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1、Unit4SectionAFiveFamousSymbolsofAmericanCultureⅠ.AbstractInthisarticle,theauthorlistedfivefamoussymbolsofAmericanculture.Eachsymbolisparalleltoanotherorthereisamatchingrelationshipbetweenthesymbols.Thefivesymbolsareputtogethertosupportthecentraltopico
2、fthisarticle:FiveFamousSymbolsofAmericanCulture.Thearticleisnaturallydividedintofivepartscorrespondingtoeachofthesymbols.Theauthorusedfivesubtitlestoleadeachpart,duringwhichheintroducedtheorigin,time,purposeandwaysofcreationofeachsymbol.Afterreadingth
3、ewholearticle,thereadersmayhaveaclearunderstandingof“theStatueofLiberty”,“BarbieDolls”,“AmericanGothic”,“theBuffaloNickel”and“UncleSam”.Ⅱ.Structure1.Paras.1-4:TheStatueofLiberty.2.Paras.5-10:BarbieDolls.3.Paras.11-14:AmericanGothic.4.Paras.15-18:TheBu
4、ffaloNickel.5.Paras.19-22:UncleSam.Ⅲ.BackgroundInformation1.TheStatueofLibertyTheideaofcreatingtheStatueofLibertybeganinFranceatadinnerpartyhostedbyEdouardReneLefebvreLaboulaye,ascholar.LaboulayeandFrédéric-AugusteBartholdi,asculptor,begantodiscussthe
5、ideaofpresentingtheUnitedStateswithamonumenttomemorializeindependenceandhumanliberty.BartholdisailedfromFrancetoNewYorkonJune8,1871,toproposethebuildingofthestatuetohonorthefriendshipbetweenFranceandtheUnitedStates.AstheshippulledintoNewYorkHarbor,Bar
6、tholdispottedtheperfectlocation,LibertyIsland.DuringhistriptotheUnitedStates,hemetwithUSPresidentUlyssesS.Grant;HenryWadsworthLongfellow,anAmericanpoet;HoraceGreeley,aNewYorkeditorandpolitician;andothers.BartholditraveledacrosstheUnitedStatescarryinga
7、sketchofthestatueandasmallmodel.Everyonewasreceptive,butfinancialbackingwasdifficulttofind.2.BarbiedollsItwasthelate1950swhenRuthHandlernoticedherdaughterplayingwithpaperdollsandimaginingthemingrown-uproles.Sincemostdollsatthetimewerebabydolls,Ruthenv
8、isionedonethatwouldinspirelittlegirlstothinkaboutwhattheywantedtobewhentheygrewup.RuthcreatedateenagefashionmodeldollnamedBarbie(afterherdaughter),andtherestishistory.Barbiehasbeenanintegralpartofthelivesofmillionsofyounggirls.Hertimelessappea
