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1、Unit4SectionAFiveFamousSymbolsofAmericanCultureⅠ.AbstractInthisarticle,theauthorlistedfivefamoussymbolsofAmericanculture.Eachsymbolisparalleltoanotherorthereisamatchingrelationshipbetweenthesymbols.Thefivesymbolsareputtogethertosupportthecentraltopicofthisarticle:FiveFamousSymbolsofAmericanCulture.
2、Thearticleisnaturallydividedintofivepartscorrespondingtoeachofthesymbols.Theauthorusedfivesubtitlestoleadeachpart,duringwhichheintroducedtheorigin,time,purposeandwaysofcreationofeachsymbol.Afterreadingthewholearticle,thereadersmayhaveaclearunderstandingof“theStatueofLiberty”,“BarbieDolls”,“American
3、Gothic”,“theBuffaloNickel”and“UncleSam”.Ⅱ.Structure1.Paras.1-4:TheStatueofLiberty.2.Paras.5-10:BarbieDolls.3.Paras.11-14:AmericanGothic.4.Paras.15-18:TheBuffaloNickel.5.Paras.19-22:UncleSam.Ⅲ.BackgroundInformation1.TheStatueofLibertyTheideaofcreatingtheStatueofLibertybeganinFranceatadinnerpartyhost
4、edbyEdouardReneLefebvreLaboulaye,ascholar.LaboulayeandFrédéric-AugusteBartholdi,asculptor,begantodiscusstheideaofpresentingtheUnitedStateswithamonumenttomemorializeindependenceandhumanliberty.BartholdisailedfromFrancetoNewYorkonJune8,1871,toproposethebuildingofthestatuetohonorthefriendshipbetweenFr
5、anceandtheUnitedStates.AstheshippulledintoNewYorkHarbor,Bartholdispottedtheperfectlocation,LibertyIsland.DuringhistriptotheUnitedStates,hemetwithUSPresidentUlyssesS.Grant;HenryWadsworthLongfellow,anAmericanpoet;HoraceGreeley,aNewYorkeditorandpolitician;andothers.BartholditraveledacrosstheUnitedStat
6、escarryingasketchofthestatueandasmallmodel.Everyonewasreceptive,butfinancialbackingwasdifficulttofind.2.BarbiedollsItwasthelate1950swhenRuthHandlernoticedherdaughterplayingwithpaperdollsandimaginingthemingrown-uproles.Sincemostdollsatthetimewerebabydolls,Ruthenvisionedonethatwouldinspirelittlegirls
7、tothinkaboutwhattheywantedtobewhentheygrewup.RuthcreatedateenagefashionmodeldollnamedBarbie(afterherdaughter),andtherestishistory.Barbiehasbeenanintegralpartofthelivesofmillionsofyounggirls.Hertimelessappea
