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Unit4FiveFamousSymbolsofAmericanCulture第1頁第1頁Doyouknow?WhatmakessomeoneorsomethingtypicallyAmerican?WhatarethefivesymbolsoftheUnitedStates?第2頁第2頁OneofthemostfamoussymbolsofUnitedStates第3頁第3頁StatueofLibertyasasymboloftheUnitedStates,locatedintheUnitedStateswestofNewYorkCity,Manhattan,asmallisland-freeontheisland,holdinghertorchinNewYork,HongKongstandsattheentrance,atthecityobservedayandnight,sincethelate19thcenturyusheredinsincethetothemillionsofimmigrantstosettleintheUnitedStates.In1984,itwasinscribedontheWorldHeritageList.

第4頁第4頁FrenchGovernmenttocommemoratefreedomofthelogoimage,asacelebrationofthe100thanniversaryofindependenceoftheUnitedStatespresentedtotheUnitedStatesagift.Sincebeencompletedin1886,itstandsintheentranceofNewYorkHarbor.

Morethanacentury,standingonthefreedomoftheStatueofLibertystatueontheislandhasbecomealawthepeopleoftheUnitedStatesandtheUnitedStatesnationalsymboloffriendship,theexpressionoftheAmericanpeoplewillalwaysfightfordemocracy,longingforthenobleidealsoffreedom.第5頁第5頁BarbieDoyoulike?第6頁第6頁Perhapsthemostfamousnameindoll-makinghistory,Barbiehasdelightedchildrensince1959,andhasbecomeamagnetfordollcollectors.TheideaforBarbieoriginatedwhenRuthHandler,partowneroftheMattelcompanywithherhusbandElliotandfamilyfriendHaroldMattson,noticedthatherdaughter,Barbara,enjoyedplayingwithadultfemaledollsmorethanwithbabydolls.Shedecided,therefore,tocreateadollthatwouldallowyounggirlstoenvision（想象）whattheymightbecomeastheygrewolder.Hercreation,namedinhonorofdaughterBarbaraandbackedbyMattel,debuted（初次登臺）attheAmericanToyFairinNewYorkCityin1959.AlthoughMattelhadbeenhesitanttoriskproducingtheBarbiedoll,BarbiesetanewsalesrecordforMattelafterthefirstyearonthemarket.Atacostofthreedollarseach,Mattelsold351,000dollsduringthefirstyearofproduction,andwithintenyears,thepublichadpurchased$500millionworthofBarbieproducts.AboutBarbieDoll第7頁第7頁第8頁第8頁AmericanGothicAmericanGothicisapaintingbyGrantWoodfrom1930.ItsinspirationcamefromacottagedesignedintheGothicRevivalstylewithadistinctiveupperwindowandadecisiontopaintthehousealongwith“thekindofpeopleIfanciedshouldliveinthathouse.”Thepaintingshowsafarmerstandingbesideawomanwhoseidentityremainsambiguous（引起歧義）;shemayeitherbehisspinster（未婚）daughter,asexplainedbytheartist‘ssister,orthefarmer’swife.Thefiguresweremodeledbytheartist‘sdentistandsister.Thewomanisdressedinacolonialprintapronmimicking19thcenturyAmericanaandthecoupleareinthetraditionalrolesofmenandwomen,theman’spitchfork（長柄草耙）symbolizinghardlabor,andtheflowersoverthewoman‘srightshouldersuggestingdomesticity（n.對家庭摯愛）.Itisoneofthemostfamiliarimagesin20thcenturyAmericanartandoneofthemostparodied(拙劣模仿）artworkswithinAmericanpopularculture.第9頁第9頁ThisisBuffaloNickel第10頁第10頁TheBuffalonickelalsoknownastheIndianHeadnickelwasafivecentpiecestruckbytheU.S.Mintfrom1913to1938.Thefront,orobverse,ofthecoinfeaturestherightprofileofanAmericanIndian,andtheback,orreverse,ofthecoinshowsanAmericanbison（北美野牛）orbuffalo.Thebuffalonickelwasdesignedbysculptor（雕刻家）JamesEarleFraser,andprovedtobesubjecttowear.

ThedatesbelowtheIndianheadeasilyworeoffincirculation.

In1938,after25years,theU.S.MintreplacedtheBuffalonickelwiththeJeffersonnickel.第11頁第11頁IamUncleSamUncleSamisanationalpersonificationoftheUnitedStates(US),withthefirstusageofthetermdatingfromthewarof1812andthefirstillustrationdatingfrom1852第12頁第12頁ThispostershowsUncleSamarm-in-armwithBritannia,accompaniedbyalionandaneagle.ItisadramaticreminderofthelongandfruitfulalliancebetweentheUnitedStatesandGreatBritain.Theposteristitled"Sidebyside-Britannia!Britain'sDayDec.7th1918".TheartworkisbyJ