英語演講——美國文化標志

1、 The Statue The Statue Of LibertyOf LibertyAmerican FoodAmerican FoodNational BasketballNational Basketball Association AssociationUncle SamUncle SamBarbie DollBarbie DollUncle Sam a symbol of the Unite StatesUncle Sams Charactern White hairn Goatee beardn A top hat with red and white stripes and wh

2、ite stars on a blue bandn Red and white striped trousersThe origin of Uncle Sam This nickname of Uncle Sam was produced in 1812, during the Second US-British war.There is a meat packer named Samuel Wilson.He was honest,competent and have great prestige in the local area,so people call him Uncle Sam.

3、It is said that during the war, he served as a munitions inspector, responsible for playing poke in beef barrels and barrels of supply the army. The governor of New York visited the factory , see the beef barrels are covered with E. A. -U.S.Mark, he asked what was meant.Workers answered, E. A. Is th

4、e name of a defense contractor, U.S. Is the abbreviation of the United States. Coincidentally, the abbreviation for Uncle Sam is the U.S. Therefore, a worker jokingly said, U.S. Uncle Sam (Uncle Sam). The funny thing spread, Uncle Sam became famous.World War I there had been Uncle Sam poster,Uncle S

5、am encouraged young people to join the army,it was very popular. Barbie doll is an important manifestation of the American culture, it is not just a toy, but also the symbol of American culture. Barbie doll is the most well known and most popular doll in twentieth Century, invented by Ruth Handler,

6、it was exposured firstly on the American International Toy Fair in March 9, 1959 . Barbie doll is owned and producted by Mattel. From the first birth date, it has been continuously improving and innovating. Barbie dolls shape has been modifying and improving about more than 500 times, than it become

7、s the appearance of todayBarbie has been well beyond the definition of toys, and became an immortal cultural symbols. She attracted popular master Andy warhols sight, he is fall in love with Barbie, as he does to Marilyn Monroes infatuation; At the end of the 90 s , barbie almost lives in American r

8、adio every day, although singing bobby baby loudly is a Danish singing combination; She is the representative of the 20th century life, a symbol of the women in the United States, and also the modern the Mona Lisa American FoodHamburgs In addition to a very formal dinner, American diet is actually v

9、ery simple. They like hamburgers and hot dogs. I bet you know about hamburgers. Theyre made of pieces of meat,some vegetables and two pieces of bread. Hot-dogs Americans also like hot dogs.What is a hot dog? If you put a sausage in bread, you get a hot dog. Ahot doghot dogis asausageserved in a slic

10、edbun. It is very oftengarnishedwithmustard,ketchup,onions,mayonnaise,relish, and/orsauerkraut. Orgin: The word hot dog came from a comic.In 1906, sausage is a new thing,one kind of the sausage was called dachshund, name of a kind of dog whose shape is similar with the sausage.French friesMany Ameri

11、cans like to eat raw vegetables.They even drink vegetable juice. History Although chips were already a popular dish in most Commonwealth countries, the thin style of French fries has been popularized worldwide in part by U.S.-based fast food chains such as McDonalds, Burger King, Wendys, and Arbys.

12、McdonaldsvIn the mid-1870s, French artist Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was working on an enormous project called Liberty Enlightening the World, a monument celebrating US independence and the France-America alliance. At the same time, he was in love with a woman whom he had met in Canada. His mother c

13、ould not approve of her sons affection for a woman she had never met, but Bartholdi went ahead and married his love in 1876. That same year Bartholdi had assembled the statues right arm and torch, and displayed them in Philadelphia. It is said that he had used his wifes arm as the model, but felt he

14、r face was too beautiful for the statue. He needed someone whose face represented suffering yet strength, someone more severe than beautiful. He chose his mother. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on an island in Upper New York Bay in 1886. It had his mothers face and his wifes body, but Bartholdi

15、 called it my daughter, Liberty. v HistoryvThe Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence. It was first proposed as a gift from France to the United States by Edouard-Rene Lefebvre de Laboulaye in

16、1865. France agreed to build the statue, ship it to New York and install it. The United States agreed to build and finance the pedestal, which was designed by Richard Morris Hunt.When the project had to be delayed because of insufficient funds, Joseph Pulitzer used his newspaper to galvonize donors

17、to the new French-American Union which had been formed to finance the statue. The statue arrived on October 28, 1876, ten years and three months later than expected.vFeaturesvBartholdi incorporated other symbols that add to the meaning of the Statue of Liberty in his design. There are 25 windows in

18、the crown of the statue. They stand for the various gems that are found on earth as well as for a map of the stars in the heavens. The crown also has seven rays. These represent the seven seas and the continents of the earth. He made sure that the statue included a reference to Independence Day. The

19、 tablet that Liberty carries in her hand has the date, July 4, 1776 carved in Roman numerals.NBA is the National Basketball Association with a total of 30 teams participated, one of which is from Canada, the rest from the United States, like Los Angeles Lakers, Cleveland and so on .there are many ba

20、sktball stars in the NBA ,like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James , and so on . The league was founded in New York The league was founded in New York City,United States on June 6,1946 as City,United States on June 6,1946 as the Basketball Association of the Basketball Association of America(BAA). The league

21、adopted the America(BAA). The league adopted the name National Basketball Association name National Basketball Association in the autumn of 1949 after merging in the autumn of 1949 after merging with the rival National Basketball with the rival National Basketball League.League. At first,there were

22、only 11 teams,In At first,there were only 11 teams,In the after years ,some teams joined NBA the after years ,some teams joined NBA one after another.In 2004,the Charlotte one after another.In 2004,the Charlotte Bobcat team joins in NBA,then the team Bobcat team joins in NBA,then the team sum reachd 30.The 30 teams are dsum reachd 30.The 30 teams are di ivided vided to alliances east