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1、Task_1_111_42,45,46,51,55AnUncertainFutureFromthemomenttheChinesesetfootonAmericansoil,theirdreamshavebeenAmericandreams,theyscrambledforgoldinthedirtofCalifornia.Theyaspiredtoowntheirownlandandbusiness,andfoughttohavetheirchildreneducatedinAmericanschoolsalongsideotherAmerican
2、children.Likemostimmigrantgroups,theycameherefleeingwarandfamine,persecutionandpoverty.Andlikethedescendantsofotherimmigrantgroups,theirchildrenhavecometocalltheUnitedStateshome.TheAmericanoftodaywouldnotbethesameAmericanwithouttheachievementsofitsethnicChinese.Generationafterg
3、eneration,theyworkedtobuildtheAmericannationtoitspresentlevelofgreatness.SomefoughtintheCivilWarandbuilttherailroadthatweldedthecountrytogether.Theirearlystrugglesforjusticecreatednewfoundationsoflawlaterusedbythecivilrightsmovement.TheybuiltAmerican’searliestrocketsandhelpedwi
4、nthecoldwar.InSiliconValleyandelsewhere,theircontributionshelpedestablishandmaintainU.S.不确定的未来从中国人踏上美国国土的那一刻起,他们的梦想就变成了美国梦。他们在加利福尼亚的尘土中争夺金子,他们渴望拥有自己的土地与事业,渴望通过战斗,使自己的孩子与美国小孩一样,在学校里受教育。美国华裔们与大部分移民一样,来这儿是为了逃离战争与饥荒,远离迫害与贫穷。又与其他移民的后裔一般,他们的子孙开始称美国为“祖国”。如果美国除去华裔们为其取得的成就,那它将不会成为今日之美国。
5、一代又一代的华裔子孙,为将美国建设成当的空前盛况而奋斗。他们为内战而搏,建造的铁路使整个国家融为一体。华裔们早期的正义之战,为随后的民权运动奠定了新的法律基础。他们为美国制成了首个火箭并帮助其赢得了冷战。在硅谷和其他地方,他们的贡献使美国在信息时代建立并保持其优势地位。今天这些华裔分散在每个我们可想象的行业中:有投资者,教师,作者,医生,工程师,律师,首席执行官,社会工作者,会计,建筑师,警察,消防员,演员和宇航员。supremacyintheinformationage.Today,theyaredispersedineveryprofession
6、imaginableasinventors,teachers,authors,doctors,engineers,lawyers,CEOs,socialworkers,accountants,architects,policechiefs,firefighters,actors,andastronauts.Butsadly,despitethislonglegacyofcontribution,manyChineseAmericanscontinuetoberegardedasforeigners.“Gobackwhereyoucamefrom”is
7、tauntmostnewimmigrantshavefacedatsomepoint.Asoneputit,“AsianAmericansfeellikewe’reaguestinsomeoneelse’shouse,thatwecanneverreallyrelaxandputourfeetuponthetable.”Accentsandculturaltraditionsmaydisappear,butskintoneandtheshapeofone’seyesdonot.Thesefeatureshaveeasedthewayforsometo
8、regardethnicChinesepeopleasexoticanddifferent——certain