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1、WelcometoTheSocietyandCultureofMajorEnglish-SpeakingCountriesAnIntroduction*IEverytime,oneUnit*IINotetakingisrequired.*IIIHomework(1-2)*IVExam:Aexampaper(80%fromthe*exercises+20%fromthetext)*Bhomework+engagement(20%)*VEntertainment(moviesaboutthecultu

2、re)Unit3AmericanBeginningsTheStatesBackgroundtoAmerica"EnglandandAmericaaretwocountriesseparatedbythesamelanguage."ImagesoftheUnitedStates*LandofpromiseandopportunityLandofmiraclesandachievementsLandofparadoxandcontradictionLandofodditiesandabsurditie

3、sLandofinequalityandinjusticeLookatthefollowingpicturesandtrytoidentifythesymbolsoftheU.S.TheWhiteHouse*officialresidenceofthepresidentoftheU.STheStatueofLiberty*TheStatueofLibertyislocatedonLibertyIsland.EllisIslandwasoncethelocationwheremostimmigran

4、tsenteredtheUnitedStates.TheStatueofLiberty,asymboloffreedomformany,wasoneofthefirstsightstowelcomeimmigrantsarrivingintheUnitedStates.*TheStatueofLibertyisamonumentalsculpturethatsymbolizesfreedomthroughouttheworld.ItsformalnameisLibertyEnlighteningt

5、heWorld.Thestatuedepictsawomanescapingthechainsoftyranny.*Herrighthandholdsaloftaburningtorchthatrepresentsliberty.Herlefthandholdsatabletinscribedwiththedate“July4,1776”,thedaytheUnitedStatesdeclareditsindependence.Sheiswearingflowingrobesandtheseven

6、raysofherspikedcrownsymbolizethesevenseasandcontinents.baldeagle*ThebaldeaglewasdesignatedasthenationalbirdoftheUnitedStatesin1782.Itsnamedoesnotimplyalackoffeathers,butinsteadisderivedfromthewordpiebald,meaning“markedwithwhite.”TheStarandStripes34The

7、essentialdesignoftheAmericanflagcanbetracedtoaresolutionpassedbytheContinentalCongressonJune14,1777.Thisresolutionstatedthattheflagshouldrepresentthe13originalstateswith13alternatingredandwhitestripesand13starsonabluefield.TheCongressassignedsymbolicm

8、eaningstothecolors:“WhitesignifiesPurityandInnocence;Red,HardinessandValor;andBlue,Vigilance,Perseverance,andJustice.”*From1795to1818additionalstarsandstripeswereaddedtotheflagtorepresentVermontandKentucky.In1818theU.S.Congressreducedthenumber