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1、PartTwoTheUnitedStatesofAmerica9/4/20211英美文化纵览Contents1.AmericanGeography2.AmericanPopulationandEthnicGroups3.AmericanHistoryI(1600-1900)4.AmericanHistoryII(1900-1945)5.AmericanHistoryIII(PostWWIIEra)6.AmericanEconomy7.AmericanGovernment8.AmericanEducation9.AmericanCulturalLife10.AmericanSoci
2、alLife9/4/20212英美文化纵览"Givemeyourtired,yourpoor,Yourhuddledmassesyearningtobreathefree, Thewretchedrefuseofyourteemingshore. Sendthese,thehomeless,tempest-tossedtome. Iliftmylampbesidethegoldendoor."9/4/20213英美文化纵览USA’sEmblem美国的国徽是由威廉·巴顿WilliamBarton和查尔斯·汤姆逊CharlesThomson设计的,美国政府于1782年6月20
3、日开始用这个国玺来鉴定重要文件。国徽的图案,正中是一只象征独立、自由精神的白头鹰,前面盾牌状的国旗,代表了1777年加入美国联邦的十三个州。白头鹰的右爪持着希望和平的橄榄枝,左爪握着决心自卫的利箭。白头鹰衔着一条用拉丁文写着“合众国”字样的彩带,国徽顶端则是透过云雾,闪闪发光的十三颗金星。TheGreatSealshowsawide-spreadeagle,facedfront,havingonhisbreastashieldwiththirteenperpendicularredandwhitestripes,surmountedbyabluefieldwiththesamen
4、umberofstars.Inhisrighttalontheeagleholdsanolivebranch,inhisleftabundleofthirteenarrows,andinhisbeakhecarriesascrollinscribedwiththemotto:"EPluribusUnum“,meaning"outofmany,one"TheEagleappearsintheSealsofmanyofourStates,onmostofourgoldandsilvercoinage,andisusedagreatdealfordecorativepatrioticp
5、urposes.Theeaglerepresentsfreedom.9/4/20214英美文化纵览TheStar-SpangledBannermadeupof13alternatingredandwhitestripesand50whitestarsonabluefieldStarsareconsideredasymboloftheheavensandthedivinegoalthestripeissymbolicoftheraysoflightfromthesunWhite:SignifiespurityandinnocenceRed:Signifiesvalorandbrav
6、eryBlue:SignifiesVigilance,perseverance,andjustice9/4/20215英美文化纵览NationalFloralEmblem-TheRoseasymboloflove,beauty,war,andpolitics9/4/20216英美文化纵览9/4/20217英美文化纵览9/4/20218英美文化纵览UnitedStatesasotherseeitLandofparadoxandcontradiction?“TheUnitedStatesistheonlycountrythatdrovetothepoorhouseinacar.”wi
7、ththeworld’shighestGNP(grossnationalproduct),atthesametimealsowiththeworld’shighestnationaldebtLandofodditiesandabsurdities?highlycivilizedconteststoseewhocaneatthemosthotdogsordrinkthemostbeeratonesittingLandofinequalityandinjustice?Indigeno