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1、AmericansymbolsWeareabouttointroducetoyouthetenmostrepresentativeofthesymbolsoftheUnitedStates.1.TheStatueofLibertyTheStatueofLibertyisthefullnameoftheStatueofLibertyNationalMonument,theofficialnameisthe"StatueofLibertyEnlighteningtheWorld",onOctober28,1886standsatLibertyIslandin
2、NewYorkCityharborneartheHudsonRiverEstuaryknownasthesymboloftheUnitedStates.Thecreators,FredericAugusteBartholdi.In1984,itwasinscribedontheWorldHeritageList.2.BarbieBarbieisthe20thcentury'smostwell-knownandbest-sellingdoll,inventedbyRuthHandler,theAmericanInternationalToyFair,hel
3、donMarch9,1959,onfirstexposure.BarbiedollbyMattelchildhasandproduction.Barbiedollsandrelatedaccessoriesbasedontheratioofsixproduction,thisratioforthedollhousemodelnumber,alsoknownasplayscale."Barbie"dollisnowsoldinmorethan150countriesintheworld,withtotalsalesofmorethan10billion.T
4、heproductwasmadeintoaseriesoftelevisionprogramsandmoviesandperipheralproducts,alsoadaptedfromaseriesofsmallgame.3.AmericanGothicAmericanGothicisapaintingbyGrantWood,inthecollectionoftheArtInstituteofChicago.Wood'sinspirationcamefromtheAmericanGothicHouseandadecisiontopaintthehous
5、ealongwith"thekindofpeopleIfanciedshouldliveinthathouse."ThepaintingshowsafarmerstandingbesidehisspinsterdaughterThefiguresweremodeledbytheartist'ssisterandtheirdentist.Thewomanisdressedinacolonialprintapronevoking19th-centuryAmericana,andthecoupleareinthetraditionalrolesofmenand
6、women,theman'spitchforksymbolizinghardlabor,andtheflowersoverthewoman'srightshouldersuggestingdomesticity.4.TheBuffaloNickelCalledbuffalonickels,unlikeotherU.S.coinsengravedbythePresidentandotherfamousfigures,issuedbytheU.S.governmentin1913,issuedin1938tostopthepatternofbuffaloni
7、ckelsisabuffalo.Atthattime,thepioneersintheUnitedStatesinordertodevelopseriousdamagetotheecologicalenvironmentofthebuffalo,thenumberofbuffaloinseriousdecline.ToremindAmericancitizenstoprotecttheenvironment,thegovernmentissuedbuffalonickels.Itissaidthatthebuffalowasfoundatthezooor
8、waterbuffaloes.5.UncleSamU.S.newspapersa