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1、ChaptertwoAmericanHistoryWhatisAmerican?AmixtureofnationalityMeltingpotSaladbowlMosaicAmericanculture美国主流文化的形成1.ThemaincontentofAmericancultureistheemphasisonindividuals'value,thepursuitofdemocracyandfreedom,thepromotionofdeploitation(开拓,经营)andcompetitionandthenee
2、dofpracticality.Itscoreisindividualism:selffirst,personalneedfirst,pursuitofindividualbenefitandenjoyment,emphasisonachievingindividualvaluebyself-striveandself-design.2.Americancitizensemphasizeonachievementsandrespectheroes.Theyhavegreatsenseintheirheartstoprais
3、esuccessandheroes.PersonalachievementsareoneofthosewiththehighestvalueinAmericanmind.Americanshaveverystrongsensesofsuccess.Theybelievethatone'spersonalvalueisequivalenttohisachievementsinhiscareer.Somehighachieversintheircareersuchasentrepreneurs,scientists,artis
4、tsandallkindsofsuperstartsbecamemodernheroes.Theprocessandresultofhowtheystrivedhavebecometheframeofreferenceofsocialculturevalueandthereallifetextbookforparentstoeducatetheirchildren.3.Americansocietyhasgreatmovementswithinitself.Thesemovementsareshownintwoaspect
5、s:movementsamongstlocationsandmovementsinsidethesociety.TheUnitedStatesarerelativelymoreopenandhavemorefreedom.DevelopedtransportandthetraditionofadventuremakesalotofAmericanmigratefromcountrysidetocities,fromdowntowntouptown;andfromnorthtothesouthernsunnyland,fro
6、monecitytoanother.UnlikeEuropeancountries,thesocialclassesinAmericaisnotsostable.Furthermore,withtheadvocatesofpubliceducation,movementsupwardsalongthesocialladderhavebecomepossible.Manypeoplelivinginthestates,nomatterwhethertheyareNativeAmericanorimmigrantsfromov
7、erseas,havethesamedreamofchangingtheirsocialclassandmaketheirlifetimedreamcometruethroughtheirownefforts.Thisiswhattheyoftencalled"Americandream".SectionOne:TheThirteenEnglish-AmericanColoniesI.ThefirstsuccessfulEnglishcolony:JamestowninVirginia.II.Thesecondcolony
8、:PlymouthinMassachusetts.Understandthepuritans(thePilgrimFathers)whotooktheshipMayflowerin1620toAmerica.SectionTwoTheWarofIndependenceI.Conflictsleading
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