter Sunday, the first Sunday after the vernal equinox and the full moon. Often in April
Arbor day
Arbor Day is often set on the fourth Friday in April. States except Alaska
May Day
May Day/ May 1 ST
Mother's Day
Mother's Day
Flag Day
June 14 th
Father's Day
Father's Day
Grandparents' Day
The first Sunday after Labor Day in September
Halloween. Evening
Halloween On October 31th, 11, children can play as much as they want
American food is not exquisite, but quick and convenient, not luxurious, and more popular. Three meals a day are more casual.
Breakfast is mainly bread, milk, eggs, juice, cereal, coffee, sausage and so on. Lunch is usually served with fast food in the workplace (fast food is a typical American food culture and is very popular), generally including sandwiches, fruits, coffee, hamburgers, hot dogs and so on. Dinner is a full meal, with one or two dishes, such as steak, pork chop, barbecue, fried chicken, etc., with bread, butter, vegetables, fruits, snacks and so on. Many people also go to restaurants for dinner. There are many restaurants in the United States, which generally provide buffet, fast food, special meal (fixed meal), whole meal and other forms of catering, and the prices are generally relatively low, and they can also order food, with the highest price. Breakfast is usually around 8: 11, lunch is usually between 12: 11 and 14: 11, and dinner is usually around 18: 11. They have the habit of eating snacks before going to bed. Adults mainly eat fruits and sweets, while children eat milk and cookies.
Americans have a light taste, and like to eat raw and cold food, such as cold and shaky vegetables and tender pork chops, and hot soup is not too hot. The taste of dishes is generally salty with a little sweetness. Frying, frying, frying and baking are the main cooking methods, and there is no need to braise in soy sauce or steam. Meat, fish and vegetables are staple foods, while bread, noodles and rice are non-staple foods. There are cakes, home-made pies, ice cream and so on for dessert. They like to eat green beans, Chinese cabbage, bean sprouts, sword beans, mushrooms and other vegetables. All the meat used is removed from the bones first, the head and tail and bone spurs are removed from the fish, and the shrimps and crabs are shelled.
Americans like to eat sweet and sour fish, sweet and sour meat, fried beef, fried steak, fried pork chops, roast chicken, fried chicks and other meat dishes. They like to drink ice water, mineral water, Coca-Cola, beer, whisky, brandy and other drinks, and they like to add ice cubes to their drinks, rather than drinking tea. Tomato juice, orange juice, etc. are used as appetizers before meals, beer, wine, soda and other drinks are used to when eating, coffee is used after meals, and hard liquor is rarely drunk. Americans don't like to eat pig's feet, chicken feet, sea cucumbers, animal offal, fat meat and so on. When cooking, you don't put spices, but put them on the table, including soy sauce, vinegar, monosodium glutamate, pepper, Chili powder and so on.
Some Americans like to eat canned food and biscuits. When making cold dishes, salad oil and sauce are generally used as seasonings. Many people like to eat Chinese Cantonese and Sichuan dishes, as well as sweet sauce, oyster sauce and seafood sauce. I like to make cocktails with whisky, gin, vodka and other raw wines.
American dining etiquette
There are six main rules for Americans to eat:
First, no noise is allowed when eating.
second, you are not allowed to fetch food for others.
thirdly, smoking is not allowed.
fourthly, it is not allowed to persuade others to drink.
Fifth, it is not allowed to undress in public.
Sixth, it is not allowed to talk about disgusting things.