Working in the U.S vs Europe (The American Dream)
English with Dane

Working in the U.S vs Europe (The American Dream)

B2Upper-intermediateMay 12, 202629 min

I really enjoyed putting this episode together. I've lived both in the U.S and Europe, and I've always been intrigued by the cultural differences. I thought it would be interesting to explore some of these differences, specifically around work. I think there's a fundamental difference in philosophy when it comes to this topic and understanding where it comes from gives us a good idea of how we can navigate it. + We'll explore how the idea of "The American Dream" really became so widespread, by understanding how the events of the Second World War shaped the world.</p...

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On this episode of English with Dane, we are going to take a look at some of the cultural differences around work in the United States versus Europe. If you've listened to this podcast for a while, you know I moved around a lot as a kid, and I've had the chance to experience life in both of these places. If you're not aware of where I grew up, I was born in Argentina, then when

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I was two we moved to Peru, and then when I was five we moved to the US, and then back to Peru when I was 10 and then when I was 13 we finally moved to Spain to Madrid and I've lived here ever since and it's where I feel most at home but I've also always kept up with or followed closely I've always kept up with American pop culture politics sports etc and by American I mean

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Estadounidense, okay? Not American as in belonging to the continent of America. I feel obligated to clarify that because every time I say American to refer to people from the US, people get upset and they write to me and tell me it's actually not correct to say American to refer to people from the US and then I have to explain that there is no other gentilicio or demonim in

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